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Multiplayer sandbox building game Brickadia heads to Steam next year

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2022

Brickadia could be a good one for gamers both young and old, giving you a game that looks a little bit like a cross between LEGO, Minecraft and Roblox.

Mining sandbox adventure Core Keeper update The Desert of Beginning is live

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2022

Core Keeper is a total gem of a game and now it's much bigger, with The Desert of Beginning update out now.

Minecraft 1.20 Beta coming soon with camels and a new 'sniffer' mob won the vote

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2022

Minecraft Live recently happened and they showed off many new things coming to Minecraft with the 1.20 update.

RimWorld - Biotech expansion announced and a big free update

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2022

RimWorld is set to get even bigger with the upcoming Biotech expansion that releases in a few weeks, along with a major free update for all players.

Oxygen Not Included has a new animated short, plus a 'Story Trait System' update

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2022

Klei are back with a brand new big update to Oxygen Not Included, after they decided not to do any more paid DLC so this is the first of many free updates to come. Plus a fancy new animated short.

Terraria: Labor of Love update is out now

By Liam Dawe, 28 Sep 2022

Terraria: Labor of Love, another major update for the popular crafting and survival game is officially out now. There's a ridiculous amount (as usual) that's new, here's the biggest stuff to look out for.

Core Keeper and Terraria are getting cross-over updates

By Liam Dawe, 22 Sep 2022

Two rather great sandbox mining games are set for an official cross-over. Terraria and the new kid on the block Core Keeper will both be getting free updates for it.

Valheim is getting crossplay with an update now in testing

By Liam Dawe, 14 Sep 2022

Iron Gate have announced that Valheim is set for crossplay, with an update now available in testing to ensure you can play with friends anywhere.

Valheim gets more teasers of The Mistlands

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2022

Iron Gate assure us it's coming but they're not quite ready to set a date for The Mistlands update to Valheim.

Valheim gets a small teaser as Iron Gate get back to work on Mistlands

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2022

Valheim is due to get a huge upgrade at some point, which most players are now waiting on and Iron Gate have given the smallest of teasers on it again.

Sandbox voxel game and game engine Minetest 5.6.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 8 Aug 2022

Want to play something somewhat resembling Minecraft with excellent modding support, that's also free and open source? Minetest is what you need and a big new release is out now.

Mojang rolls out Player Chat Reporting into Minecraft Java

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2022

Minecraft Java Edition 1.19.1 is out now and it comes with some controversial changes, that many players are not particularly happy about.

Visit a new dimension in the Avorion - Into The Rift expansion

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2022

Avorion - Into The Rift is a pretty big sounding expansion to the space sandbox game that will arrive in August.

Minecraft - The Wild Update is out now, Java & Bedrock now one purchase

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jun 2022

Minecraft 1.19 - The Wild Update is out now. Not only that, all owners now get both Java & Bedrock together as they've been merged into a single purchase.

Wobbly Life looks like pure silly joy and it added Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 19 Apr 2022

Wobbly Life, an open world physics based sandbox that looks like a lot of fun recently had a huge update and with it comes Steam Deck support.

No Man's Sky got a huge 'Outlaws' update and works well on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 13 Apr 2022

No Man's Sky, a Steam Deck Verified title that also works great on Linux desktops with Steam Play Proton recently got another massive free update.

Minecraft Snapshot gets Ancient Cities and the Allay friendly mob

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2022

Mojang continue working towards the next major Minecraft update, with another Java Snapshot out now bringing in more big features to play with.

Stormworks: Build and Rescue massively improves gamepad support for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 16 Mar 2022

Stormworks: Build and Rescue is a popular sim where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service and now it should work a lot better on Steam Deck and gamepads in general.