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

By Liam Dawe, Aug 12, 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, Aug 8, 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, Aug 1, 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, Jul 20, 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, Jun 7, 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, Apr 19, 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, Apr 13, 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, Apr 1, 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, Mar 16, 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.

Getting Minecraft and mods on Steam Deck is nice and simple

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2022

Want to get Minecraft working easily on Steam Deck or a normal Linux desktop without much fuss? Here's one way you could do it and it makes it easy.

Toy train set sandbox 'Tracks' gets upgraded for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Mar 3, 2022

Love trains? Tracks looks like quite a sweet little game really and it has a new release out to help with Steam Deck compatibility.

Minecraft gets a Deep Dark biome and Warden mob in new 1.19 Snapshot

By Liam Dawe, Feb 18, 2022

A very scary Minecraft 1.19 snapshot, Mojang say, with the introduction of a new biome along with a new mob - and you can test it all out right now.

Terraria to get Steam Deck optimizations soon

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31, 2022

Terraria, the side-scrolling platformer survival game from Re-Logic is getting ready for the upcoming Steam Deck launch and it sounds like we can expect a good experience from it.

Minetest 5.5.0 is out, forked their own rendering engine with IrrlichtMT

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31, 2022

Minetest 5.5.0 has rolled out, with a switch over from Irrlicht to their own fork of the rendering engine IrrlichtMt designed to have special enhancements just for Minetest.

Survival game Vintage Story gets another huge upgrade with improved combat

By Liam Dawe, Jan 11, 2022

Vintage Story continues to impress with not just the rate they can churn out updates, but also how much they manage to stuff into each of them.

2D open-world sandbox action-adventure Necesse released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 22, 2021

A weird love-child mixture of games like Minecraft, Stardew Valley and Terraria we have Necesse that's currently in Early Access and a Linux version is now available.

Well that's a surprise, Project Zomboid's MASSIVE overhaul is out now

By Liam Dawe, Dec 20, 2021

Not long at all after putting up a special Beta for testing, The Indie Stone have now set the massive Build 41 overhaul for the Zombie survival game Project Zomboid up as the official new version.

Caves & Cliffs: Part II has arrived for Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, Nov 30, 2021

Caves & Cliffs: Part II is out now for Minecraft, bringing with it some huge changes to the world generation to make the exploration much more interesting.