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

By Liam Dawe, 18 Feb 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, 31 Jan 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, 31 Jan 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, 11 Jan 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, 22 Dec 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, 20 Dec 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, 30 Nov 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.

Valheim gets a new patch, plus teasers for Mistlands and Caves

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2021

Iron Gate are showing off more of what's to come with the next major upgrade for Valheim, along with a small content patch.

Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II releases November 30

By Liam Dawe, 18 Nov 2021

Mojang has announced that Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II is releasing November 30, plus there's a new pre-release available to try out.

Iron Gate tease the upcoming Mistlands update for Valheim, plus updates for Mountains

By Liam Dawe, 25 Oct 2021

With the Hearth & Home update now behind them, Iron Gate are focusing on the next major biome update for Valheim with the Mistlands and some smaller updates too.

The Wild Update announced for Minecraft, new allay mob on the way

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2021

Minecraft Live came and went and with it we got a lot of information on what's coming next to Minecraft.

Minecraft has a proper snapshot up now for Caves & Cliffs: Part II

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2021

The second part of the next major Minecraft update with Caves & Cliffs: Part II is now available as a proper snapshot available to test out the latest features.

Valheim update Hearth & Home is out now with lots new

By Liam Dawe, 16 Sep 2021

The big Hearth & Home update for the co-op survival game Valheim is out now and it's a big one. Touching on many aspects of the game to make it feel quite different overall.

Sandbox spaceship-building sim Avorion 2.0 is out now and there's finally an auto-pilot

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2021

A big overhaul for the already excellent sandbox space sim Avorion is out now bringing with it lots of new features.

s&box from Facepunch 'works great' on the Steam Deck but no native Linux plans

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2021

s&box is the upcoming game from Facepunch Studios that acts as a sequel to Garry's Mod although it won't actually be Garry's Mod 2. Recently Facepunch were asked about Linux support since it uses Valve's Source 2 game engine.

Mojang continue tweaking Minecraft with a new Caves & Cliffs biome in testing

By Liam Dawe, 12 Aug 2021

With the second part of the Caves & Cliffs update in progress, Mojang put up a snapshot to try in July and they've continued tweaking it since.

Space sandbox game Avorion has a huge 2.0 Beta available now

By Liam Dawe, 2 Aug 2021

Avorion is a single-player or online co-op space survival sandbox game, one where you construct your ships with individual blocks and go explore the galaxy.

Awesome survival game Vintage Story sees the Homesteading update out now

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2021

After multiple Release Candidates, the Homesteading update (which is huge) is out now for Vintage Story, one of the best survival games available for Linux.

Try out the new world generation in a Caves & Cliffs: Part II test for Minecraft

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2021

Caves & Cliffs: Part II is in development at Mojang as the next major Minecraft upgrade and you can now test the new world generation is a special build.