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There's been a flood in the Wandering Waters update for Dota 2

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve continue building up their next MOBA with Deadlock, their current Dota 2 is still as popular as ever and the Wandering Waters update for Dota 2 sounds pretty awesome.

Team Fortress 2 major update released and source available for modders via the Source SDK

By Liam Dawe,
It wasn't just Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source that received big updates today, as Valve also published a new update for Team Fortress 2 along with updating the Source SDK to include TF2!
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Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.11 out now with an in-game settings menu and better server browser

By Liam Dawe,
Luanti (formerly Minetest) has a new release out, which finally adds an in-game settings menu so you don't have to quit your current game to adjust things.

The Campsite is a short and sweet modern point-and-click adventure worth your time

By Liam Dawe,
One for your next coffee break is The Campsite, a short but sweet modern point and click adventure that looks to be worth your time.

The huge free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms RTS just got upgraded

By Liam Dawe,
Powered by the always impressive OpenRA game engine, the standalone and entirely free fan game Command & Conquer - Combined Arms RTS has a brand new release out.

Toy soldier FPS battleground Mini Royale releases in March

By Liam Dawe,
The online shooter Mini Royale is set for an Early Access release on March 27th, bringing with it a toy soldier battleground with multiple game modes.

Warner Bros platform fighter MultiVersus goes offline for good in May

By Liam Dawe,
Player First Games / Warner Bros. Games have announced that the Super Smash Bros.-like game MultiVersus is officially closing.

Free tense horror game Those Who Crawl about exploring shrinking caves added Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Originally released in 2022, Hush Fin Games have upgraded the free game Those Who Crawl, which now includes Linux and Steam Deck support.

Open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 released bringing a new Vulkan renderer, new maps, AMD FSR and lots more

By Liam Dawe,
The free, open source and cross-platform RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 is now finally available and it brings with it a whole lot of new features and content.

Free bite-sized photography platformer Batography out now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
It's short, it's cute, it's free with Linux support and it's out now on Steam. Batography is a photography platformer where you play as a curious bat on their mission to take a full-fledged photo of the moon.

Awesome free retro RPG Moonring gets another big update - looking good on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Moonring originally released back in 2023 from the co-creator of the Xbox's Fable series, it's free, has a lot of good reviews and now it should be even better for all players.

War Thunder gets BattlEye anti-cheat enabled for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
War Thunder from Gaijin Entertainment announced back in December 2024 that they would be changing the anti-cheat, which continues to be rolled out in stages.

SMITE 2 gets a free to play launch date for January

By Liam Dawe,
Titan Forge Games have announced that SMITE 2 is going free to play on January 14, after their paid-for Early Access period comes to a close.

VoxeLibre the free and open source Minecraft-like v0.88 brings huge improvements

By Liam Dawe,
VoxeLibre continues advancing towards helping you replace Minecraft with a free and open source alternative. The next release v0.88 is out now and it's a big one.

Veloren the free and open source action-adventure RPG update 0.17 brings plenty new to explore

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by games like Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft - Veloren has a new release out now.

Open source evolution sim Thrive v0.8 brings more graphics improvements and new game mechanics

By Liam Dawe,
Thrive is an open source evolution sim built with Godot Engine, it's getting more impressive with every new release and there's another update out now for you to try out.

Epic Games update the Unreal Tournament website linking to the free downloads from OldUnreal

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Back in November, I reported on Epic Games giving their approval for Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament becoming completely free to download. Now, Epic Games have updated the official Unreal Tournament website to link to the OldUnreal community.

Free to play Marvel Rivals is out now on Steam and works on Steam Deck / Linux (Steam Deck has issues though)

By Liam Dawe,
Marvel Rivals is the next big multiplayer shooter and potentially the next "big thing", with a Steam free to play release now live.

Free to play monster-hunting game Dauntless now on Steam and works on Steam Deck, desktop Linux needs a quick fix

By Liam Dawe,
Dauntless from Phoenix Labs has finally launched on Steam, it's also free to play so you can go and check out this monster-hunting game without spending a penny.

War Thunder is moving away from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye

By Liam Dawe,
After doing the same with their FPS, Enlisted, Gaijin have announced today that War Thunder will also be changing the anti-cheat system used.
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