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Story Mode for Them's Fightin' Herds cancelled and active development to cease

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Some sad news for fans of the fighting game Them's Fightin' Herds, as the developer Mane6 has cancelled the Story Mode and will be ceasing active development on the game.

Western adventure in the alternate 19th century, Rosewater has a fresh trailer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you love your classic styled point and click adventures, Rosewater is one you need to pop right in that wishlist. It's looking really good!

Check out the new trailer for Demonschool, an upcoming light horror tactics RPG

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Demonschool looks like one of the most unique tactics RPG I've seen for a while, and the new trailer that just went up really has me excited for it.

Huge update to Baldur's Gate 3 adds an Epilogue, new game modes and willy physics

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Well that's quite an upgrade Baldur's Gate 3 just got, and one of my absolute favourite games of this year. Might be time to jump back in again!

KDE Plasma 6 - Beta 1 released

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The KDE team continue sprinting towards to finish line of the Plasma 6 release next year, with a Beta release now available for the popular Linux desktop environment which is also used on Steam Deck.

Battle.net broke in Wine / Proton - here's how to fix for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ah launchers, don't you just love them? A reoccuring nuisance for Steam Deck and desktop Linux gaming is that they can and will break and the latest to break (again) is Battle.net. Here's how you can fix it for now.

Proton Experimental fixes Baldur's Gate 3, improves Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released a fresh Proton Experimental update for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux to finish up November so here's what's new and improved.

Build up your game library with Fanatical's Bandai Namco Collection

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Need some more games for your Steam Deck or desktop Linux PC? Fanatical has launched another great build your own deal with the Bandai Namco Collection.

Godot Engine 4.2 is out now with AMD FSR 2.2 and lots of new features

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Godot Engine 4.2 is officially released bringing with it a great many improvements for developers using this popular free and open source game engine.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.11 released with custom library categories

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Heroic Games Launcher 2.11 is out now and brings with it an easier way to sort your game library by adding custom categories.

So what the heck is an 'indie game' nowadays anyway?

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You'll have to forgive me, dear readers, because I am a little confused on what's going on at the moment. What the heck actually is an indie or independent game nowadays?

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP gets a 2023 refresh and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, originally released back in 2012, just got a fresh upgrade bringing with it some compatibility fixes and it's now also Steam Deck Verified too!

Steam Deck and Steam Desktop stable updates bring lots of fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I love the smell of a freshly brewed Steam update in the morning. Valve released a Steam Client stable update for Steam Deck and Steam Desktop for November 29th so here's all that's new.

Mesa 23.3 is out now with the NVK Vulkan driver for NVIDIA

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced yesterday the fresh release of the Mesa 23.3 open source graphics drivers.

Steam Deck global top seller again thanks to cheaper LCDs and the Steam Deck OLED

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Not exactly a surprise but still great to see for Steam Deck fans for the ongoing support from Valve, as the Steam Deck is now firmly the global top seller on Steam once again.

An Amazing Wizard is a bland name for a game but it looks like great chaos

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Developer Jakub Dąbrowski may need to work on their game naming, but at least the gameplay looks like it's a lot of fun in An Amazing Wizard.

Aether combines Risk of Rain 2 with Wizard of Legend

By Liam Squires-Hand,
What do you get when you combine the elemental combat system from Wizard of Legend, with the gameplay progression from Risk of Rain 2? The result is Aether.

Xorg is dead, long live Wayland - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) dropping Xorg

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Some interesting Linux industry news for you here, as the long road towards Wayland by default everywhere is taking another big step with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) removing the Xorg server and other X servers (except Xwayland) from RHEL 10 and the following releases.

Post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game Retro Commander is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Up for some more classic RTS action? Retro Commander from Noble Master is now officially released after 6+ years in development.

GUNHEAD from Alientrap gets Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GUNHEAD is the latest release from Alientrap who also made CRYPTARK, Capsized and Wytchwood. It's also just been updated to improve it on Steam Deck.