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Frontline Crisis is a tough but engaging mix of tower defense and top-down shooting with a big mech

By Liam Dawe,
Developer BCQT released Frontline Crisis earlier in August, and like a lot of smaller games it seems to have flown under the radar but if you love tower defense and top down shooting you need to play this.

Clearly inspired by Advance Wars the turn-based infantry battler 'Warside' gets a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
If you loved the classic Advance Wars and other more modern turn-based tactical battlers, you're probably going to love Warside.

Argonaut Games announced a return with a remaster of Croc Legend of the Gobbos

By Liam Dawe,
That's quite a blast from the past. How do you feel about a little nostalgia? Argonaut Games announced a return with a remaster of Croc Legend of the Gobbos.

Cat Bait is another new take on the survivor-like genre about a cat running away from rats

By Liam Dawe,
Another new take on what Vampire Survivors and Brotato made popular? Yep. Cat Bait is out now in Early Access and there's a demo available too.

Comedy action-adventure dungeon crawler 'Run From Mummies' arrives later this year

By Liam Dawe,
With a demo available right now, Run From Mummies looks like one to watch with its interesting blend of comedy with a 2D action-packed dungeon crawler.

Speedollama is a completely ridiculous platformer-shooter releasing in October

By Liam Dawe,
From Chaosmonger Studio who previously released ENCODYA and Clunky Hero have now announced their completely over the top platformer-shooter Speedollama will release October 21st.

Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era announced from the developer of Iratus: Lord of the Dead

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Unfrozen who previously made Iratus: Lord of the Dead have teamed up with Ubisoft, and they recently announced the new Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era.

Squad tactics heist RPG Cyber Knights: Flashpoint gets double the content and a big sale

By Liam Dawe,
Trese Brothers have kept up their ridiculous rate of updating Cyber Knights: Flashpoint during Early Access, steadily turning it into of of the best squad tactics RPGs.

Steam Deck reaches over 16,000 playable and verified games

By Liam Dawe,
Another great milestone for the popular Steam Deck from Valve, which in the last day or so managed to hit over 16,000 games that have been rated as Playable and Verified.

Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team

By Liam Dawe,
Well, this is surprising isn't it? Microsoft are handing over the Mono Project to the Wine developers with a thank you note.

Battlefield 1 gets EA anticheat in September - will be left broken on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go once again, EA are about to completely break another game on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux and this time it's Battlefield 1.

Black Myth: Wukong shows very clearly Valve are selling a lot of Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe,
Valve don't exactly like to give out sales numbers, so we often have to make educated guesses but sometimes with huge hits like Black Myth: Wukong, it gives us a slightly clearer idea on how the Steam Deck is actually selling.

Judero is a strikingly odd looking stop-motion styled action-adventure

By Liam Dawe,
Set to arrive on September 16, Judero is just something you have to see. An action/ adventure game inspired by the rich folk history of the Scottish Borders but it's really the style and animation that's really something.

Neva from the GRIS devs looks gorgeous, it's Steam Deck Verified and releases October 15

By Liam Dawe,
Nomada Studio are back. After releasing GRIS in 2018 to Overwhelmingly Positive reviews, their next game is Neva and it also looks bloody gorgeous.

Cozy mining adventure Core Keeper 1.0 is officially out now

By Liam Dawe,
Core Keeper is a lovely cozy underground mining adventure game from developer Pugstorm, that impressed me a lot during Early Access and now it's hit the big 1.0.

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria arrives on Steam with Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
The Dwarves dug deep and broke out of the Epic Games Store, as The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria has released on Steam.

Wii U emulator Cemu 2.1 out now with AppImage and Flatpak support for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
After going open source back in mid 2022, the Wii U emulator Cemu started providing experimental builds with Linux support and now it's out proper with the new Cemu 2.1 release.

Resident Evil 2 makes a return to GOG with lots of improvements

By Liam Dawe,
After re-releasing the first Resident Evil, GOG have now done the same for Resident Evil 2, getting a load of improvements in along the way.

Deadlock from Valve may need this quick-fix on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Depending on your Linux distribution, you may need a small fix to get Valve's new game Deadlock to work properly. So here's what you need to know.

Grab The Darkside Detective in the new Humble Detectives Bundle, plus a big Summer Sale

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble Detectives Bundle is live with some great stuff like The Darkside Detective, and there's a big Summer Sale on too.