Be careful with pachinko roguelike Ballionaire as it might suck away your entire week

By Liam Dawe,
Ballionaire from developer newobject and publisher Raw Fury has a demo up for Steam Next Fest, and you're really going to want to keep an eye on that clock when you hit play.

Fractured Alliance gives off some real classic Command & Conquer vibes

By Liam Dawe,
Do you adore your classic base-building real-time strategy games? You may want to keep an eye on the in-development Fractured Alliance.

The props fight back against the humans in Puropu Defense Squad

By Liam Dawe,
PlayTogether Studio who made Run Prop, Run! and the Mad Experiments: Escape Room series have put up a demo and release date for Puropu Defense Squad. A mixture of a shooter and tower defense.

That didn't last long - the Junk Store for Steam Deck has its Steam page removed (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
A few days ago I wrote about the Junk Store coming to Steam, a special plugin for Steam Deck to bring GOG and Epic Games compatibility unnoficially - but it seems to be a short lived idea.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 44: The Legend of Kobo

By Hamish,
A lot of early UNIX and therefore Linux games struggled with the fact that the X toolkit was geared towards constructing staid graphical user interfaces, rather than for the speed and flexibility needed by games. Magic can come out of people working against imposed limitations however, and games like Xkobo succeed by this.

Steam Next Fest - October 2024 edition is now live with lots of demos

By Liam Dawe,
It's here! The big Steam Next Fest event returns to suck up all your free time, as tons of game developers hope you'll try out their demos.

Streets of Rogue 2 delayed again but a demo is out now

By Liam Dawe,
My most anticipated game of the year keeps running away from me. Streets of Rogue 2 is no longer entering Early Access on October 22nd, but at least a demo is out now.

Daily Dungeon gives you a fresh dungeon-puzzle every day inspired by Wordle

By Liam Dawe,
Remember when Wordle appeared and the world seemingly went mad for it? How about a dungeon-crawling puzzle game inspired by it? Daily Dungeon is for you.

Get some madcap mayhem or classics from SNEG in these two Humble Bundles

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Bundle have two fresh game bundles you may wish to take a look at, so here's a round-up of what's in them for you.

OBS Studio 31.0.0 Beta 1 released bringing multiple new features

By Liam Dawe,
The best tool for video recording and livestreaming is about to get another upgrade with OBS Studio 31.0.0 Beta 1 out now.

Mini Royale is a battle royale with toy soldiers and fun game modes - demo available now

By Liam Dawe,
If you're after a new shooter that will have Linux support, Mini Royale looks like it could end up being a good choice.

TUXEDO reveal the Stellaris 16 Gen 6, a more compact desktop-replacement laptop

By Liam Dawe,
After showing off the TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 back in September, TUXEDO have now revealed a slightly more compact desktop-replacement laptop with the Stellaris 16.

Slimbook reveal the new powerful AMD powered EVO ultrabook

By Liam Dawe,
Slimbook have announced a fresh powerful AMD Ryzen powered ultrabook, the EVO, and it looks like a wonderful device.

Minetest breaks the chains of being a Minecraft clone with a new name — Luanti

By Liam Dawe,
Minetest, a voxel game engine created to be something like a Minecraft clone, is finally smashing apart the chains to become more its own unique thing.

Open source Theme Hospital engine 'CorsixTH' v0.68.0 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Theme Hospital originally from Bullfrog Productions is a true classic, one I spent a ridiculous amount of time playing and the CorsixTH project is doing fantastic work to keep it alive for modern platforms. A new release of this open source reimplementation has been released with version 0.68.0 now available.

SteamOS 3.6.18 Beta released, still not quite the true end of the line

By Liam Dawe,
When will it end? Will SteamOS 3.6 ever become stable? The end of the line has come, and gone, a few times now.

Steam purchases now clearly state you're just getting a license not ownership

By Liam Dawe,
Doing the rounds across the net right now is a small update to the Steam checkout process when you're making a purchase, to make it clear you don't own what you buy.

NonSteamLaunchers gets booted from Steam Deck plugin store Decky Loader

By Liam Dawe,
There's a bit of unfortunate drama going on right now in Steam Deck land, with the Steam Deck plugin NonSteamLaunchers for Decky Loader getting the boot.

Comedy 2.5D puzzle-platformer Ari Buktu and the Anytime Elevator gets a demo and new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
A single-player comedy adventure 2.5D platformer developer by a former Disney ride designer, Ari Buktu and the Anytime Elevator looks and sounds great.

ZEPHON from the devs of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius releases November 8

By Liam Dawe,
Proxy Studios, developer of the popular Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, have announced their next 4x strategy game ZEPHON will release on November 8th.