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New Hearts of Iron IV DLC lets you rewrite German history, pushing player counts up to a new peak

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive have now released Hearts of Iron IV: Götterdämmerung, a Germany-focused expansion to their popular historical strategy game.

Get a bunch of tactical games in the Kalypso Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
In need of some more real-time strategy and role-playing games? The Let's Get Tactical Bundle could be what you're after.

Hybrid gaming controller MoveMaster has a new website, shipping to the UK now available and 10% off

By Liam Dawe,
MoveMaster is a thoroughly odd, unique and very interesting device that you might want to take a look at to change the way you game.

Avowed from Obsidian gets a release date, and pre-orders with earlier access if you pay £80

By Liam Dawe,
The continuing trend of getting you to pay more to play just a few days earlier continues. Avowed from Obsidian Entertainment does look like bloody good fun, but £90 of fun?

Get a fresh look at Half-Life 2 RTX in a new video plus the Steam page is now live

By Liam Dawe,
Half-Life 2 RTX looks like it's coming along quite nicely, if you're a fan of everything being a bit shinier.

EVERSPACE 2 fixes videos playback on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton

By Liam Dawe,
In the latest little update to EVERSPACE 2, it's a good one for players on Desktop Linux and Steam Deck, as it includes an important fix.

Team Fortress 2 gets an update to improve matchmaking

By Liam Dawe,
Yup, Valve are still updating and improving Team Fortress 2, and another fresh upgrade is out now improving the matchmaking experience.

Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games looks like one to remember with a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
If you're a lover of point and click adventure games, you're going to want to watch the new trailer for Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games.

The latest from Prime Gaming - November 14 edition - lots for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go again! Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep.

Temtem: Swarm is a survivor-like bullet heaven with cute creatures to evolve out now

By Liam Dawe,
Available now in Early Access, survivor-like bullet heaven Temtem: Swarm is another game entering the crowded but popular genre from developer Crema.

Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) hits over 500K downloads

By Liam Dawe,
Originally called MineClone2, VoxeLibre is a free and open source sandbox game that's inspired by Minecraft and it recently hit a big milestone.

Classic Unreal Tournament and Unreal now easier to download free thanks to OldUnreal (updated)

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Epic Games announced back at the end of 2022 that they were pulling a whole bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament and Unreal from stores, along with turning off servers, but now it's a bit easier to get them running again. ARTICLE UPDATED.

Old School Rally gets split-screen support, new stages and a new car

By Liam Dawe,
Old School Rally is properly awesome. Bringing back some fond memories for me of playing Colin McRae Rally on the original PlayStation and now it just got a whole lot better.

Godot Engine 4.4 dev 4 released with interactive in-game editing

By Liam Dawe,
An exciting new feature for game developers has begun to land in the free and open source Godot Engine, with the start of interactive in-game editing.

Little Big Adventure – Twinsen's Quest a remake of the original classic is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Little Big Adventure – Twinsen's Quest from [2.21] and Microids is out now. It's a remake of the original classic with a graphical makeover and modernized gameplay.

Train finally returns to Counter-Strike 2 in the latest big update

By Liam Dawe,
Train! It's back! A fan favourite map returns that was annoyingly missing from the release of Counter-Strike 2. But it's now back and looking better than ever in the latest update to Valve's FPS.

Mesa 24.2.7 out now and Mesa 24.3 may come sooner than expected

By Liam Dawe,
The latest update for the open source graphics drivers is here with Mesa 24.2.7 out now. Plus we might see Mesa 24.3 a bit sooner than expected.

Yawnoc is chaotic top-down shooter rogue-lite inspired by Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata

By Liam Dawe,
With the source code available along with the game, Yawnoc is a chaotic top-down shooter rogue-lite inspired by Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata that's out now.

GOG launch their Preservation Program to make games live forever with a hundred classics being 're-released'

By Liam Dawe,
GOG going back to their roots a little here with the announcement of the GOG Preservation Program, with an aim to ensure various games get to live on forever.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition gets updated, needs a fix on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Rockstar Games decided to update the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition which includes Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto III but it seems you'll need this quick fix to run it now on Steam Deck.