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Inspired by Disco Elysium and Fallout, Weather Factory announce Travelling at Night

By Liam Dawe,
This could be a good one! Weather Factory developers of Cultist Simulator and BOOK OF HOURS just revealed their third game called Travelling at Night. A combat-free game inspired by CRPGs like Disco Elysium, Planescape: Torment, and Fallout 1+2.

Golf With Your Friends 2 announced for Early Access in 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Golf With Your Friends 2 has been announced by Radical Forge and Team17 bringing the next-generation of golfing chaos.

Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy is a party-based RPG from the devs of ATOM RPG now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
The ATOM RPG team have returned with another RPG, Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy has started its time in Early Access if you're in need of a fresh party-based RPG to try out.

Taking inspiration from Ace Attorney, point-and-click adventure Paper Perjury is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Paper Perjury is the debut title from Paper Cat Games, one for fans of games a bit similar to the Ace Attorney series. Dive into a case log full of mystery and intrigue, where you'll need to uncover the truth through clever deduction, interrogation, and exploration to find the solution.

Chrysalis is a unique hybrid of tower defense and rogue-lite RPG action where you possess plants and creatures

By Liam Dawe,
Chrysalis from developer Metamorph Games wins top marks for some originality here, and if you're a fan of cute tower defense games that mix in some exploration this is one for you.

Steampunk bullet heaven auto-shooter Airships: Lost Flotilla releases January 23

By Liam Dawe,
Airships: Lost Flotilla from developer David Stark and Metaroot has been announced for release on January 23, a bullet heaven survivor-like spin off from Stark's previous highly rated game Airships: Conquer the Skies.

Steam Beta for Dec 11 brings new game update options plus a new downloader style

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Steam Client Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck has been released, and Valve have given us new options for managing game updates and there's a new downloader style.

Proton 9.0-4 is out now bringing big compatibility improvements for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The latest stable version of the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Steam Deck / Desktop Linux from Valve, Proton 9.0-4 is out now.

Cyberpunk 2077 gets another big upgrade with more customisation and secrets in update 2.2

By Liam Dawe,
CD PROJEKT RED put up another free big upgrade for Cyberpunk 2077, so is it time to dive back into Night City for another run? You may want to.

Ballionaire is annoyingly good and I want to play it all the time

By Liam Dawe,
Ballionaire from developer newobject and publisher Raw Fury scratches all the right places in my brain, and I want more of it.

Moon Watch mixes up the bullet heaven survivor genre with time-stopping and deck-building into something strategic

By Liam Dawe,
Moon Watch is a new release now in Early Access from developer Jaspel, who also made Backpack Hero, and they're mixing genres together again into something new.

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is a seriously cool visual novel love-letter to retro anime and 80s Sci-Fi

By Liam Dawe,
I don't play many visual novels, but I might have to break that habit again soon with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog because it looks and feels like playing through a classic Gundam Anime story.

Ruffy and the Riverside is a unique action-adventure where you have the power to copy and paste textures

By Liam Dawe,
This is such a fun idea for a game. Ruffy and the Riverside is a colourful hand-drawn action-adventure where you've got a special power called SWAP, that lets you copy and paste textures in the game.

Mystery adventure Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping announced

By Liam Dawe,
The Duck returns for another mystery adventure in Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping coming sometime in 2025 with Native Linux support.

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.

The Talos Principle: Reawakened announced that rebuilds and expands the original in Unreal Engine 5

By Liam Dawe,
The much loved puzzle adventure The Talos Principle is being remade in Unreal Engine 5, with Croteam / Devolver Digital announcing The Talos Principle: Reawakened.

Valve now sell refurbished Steam Deck OLED models

By Liam Dawe,
Valve announced today that they've added the Steam Deck OLED 512GB and 1TB models into their Valve Certified Refurbished program, so you can grab one a bit cheaper.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 released for arm64 works on Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon

By Liam Dawe,
The PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 team have been busy as they've announced the release of RPCS3 for arm64 that includes like likes of the Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon (M1, M2 etc).

Comedy adventure Elroy and the Aliens will launch April 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Motiviti have announced that the colourful comedy adventure Elroy and the Aliens is going to launch on April 2nd, 2025. There's a new trailer and demo available.

Escape Simulator 2 the 'ultimate first person escape room experience' announced by Pine Studio

By Liam Dawe,
Pine Studio have announced a follow-up to their massively successful Escape Simulator, with Escape Simulator 2 that they plan to be the "ultimate first person escape room experience".