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Command your crew and roll the dice in the tactical roguelike DeckWrecking Pirates

By Liam Dawe,
DeckWrecking Pirates appears to have a fun blend of various features that fans of turn-based strategy games and deck-builders will no doubt appreciate.

Nightwater looks like a curious blend of secrets, exploration, crafting and automation

By Liam Dawe,
One to stick into your list to keep an eye on is Nightwater, an open world exploration game that mixes in crafting and automation in a strange world.
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European Commission gathering feedback on the importance of open source

By Liam Dawe,
The European Commission recently launched a call for evidence on a newer initiative about the importance of open source, and their reliance on non-EU countries.

The striking-looking number puzzle game Stip is more than meets the eye

By Liam Dawe,
Stip already pulled me in with the interesting and clean looking visuals, but now I want to know more about what's really going on here.

Satisfactory is finally Steam Deck Verified after fixing up some UI issues

By Liam Dawe,
Satisfactory from Coffee Stain Studios had quite a few patches to improve it on Steam Deck, and the latest update got it Steam Deck Verified.

Bingo Betty is basically a crazy Balatro-fied version of Bingo

By Liam Dawe,
This is not your grannie's Bingo, this is underground Bingo that clearly takes some fun elements of Balatro to make things a bit nuts.

Goverlay for managing tools like MangoHud gets a major new release and it's finally on Flathub

By Liam Dawe,
Goverlay is a useful tool for configuring the likes of MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler. Recently it arrived on Flathub, and a major new update is out.

Steam begins 2026 by smashing the users online record again

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty good way for Valve to start the year, with Steam breaking another all-time users online record.

Canonical call for testing their Steam gaming Snap for Arm Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Doing something similar to what Valve will do for the Steam Frame, Canonical have announced a Steam gaming Snap package for Arm.

Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

City-builder Nova Roma from the devs of Kingdoms and Castles delayed until March

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdoms and Castles was great, and Nova Roma is shaping up to be a great city-builder but the developers at Lion Shield need more time to get it right.

Developer of popular drug-dealing sim Schedule I expands thanks to the success

By Liam Dawe,
Always nice to see an indie success story, with Schedule I developer TVGS expanding the team as work goes on towards mod support.

Bosslords and Architect of Ruin from Hooded Horse look great as they refuse to sign AI "art"

By Liam Dawe,
Game publisher Hooded Horse have recently revealed another two titles with Bosslords and Architect of Ruin that looks awesome, as they fight against AI "art".

Minecraft is getting a cute overhaul of baby mobs

By Liam Dawe,
Minecraft has a new testing build out that ups the cute factor by a lot, with an overhaul of various baby mobs and you get pet nametags now too.

Steam Client Beta adds a revamped interface for opting into game Betas and other changes

By Liam Dawe,
On top of SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta and improvements to the Steam Workshop so mods can support multiple game versions, we have a Beta UI overhaul for Steam games.

SteamOS 3.7.20 adds the ntsync driver to help improve some game performance

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta coming with just two changes, and one of them is very interesting to see arrive on SteamOS.

Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a small bit of news but an interesting one for the upcoming Steam Frame from Valve, as Linaro recently revealed they're supporting Valve with it.

MicroProse recently revealed the first-person mecha sim Steel Bounty

By Liam Dawe,
The newer MicroProse are picking up some good stuff lately, and one I missed during December was the announcement of first-person mech sim Steel Bounty.

1-4 player co-op hack-n-slash dungeon crawler Dungeon Rampage gets revived on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
A once popular Flash game has returned and it's now available on Steam, all thanks to a superfan who didn't want to let it die.

Valve update the Steam Workshop to allow mods to support multiple game versions

By Liam Dawe,
A nice move by Valve to improve the modding scene - as mods on the Steam Workshop can now support multiple game versions.