Embracer closes Volition developer of Freespace, Red Faction, Saints Row
Well, there goes another big industry name. Embracer Group, who currently own a stupidly vast portfolio of developers and publisher has shut down Volition.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Dimension Shellshock DLC is out now
Native Linux beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge received its Dimension Shellshock DLC on August 31st, with discounts available for both the DLC and the base game.
Proton Experimental update has newly playable games and fixes Ship of Fools
Valve released a new upgrade for Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and desktop Linux on August 31st with a few additions, here's what's new.
HoloCure is a Vampire Survivors clone that's free, really cute and surprisingly fun
I will admit, I know basically nothing about Hololive, VTubers or anything like that and yet I'm now completely sucked in by the free fan game HoloCure - Save the Fans!
Halls of Torment adds new characters, new stage, 'Agony Mode' and much more
Well, there goes basically all of my free time. Halls of Torment blends together retro Diablo with Vampire Survivors and it was already horribly addictive and now I fear I'm going to be sucked in again.
Pro wrestling and RPG fantasy collide in WrestleQuest out now
Love wrestling? Well the new release of WrestleQuest might be what you need. A blend of sweet pixel-art with pro wrestling and fantasy elements.
New update for Dota 2 might pull me back in, with new reporting and matchmaking
It finally seems like it might be time for me to put another 500 hours into Dota 2, as Valve has given the game quite an interesting upgrade for The Summer Client Update.
SteamWorld Build arrives December 1st with full Steam Deck support
SteamWorld Build is the latest in the SteamWorld series from Thunderful Development / Thunderful Publishing and they're once again entirely changing the genre for the series and turning it into a city-builder.
Slime Rancher is being turned into a movie
Well this could be a whole lot of fun! Slime Rancher, the series of games about a lone rancher sucking up slimes in a vacuum gun is getting a movie adaptation.
Check out the demo for Crop Rotation, a farming-themed card drafting game
A farming-themed card drafting game? Well that's a new one. Crop Rotation is releasing on September 15th and there's a demo available on Steam now too.
Budgie 10.8 desktop released with plenty of new features
Budgie 10.8 was released recently, bringing plenty of enhancements to this interesting desktop environment so here's a little run over what's new.
Get some great strategy games in the Steam Strategy Fest
I'll be the first to admit that we're a bit late on this news as the sale started Monday, but the Steam Strategy Fest is up and has some awesome deals on strategy game classics.
Patch 2 for Baldur's Gate 3 coming with 'major performance improvements'
Larian only just released a MASSIVE patch for Baldur's Gate 3, and another is being planned out to come with some "major performance improvements" which sounds exciting - especially for Steam Deck players.
Schizollama from Chaosmonger Studio is a blazing-fast run and gun game
Chaosmonger Studio sure are busy. After releasing ENCODYA and Clunky Hero, then announcing Soul Tolerance and Three Minutes To Eight they've now announced a fifth game. It's called Schizollama and it looks ridiculous.
Check out the demo for upcoming action RPG Drova - Forsaken Kin
Drova - Forsaken Kin is an upcoming action RPG from Just2D and Deck13, inspired by the allure of Celtic mythology. There's also a fresh demo out to try.
Dev of Shadow Tactics, Desperados III, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew shutting down
Well this is certainly unexpected. Mimimi Games developer of games including Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Desperados III and the recently launched Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew will be closing up.
Steam Deck OS 3.4.9 Beta gets a GPU fix for an upcoming game
Here's something interesting for you. Valve released a fresh upgrade for the Steam Deck OS now in Beta, including a fix for an upcoming game.
Daggerfall Unity adds exclusive in-game books by the original lead designer
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall continues living on with Daggerfall Unity, an open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine and a new release just rolled out with Daggerfall Unity 0.15.4 Beta.
KDE Plasma 6 gets double-click to open by default and other improvements
Something that has proven to be quite divisive in the Linux community for KDE Plasma users is single or double-click to open something, as Plasma 6 will default to double-click.
Linux kernel 6.5 released
Here it is, on August 27th the latest work by a great many developers was released with Linus Torvalds announcing the Linux kernel 6.5.
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