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Eyes of War is a medieval era RTS that lets you get up close and personal with third-person controls

By Liam Dawe,
Eyes of War is a medieval eta RTS from Good Mood Games that just hit the big 1.0. It's an usual RTS where you can jump right into playing as a single character.

Atari announced Breakout Beyond, a fresh spin on the classic from the devs of BIT.TRIP

By Liam Dawe,
The Breakout franchise is making a full return, with Atari announcing Breakout Beyond, developed by Choice Provisions (the studio behind BIT.TRIP).

The latest Valve Steam Console rumour with AMD RDNA4 can be safely ignored - here's why

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Thanks to posts on social media and YouTuber videos, which now other news sites have picked up, we're seeing fresh rumours about a new Steam Machine / Steam Console.

UK gov responds to the newer Stop Killing Games petition - no plans to amend UK consumer law

By Liam Dawe,
The second Stop Killing Games petition in the UK crossed over 10,000 signatures, and so the government have responded with a full statement.

Valve fixes up The Finals and No Man's Sky VR with Proton Experimental

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh Proton Experimental update from Valve has landed fixing up issues with two games for Linux / Steam Deck so here's what's new.

Nexus Mods app makes improvements to Collections, fixes Baldur's Gate 3 Script Extender on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The newer open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app has another update out, this time with more UI changes and improvements to the Collections system along with bug fixes.

Run a game store and go through gaming history in GSC - Game Store Chronicle

By Liam Dawe,
Imponix Game Studio have announced GSC - Game Store Chronicle, a management simulator where you run your very own game store.

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH gets stability fixes and a Steam Deck graphics setting tweak

By Liam Dawe,
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH has its first post-release patch to improve how it runs across all systems, with some useful improvements.

1997 classic adventure The Space Bar upgraded with ScummVM and Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Another classic revived. The ZOOM Platform recently announced that the 1997 classic adventure The Space Bar has been upgraded to use ScummVM and there's now a Linux version to go with it.

PS2 Emulator emulator PCSX2 should get Wayland support "in the coming months"

By Liam Dawe,
PCSX2 is a free and open source Sony PS2 Emulator, and it seems they're working towards ensuring it has full support for Wayland on Linux.

Video Game History Foundation launches a digital archive free for everyone

By Liam Dawe,
Giving everyone free access to their new launch (well, it's in "early access"), the Video Game History Foundation have put up their digital archive of video game history research materials.

Physics building game Besiege gets a big 10 year anniversary update

By Liam Dawe,
Besiege from Spiderling Studios just had a big free upgrade for all players to celebrate the 10th anniversary.

Steam Survey for January 2025 shows Linux still above 2%

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for January 2025, showing both Linux and macOS having a dip with a rise of Windows 10.

The Sims and The Sims 2 officially return with a Legacy Collection for each

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
The rumours were true, EA have re-released the classics. The Sims Legacy Collection and The Sims 2 Legacy Collection are live on Steam now.

Warner Bros platform fighter MultiVersus goes offline for good in May

By Liam Dawe,
Player First Games / Warner Bros. Games have announced that the Super Smash Bros.-like game MultiVersus is officially closing.

Linux performance overlay MangoHud 0.8.0-rc1 out now for testing with Intel GPU support and lots of improvements

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud is a performance overlay you can use on Desktop Linux, and it's what powers the built-in overlay on Steam Deck. A new release candidate is now available for testing for an upcoming stable release with version 0.8.0-rc1.

Calamities are coming to Old World in the Wrath of Gods DLC plus they hit a big sales milestone

By Liam Dawe,
Mohawk Games have announced the Old World - Wrath of Gods is coming on March 4, which has some big new features and content, plus they've hit a nice sales milestone.

Free tense horror game Those Who Crawl about exploring shrinking caves added Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Originally released in 2022, Hush Fin Games have upgraded the free game Those Who Crawl, which now includes Linux and Steam Deck support.

Minecraft gets new types of cows, a firefly bush and more ambient sounds

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from a previous testing snapshot update for Minecraft that added in new pigs, wildflowers and ambient features there's another snapshot available for testing with more new content.

The Spell Brigade gets lots of gameplay improvements plus a UI update for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The Spell Brigade is a popular survivor-like with online co-op for up to 4 players, it's sold well and the developers continue making big improvements to it.