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Strategy business sim Summer Islands a spiritual successor to Holiday Island from 1996 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Summer Islands from Marttalin Games is a real-time strategy business simulator and after a few years of Early Access the 1.0 release is out now.

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter is out now and looks fantastic

By Liam Dawe,
Available with Linux support, Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter has launched from Odd Bug Studio and it looks like another hit. It's also Steam Deck Verified.

Lucky Tower Ultimate is hilarious and now Steam Deck Verified with a big update

By Liam Dawe,
Probably one of the funniest games I've had the pleasure of playing over the last year, Lucky Tower Ultimate is a gem and worth a go. Now even more so.

Awesome free retro RPG Moonring gets another big update - looking good on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Moonring originally released back in 2023 from the co-creator of the Xbox's Fable series, it's free, has a lot of good reviews and now it should be even better for all players.

System76 Meerkat Mini PC gets a nice upgrade with Intel Core Ultra

By Liam Dawe,
Hardware vendor and Pop!_OS Linux distribution developer System76 have revealed the brand new upgraded Meerkat Mini PC. This new fancy refresh gives you up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor with Intel ARC graphics.

Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 now available on GOG - plus GOG Dreamlist replaces Community Wishlist

By Liam Dawe,
Some great news for game preservation here, as GOG have managed to revive both Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 and they've also revamped their voting feature for future games with the new GOG Dreamlist.

The new trailer for sandbox strategy game Antimatter shows off the epic scale

By Liam Dawe,
Back in 2020 the strategy game Antimatter sure looked exciting during the Kickstarter, with the developer steadily building up all the promised features.

Survival horror Chernobylite updated for better Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
While working on Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, developer The Farm 51 have gone back and further enhanced Chernobylite Complete Edition to bring some Steam Deck improvements.

Popular rogue-lite space shooter Nova Drift gets updated for Steam Deck verification

By Liam Dawe,
Nova Drift from developer Chimeric is a very well-received rogue-lite space shooter that released back in 2024, and the dev continues working on it. The latest update includes some changes to improve it on Steam Deck.

Wild West point & click adventure Rosewater set for release in March with a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Rosewater from Grundislav Games and publisher Application Systems Heidelberg has a brand new trailer and they've revealed the release date is now set for March 27th.

The latest Two Point Museum trailer shows off Museum Management

By Liam Dawe,
Releasing with Linux support on March 4, Two Point Museum has a brand new trailer to showcase Museum Management and more.

Dying Light is getting a free graphical update, plus Dying Light 2 will get a new game mode

By Liam Dawe,
Techland are celebrating 10 years of Dying Light with a number of announcements, like a graphics update to the original, a few events and some big discounts.

Steam / Steam Deck Beta update will no longer bug friends in-game when you reconnect

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another smaller Steam Client Beta update for Desktop / Steam Deck, with a little tweak for in-game notifications amongst some other bug fixes.

NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy"

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like the upcoming Linux kernel 6.14 release is going to be a nice one for gamers on Linux / Steam Deck, as the NTSYNC code has now been properly merged in ready.

Iron Roads is a cute-looking rail network optimisation sim out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Love your building and management sims? Iron Roads puts a rather cute looking style on it and it's now available with Linux support in Early Access.

Originally PS5 exclusive Team NINJA are bringing Rise of the Ronin to PC in March

By Liam Dawe,
Rise of the Ronin from Team NINJA and KOEI TECMO has now been confirmed to be launching on Steam and it's coming soon too.

AMPLITUDE announce ENDLESS Legend 2 with publishing from Hooded Horse

By Liam Dawe,
AMPLITUDE Studios have announced ENDLESS Legend 2 and teamed up with Hooded Horse, who are quickly becoming known for publishing some great strategy games. It looks gorgeous too.

Mahjong gets the Balatro treatment with Aotenjo: Infinite Hands

By Liam Dawe,
We're likely to continue seeing more developers try mixing up classic games like Balatro did with Poker, and now we have Aotenjo: Infinite Hands aiming to do similar for Mahjong.

Yield! Fall of Rome is the 'child of Polytopia and Civilization' out in Early Access and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of strategy gaming on the go? Developer Billionworlds and publisher Daedalic Entertainment recently announced the release of Yield! Fall of Rome.

Chaosmonger Studio have announced a new adventure game with MIGHTY 1990

By Liam Dawe,
MIGHTY 1990 is the next game from Chaosmonger Studio who have been pumping out releases over the last few years including ENCODYA, Speedollama, Three Minutes To Eight and Clunky Hero.