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Team Cherry clarify Hollow Knight: Silksong will be out before the 2025 holiday season

By Liam Dawe,
Team Cherry have clarified the release period for Hollow Knight: Silksong, after a bit of confusion thanks to Microsoft.

Khronos Group announce the Vulkan Video Decode VP9 Extension

By Liam Dawe,
Another expansion of the Vulkan graphics API has arrived with the Vulkan Video Decode VP9 Extension.
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IGN Live 2025 Humble Bundle has a nice mixture of games

By Liam Dawe,
Don't miss your chance to build up your game collection with highly rated picks in the IGN Live 2025 Humble Bundle.

Theme Hospital engine remake CorsixTH 0.69 Beta 1 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Theme Hospital open source game engine CorsixTH has a nice Beta release out with v0.69 now in testing for this classic.

GOG store introduces one-click mods with Skyblivion coming soon

By Liam Dawe,
The GOG.com team have announced a new feature, with one-click mods available for various popular games.

Upcoming MMO 'BitCraft Online' will be open source

By Liam Dawe,
The upcoming MMO BitCraft Online is doing something very unusual for the genre, it's going to be open source.

ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds announced, the first real Steam Deck competition

By Liam Dawe,
Microsoft and ASUS have formally announced the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, what is likely the first real competition for the Steam Deck.

AMD revealed two more Ryzen Z2 chips for gaming handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
AMD have expanded their Ryzen Z2 offerings, with two more chips designed for handhelds.

Mesa 25.1.3 emergency update released for AMD Radeon RX 9000 series (RDNA4)

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 25.1.3, an unscheduled emergency release to fix AMD GFX12 (RDNA4 - Radeon RX 9000 series).

Highlight announcements from the 2025 summer showcases

By Liam Dawe,
We had a lot of events over the weekend, so here's a round-up of some interesting game announcements to keep you up to date.

Classic racers FlatOut 1 & 2 get improved controller support, better widescreen and bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Classic racing games FlatOut 1 & 2 just got upgraded, and there's also a small update for FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage too.

A sports brawler meets a MOBA in Sparkball with a demo coming to Steam Next Fest

By Liam Dawe,
If you love sports and fast-paced action, Sparkball will be one you need to check out with a playable demo coming in Steam Next Fest.

Build a kingdom and watch overpowered tiny armies fight in 9 Kings

By Liam Dawe,
9 Kings is a fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder where you get to watch tiny armies fight and it's surprisingly absorbing of your time.

Sol Cesto is a super weird tactical roguelite with rad art all about luck and pulling teeth

By Liam Dawe,
It was the art style of Sol Cesto that first pulled me in, now I'm hooked on the roguelite slot-machine like mechanics of it.

World Ocean Day Sale 2025 is live on Steam to support charity

By Liam Dawe,
A chance for you to buy some games and feel slightly better about it. The World Ocean Day Sale on Steam is now live.

Net.Attack() is like Vampire Survivors but you program unique attacks

By Liam Dawe,
Now this is seriously cool! Net.Attack() takes the basics of Vampire Survivors, and gets you doing a little visual programming.

Near-Mage is a gorgeous looking new hand-painted witchy adventure

By Liam Dawe,
Near-Mage is a brand new hand-painted adventure from Stuck In Attic, who also made Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure.

Dragon Lands is Forager meets a creature collector and it looks real sweet

By Liam Dawe,
One now on my radar is Dragon Lands, a sweet looking mixture of an incremental game about creature collection, farming, crafting and automation.

Borderlands 2 is free to claim and keep on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
There's a big Borderlands Franchise Sale on Steam, and you can get a free to keep copy of Borderlands 2 for a limited time.

Here's the games to claim from Prime Gaming for June 2025

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh month and new games to claim via Prime Gaming for June 2025. Here's what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.