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Kitsune Zero, prequel to upcoming LGBTQ+ platformer Kitsune Tails, releases September 12

By Liam Dawe,
Kitsune Zero is being released on September 12 as a paid DLC for the free platformer Super Bernie World. This will act as a prequel to the upcoming standalone game Kitsune Tails.

Wine compatibly layer manager Bottles adds vkBasalt improvements, vmtouch cache

By Liam Dawe,
Bottles is easily the most simple way to manage installing and running Windows games and apps on Linux outside of Steam. A new release is out now with plenty of useful tweaks.

The first point-release for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now available

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS which brings together an updated download with all the bug fixes, updated apps, driver upgrades and more.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.4.0 is out with GOG Cloud Save support

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher enables you to download games on Linux and Steam Deck from both the Epic Store and GOG. A big new release is out now with some massive new features.

Easy Anti-Cheat not working on Linux? Seems a glibc update broke it

By Liam Dawe,
News has been doing the rounds for a little bit about Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) suddenly not working after system updates for some users, turns out it's an issue with glibc.

Windows compatibility layer Wine version 7.15 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Wine is a compatibility layer that aims to let you run games and applications designed for Windows on Linux and a new release version 7.15 is out now.

Humble Bundle have another interesting set of games in the Tactical Combat Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Need more games to fill up your library? Humble Bundle have put up another one that looks pretty good with the Tactical Combat Bundle. So here's what to expect on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Spider-Man Remastered is awesome on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
With Spider-Man Remastered now available on Steam after previously being PlayStation exclusive, I took it for a spin on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

yuzu the Nintendo Switch Emulator gets an easy Linux installer

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for Linux and Steam Deck fans, the yuzu team have worked to bring the installer for the Nintendo Switch Emulator over to Linux properly.

Retro racer Horizon Chase Turbo gets a big free Adventures game mode

By Liam Dawe,
Horizon Chase Turbo is a very highly rated retro racing game from developer AQUIRIS and today it sees a huge free upgrade.

Hollow Knight is getting cross-platform Steam Cloud Saves to help Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Hollow Knight developer Team Cherry has announced that an update due to go live on Monday, August 15th will bring a much needed change to the saving system.

Valheim gets a small teaser as Iron Gate get back to work on Mistlands

By Liam Dawe,
Valheim is due to get a huge upgrade at some point, which most players are now waiting on and Iron Gate have given the smallest of teasers on it again.

Get loads of Resident Evil in the latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Love Resident Evil and want to get a whole lot of it? Humble Bundle have put up the Resident Evil Decades of Horror bundle and it's a pretty full collection.

Steam Deck got a few Beta updates recently so here's what's new

By Liam Dawe,
While I was briefly away camping, Valve released a few Steam Deck Beta updates so here's a round-up of what's new in case you also missed it.

Two Point Campus from the dev of Two Point Hospital out now

By Liam Dawe,
Two Point Campus is the next game from Two Point Studios and SEGA, the same lot that gave us Two Point Hospital. It comes with Native Linux support and works on the Steam Deck right away.

W4 Games formed to help developers using Godot Engine

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a very interesting development for the world of the open source Godot Engine, as a new company named W4 Games has been formed to push it further than ever before.

What if Pong had 'lore, special moves & gay aliens'? You get ZONERS

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of ZONERS certainly had an interesting pitch when introducing their new game over email and it turns out it's pretty fun.

Emberbane is a pixel action-platformer inspired by Avatar the Last Airbender

By Liam Dawe,
The popular Avatar the Last Airbender series continues to have an influence on game developers, with Emberbane being announced as an upcoming pixel action-platformer with combat revolving around a mixture of four elements with unique abilities.

Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack is another fun looking point and clicker coming

By Liam Dawe,
Do you love your point and click adventures? We have another to highlight with Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack that will have Native Linux support.

Adventure game Nine Noir Lives seems to let you lick everything

By Liam Dawe,
Nine Noir Lives is an upcoming point and click adventure game that follows feline private investigator Cuddles Nutterbutter. A new brief trailer is out, showing off a very important game mechanic.