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The Force Engine for classic Star Wars: Dark Forces now on Flathub

By Liam Dawe,
Want an easy way to get The Force Engine on Linux to play Star Wars: Dark Forces (and eventually Outlaws too)? Well, now it's available on Flathub.

Geometry Survivor is wonderful nostalgia bait updated for the survivor-like era

By Liam Dawe,
I have some ridiculously fond memories of playing Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, to the point of having a mini-party with lots of us sat around an Xbox 360 blasting through high-scores. To see Geometry Survivor appear is quite a highlight.

Move over Diablo 4 and Path of Exile as Last Epoch 1.0 is here

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for your next action RPG? Diablo and Path of Exile fans may want to take a look at Last Epoch, which has finally left Early Access with the 1.0 update and there's plenty to love about it.

Slimbook reveal the AMD powered Excalibur laptop and KDE Plasma 6 Slimbook

By Liam Dawe,
For all of you who keep asking for more AMD powered laptops, Slimbook have delivered with the brand new Excalibur which also has a KDE Slimbook counterpart.

STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection announced with Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Aspyr Media are busy! Not long after launching Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, they've now announced the STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection and it's coming with Steam Deck support.

World of Goo 2 launches in May on the Epic Store - but Linux support from their website

By Liam Dawe,
World of Goo 2 was quite a surprise reveal late last year and now it actually has a released date, although it won't be on Steam.

ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree trailer up - releasing June 21st

By Liam Dawe,
ELDEN RING continues to be one of the most played games on Steam Deck (and it works great on Desktop Linux) and now what many have been waiting for - ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree has a trailer and release date.

There's no end to Vampire Survivor-likes with Temtem: Swarm announced

By Liam Dawe,
Remember the days when every developer seemed to be announcing some kind of Battle Royale game or mode for an existing game? Well now it's very much Vampire Survivor-likes. Even the monster catching Temtem is being turned into one with Temtem: Swarm.

Steam users redeemed over $80 million in physical wallet cards in December 2023

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continues to pretty much print money, and they've released their latest yearly review and 2023 seems to be another great year for Steam.

Enjoyed Unpacking? Check out Furnish Master to design apartments, houses & more

By Liam Dawe,
If you enjoyed Unpacking and want perhaps a little something more to design the entire room and then some, Furnish Master looks like one you may want to try.

System76 are giving their Linux laptops a big refresh

By Liam Dawe,
System76 makers of Pop!_OS, various laptops and the stylish Thelio desktop line have announced a big refresh for their line of laptops.

Halls of Torment the retro Diablo styled Vampire Survivors-like 'closing in on the finale'

By Liam Dawe,
Developer studio Chasing Carrots say they're "closing in on the finale" for the fantastic Halls of Torment, which blends a classic Diablo style with Vampire Survivors-like gameplay for a great mix.

Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters (open source Star Control 2) now available on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters, which is an open source version of the classic Star Control 2, has managed to get a Steam release from Pistol Shrimp Games.

Check out ChipWits, an upcoming remake of one of the first programming puzzle games

By Liam Dawe,
Originally released back in 1984, ChipWits is a programming puzzle game and it's getting a modern remake in Unity that will be released on Steam.

Hazard Pay is an upcoming dark and mysterious block-pushing puzzler

By Liam Dawe,
Want a puzzle game that's a little bit different to keep you wanting to find out more? Hazard Pay from Smitner Studio releases later this year and it sounds great.

Which Way Up: Space Olympics is anti-gravity party game chaos

By Liam Dawe,
Turtle Flip Studio plan to launch their physics-based anti-gravity party game Which Way Up: Space Olympics sometime in Q1 2025 but there's a demo up on Steam you can try with Linux support.

Humble Bundle IGN Fan Fest 24 has some good stuff like Loop Hero and Tinykin

By Liam Dawe,
IGN Fan Fest is kicking off so there's a new Humble Bundle IGN Fan Fest 24 with some sweet treats you can pick up for cheaps.

Valve open sourced Steam Audio including the SDK and Plugins

By Liam Dawe,
Steam Audio is a full-featured audio solution for game developers, and now anyone can pretty much do anything with it as Valve has made it entirely open source.

Palworld is getting external anti-cheat but it will be mostly optional

By Liam Dawe,
Palworld continues to be an incredible success seeing a 24 hour peak player count of 527,994 but cheating is causing problems, so the developers plan to address it with new anti-cheat.

Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 is example of how to do retro right

By Liam Dawe,
Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 from Bitwave Games / Toaplan is another 4-pack of classic games, and a nice clear example of how to bring retro games the right way to modern platforms.