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Blender 3.5 is out now with fancy new hair

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29, 2023

Continuing to show how great open source is, the Blender team have released Blender 3.5 with some really fancy new features.

Monster collecting fusion game Cassette Beasts releasing in April

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29, 2023

Ready to collect creatures? How about transforming into them? Okay how about fusing them together? Cassette Beasts is what you need then.

System76 announce new Gazelle laptop, 13th Gen Intel paired with NVIDIA

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29, 2023

What System76 said is their "most budget-friendly laptop which features a discrete GPU", the new Gazelle laptop has been announced.

OBS Studio 29.1 Beta 1 brings AV1 / HEVC over RTMP

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29, 2023

The team working on the free and open source video recording and livestreaming software OBS Studio, have released the first Beta for version 29.1 with a big new feature.

Short underwater survival game FarSky now free on itch.io

By Liam Dawe, Mar 29, 2023

After closing up shop back in 2022, Farsky Interactive have now revived their game FarSky and made it free on itch.io.

The Last of Us on Steam Deck is not great

By Liam Dawe, Mar 28, 2023

Here we are, another big release on Steam and sadly it's just seemingly not a good experience from my early testing.

GOG giving away another game during their Spring Sale

By Liam Dawe, Mar 28, 2023

Alwa's Awakening is now up for grabs if you're in need of a free game, plus there's a whole lot of discounts in GOG's Spring Sale.

AMD RADV driver will soon stop eating RAM with some games

By Liam Dawe, Mar 28, 2023

Developer Mike Blumenkrantz has continued blogging about Linux graphics driver improvements, with a fix from developer Samuel Pitoiset landing to stop the AMD RADV (Vulkan) driver eating up RAM.

Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe, Mar 28, 2023

Giving you another easy way to download and keep it up to date, the Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam.

Fresh Steam Deck and Steam desktop Beta, Valve dropping old Windows support

By Liam Dawe, Mar 28, 2023

Steam Deck and Steam desktop both got a fresh Beta release, with plenty of bug fixing involved and Valve are dropping support for older versions of Windows.

Build bridges over hot lava in Hellgineers

By Liam Dawe, Mar 27, 2023

Hellgineers takes the idea of Bridge Constructor and gives it a devilish spin, available now with Native Linux support.

Roguelite dungeon crawler Netherguild arrives on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Mar 27, 2023

Now available in Early Access, if you're looking for a roguelite dungeon crawler take a look at Netherguild.

Left 4 Dead 3 appears in Counter-Strike 2 files

By Liam Dawe, Mar 27, 2023

The internet is currently buzzing about mentions of Left 4 Dead 3 appearing in files for the upcoming Counter-Strike 2. So apparently Valve can count to 3.

Halls of Torment is classic Diablo meets Vampire Survivors

By Liam Dawe, Mar 27, 2023

Ah hell, going to say goodbye to any free time I had for the next month. Halls of Torment has sucked me right in being a blend of retro Diablo and Vampire Survivors.