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Hundreds of thousands of people are now clicking a Banana on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11

As a ridiculous update to an article I did recently about the free game called Banana, where it seemed insane that over 30,000 people were clicking it - now a whole lot more people are doing so too.

Old school immersive sim FPS 'Core Decay' still alive and the latest update sounds awesome

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11

A few months ago there was news about layoffs at 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks, and it seemed like Ivar Hill's immersive sim Core Decay was hit. Thankfully though, Core Decay is alive and well.

The Thing: Remastered and Killing Time: Resurrected coming from Nightdive Studios

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11

Recently Nightdive Studios had another two announcements of their remasters with The Thing: Remastered and Killing Time: Resurrected.

Dawnmaker is a turn-based city-building and deck-building game that looks great

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11

Coming from Arpentor Studio, Dawnmaker is a turn-based city building and deckbuilding game that feels like playing a board game.

WOLFHOUND is a sci-fi World War II metroidvania from the creator of Chasm

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11

Bit Kid creator of Chasm have announced WOLFHOUND, a sci-fi World War II metroidvania where you play as a one-man-army Capt. Chuck “WOLFHOUND” Rosetti.

Core Keeper 1.0 will bring new PvP, revamped world-gen and a mysterious new biome

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11

Pugstorm and Fireshine Games have revealed more details about the 1.0 release for Core Keeper that will arrive on August 27th.

Free-roaming megasim sandbox RPG 'Streets of Fortuna' sounds wonderfully unique

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11

Recently announced by Kitfox Games (publisher of Dwarf Fortress) is Streets of Fortuna, a free-roaming megasim sandbox RPG that's a bit like The Sims meets Project Zomboid but a whole lot more than that.

Kitsune Tails is a gay furry Mario-like steeped in Japanese mythology releasing August 1

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11

Kitsune Tails from developer Kitsune Games and publisher MidBoss, the gay furry Mario-like, is now going to be released on August 1st.

OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 adds Linux support to the native NVENC encoder, other Linux improvements

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11

OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing for anyone interested in recording and livestreaming video, and there's some nice Linux improvements coming.

Steam Next Fest - June 2024 edition is live with lots and lots of demos

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10

Valve has launched Steam Next Fest - June 2024 edition, another big event for you to try plenty of upcoming games and see what sticks for you to add to your wishlist.

Unpacking and Assault Android Cactus devs announce relaxing musical puzzler Tempopo

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10

Tempopo is the next title from Witch Beam, creators of the popular Unpacking and Assault Android Cactus due out sometime in 2024.

Streets of Rogue 2 hits Early Access on August 14 - I'm going to need a week off

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10

That's it, I'm going to need a holiday for this one. Streets of Rogue 2 from Matt Dabrowski and tinyBuild is due to enter Early Access on August 14th.

Pinball Spire is a fresh Pinballvania blending multiple genres with classic ball flipping

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10

Pinballvania? That's actually a new one to me, although Pinball Spire is not the first, it sure does look good.

TUXEDO tease an ARM Snapdragon X Elite Linux notebook is coming

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10

TUXEDO Computers have teased that they're working on an ARM notebook with a Snapdragon X Elite SoC from Qualcomm.

Roguelike epic Caves of Qud gets the Spring Molting update live with the fancy new UI

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10

Easily one of the weirdest and best roguelikes ever, Caves of Qud has a new update live with Spring Molting bringing the brand new shiny UI for everyone.

Energetic boss rush Big Boy Boxing gets a new trailer - check out the demo

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10

Big Boy Boxing is coming from developer Soupmasters, and it has a fresh new trailer to get you pumped to do some punching.

Max Caulfield returns in Life is Strange: Double Exposure

By Liam Dawe, Jun 10

As someone who really enjoyed the first Life is Strange, this is exciting to me! Life is Strange: Double Exposure returns to Caledon University with Max Caulfield taking centre stage once again.

Gears of War: E-Day announced and it's coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jun 9

Showing just how much Microsoft's attitude has changed with Xbox Game Studios, they've announced Gears of War: E-Day and it's coming to Steam.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has a new trailer - still releasing September 5

By Liam Dawe, Jun 9

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl from Ukrainian developer GSC Game World has a brand new trailer and thankfully no more delays as it's still going to release on September 5th.