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Dome Keeper is getting a major content update and multiplayer is coming

By Liam Dawe, Apr 26

An absolute indie gem released in 2022 is Dome Keeper from developer Bippinbits that has you mine underground for resources, while you also defend your dome above land from aliens. It's good fun and some big updates are on the way.

Check out the free spooky fan game Aliens: Redacted

By Liam Dawe, Apr 26

To celebrate Alien Day, one developer decided to make a fan game with Aliens: Redacted now available on itch.io.

Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver NVK gets more enhancements

By Liam Dawe, Apr 26

Developer Faith Ekstrand has written up a fresh blog post on Collabora which goes over implementing two extensions in NVK, the open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver, and how it ended up fixing actual games.

Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0

By Liam Dawe, Apr 26

More open source surprises for you today, coming from Microsoft too which is always interesting to see as they've now open sourced MS-DOS 4.0.

NVIDIA developer contributing to the open source NVK driver

By Liam Dawe, Apr 26

Another surprise from NVIDIA here. On top of one developer contributing to Nouveau, we have another developer now contributing to NVK.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) is now available

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25

Another big Linux distribution release is upon us. Ubuntu 24.04 is a new long-term support release from Canonical available today.

Create, Automate & Manage in this Humble Bundle of games

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25

If you love building sims with a sprinkle of management you should take a look at the new Create, Automate & Manage Humble Bundle.

SteamOS 3.5.19 for Steam Deck out now for everyone

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25

After two recent Preview releases of SteamOS for Steam Deck, Valve has now put out the latest Stable update for everyone with SteamOS 3.5.19 code-named "Grey Park Seagull".

Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers released after 5 years of development

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25

Sonic fans will love this one! Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers builds upon the idea of its predecessor SRB2Kart, a kart racing game built on the fangame Sonic Robo Blast 2, itself based on a modified version of Doom Legacy.

Fallout 4 'Next Gen' update out now and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25

Well, here it is Vault Dwellers, the big update to Fallout 4 you've been waiting on after binge-watching the Fallout show.

Fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx is approaching the end-game

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25

Songs of Syx is approaching the end-game now with a new Beta release out for version 66, which as usual has tons of changes for this massive city-building strategy game.

Garry's Mod forced to remove Nintendo content after takedowns

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25

Facepunch issued an announcement for Garry's Mod players, to explain that a whole lot of user content is being taken down due to Nintendo.

Semi-open world paper plane adventure 'Paper Sky' coming to Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 24

I do love how indie developers come up with all these unique and quirky game ideas, and now Paper Sky is on the way from developer BRUTE FORCE who also made the dynamic physics platformer Crumble.

Valve makes paid 'Advanced Access' a clear feature on Steam now

By Liam Dawe, Apr 24

With more and more AAA publishers putting up special editions of games you can pay extra for, to play a few days before the main release, Valve has formally made "Advanced Access" a thing on Steam.

Atari revives Infogrames and acquires Totally Reliable Delivery Service

By Liam Dawe, Apr 24

Atari are trying more and more to make a proper full comeback now and they've just announced a revival of Infogrames along with acquiring Totally Reliable Delivery Service.