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Narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL looks fantastic and arrives February 19

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:47:39 +0000

Run, jump and flip gravity in the narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL when it releases February 19th. The atmosphere in this looks simply awesome.

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Hungry Horrors is a unique deck-builder about feeding monsters out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:00:53 +0000

Gather ingredients, make dishes and feed all the strange creatures in a deck-builder that manages to set itself apart from the others in Hungry Horrors.

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SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded to get a new 'Arena Royale' mode in the next update

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:23:51 +0000

1047 Games have revealed that SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded is getting a big upgrade tomorrow (January 22nd), with a completely redesigned battle royale mode.

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Build up your Steam library with the latest Fanatical Titanium Collection 2026

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:58:10 +0000

Fanatical have another chance here for you to build up your Steam game collection with a bunch of lovely indie games all at a great price.

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Ghostship - the new Super Mario 64 PC port gets a Linux release

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:46:52 +0000

Ghostship was a recent announcement from the HarbourMasters team bringing a new Super Mario 64 PC port, and now there's a fresh release with a Linux version.

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French indie studio Accidental Queens are closing and delisting their games from Steam

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:40:02 +0000

A few more games are going to be lost to history, as the French indie studio Accidental Queens announced they're closing down.

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Max and Chloe return for Life is Strange: Reunion in March

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:28:46 +0000

Max and Chloe are returning in Life is Strange: Reunion in March for a finale, and it sounds like it's going to be an interesting adventure.

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Obey the Insect God brings live-action digitized sprite weirdness to action platformers

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:27:18 +0000

Remember how the original Mortal Kombat used live-action sprites for characters? Now imagine if someone stuck that style into a modernised action platformer.

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Survive an elevator trying to eat you in co-op horror KLETKA when it releases February 19

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:52:29 +0000

A bunch of criminals sent down the depths of a massive structure using a living elevator - what could go wrong? Lots and you'll find out in KLETKA.

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Giving some Undertale and OMORI vibes, the strange looking Immortal Boy gets a new trailer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:39:41 +0000

Immortal Boy is an upcoming retro-styled fantasy RPG adventure due out this year, and now it has a first proper full gameplay trailer.

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tinyBuild are shutting down and delisting Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:23:32 +0000

We're about to say a permanent goodbye to another multiplayer title, as Pandemic Express - Zombie Escape is set to be fully shut down.

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Monster taming adventure Stories of Somnia is one to keep an eye on

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:05:52 +0000

Stories of Somnia is an upcoming mixture of real-time adventuring with monster taming and battling, one that looks quite sweet you need to keep an eye on.

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Marathon from Bungie is out March 5th - likely unplayable on SteamOS Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:13:39 +0000

Halo and Destiny developer Bungie confirmed that Marathon will be launching March 5th, but it will most likely be unplayable on SteamOS Linux.

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From Project Zomboid modders - the survival-horror Dandelion Void will have multiplayer

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:00:25 +0000

Now I'm even more interested in Dandelion Void! It looks like Project Zomboid in space with plant-based horrors and now it will get multiplayer.

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Draft code submitted to KDE Plasma turns it into a full VR desktop

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:37:01 +0000

A developer has submitted a draft to the KDE team for KWin to hook up a full Plasma VR mode and it looks pretty awesome.

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Get some indie legends in the latest Fanatical game bundle

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:34:51 +0000

Fanatical have launched the Best of Indie Legends Game Bundle offering you a new chance to get some fantastic games at a ridiculous price.

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Walaber announced precision-driving physics sim 4x4 in a Furniture Store

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:23:40 +0000

Walaber known for the likes of JellyCar, Replicube and Parking Garage Rally Circuit just revealed the aptly named 4x4 in a Furniture Store.

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Tile Tactics is a roguelike tower defense game where everything is a tile and you gamble for new tiles

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:44:39 +0000

I simply love how indie developers constantly come up with new weird and wonderful combinations. Tile Tactics looks like it will properly hook me in.

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From the devs of Minami Lane, their next game Milki Delivery is a cosy delivery game

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:35:23 +0000

Love your shorter and more cosy games? Milki Delivery is the latest from the developers of the popular Minami Lane and it looks to be another wholesome one.

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KDE Plasma 6.7 will have a global push-to-talk feature

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:06:40 +0000

KDE Plasma is set to gain even more useful features with the upcoming Plasma 6.7 release, one especially good for online gaming.

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Ghostship is a new Super Mario 64 PC port from HarbourMasters

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:34:00 +0000

From the HarbourMasters team is another Nintendo PC port, this time it's Super Mario 64.

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Valve tweak Steam AI disclosure form for developers to clarify it's for content consumed by players

Liam Dawe — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:40:39 +0000

Back in early 2024, Valve put up new rules for game developers on Steam to pull in some information about generative AI, and they now seem to have tweaked it.

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Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more

Liam Dawe — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:22:14 +0000

Valve launched a new update for Proton Experimental for January 16th to improve various games and launchers working on SteamOS / Linux.

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Third-person mech-action shooter roguelike RIG Riot gets a demo

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:14:50 +0000

Give me some of that sweet mech combat action - RIG Riot looks pretty fantastic, and now there's a demo available for you to try.

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Tabulo is chess meets Balatro and it's out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:04:42 +0000

Is it chess? Is it Balatro? It's both, sort of. Tabulo is a pretty clever mixture of gameplay elements that looks set to hook you in.

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No Rest for the Wicked co-op update lands on January 22 and it hit a big sales milestone

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:33:26 +0000

No Rest for the Wicked from Moon Studios is set for a huge upgrade on January 22nd, with the release of the co-op update titled No Rest for the Wicked Together.

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EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:14:00 +0000

After a major update released for EndeavourOS late last year, a new refresh is out with Ganymede Neo with a big tweak for NVIDIA GPU owners.

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Masters of Albion from Peter Molyneux / 22cans arrives in April

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:30:59 +0000

Peter Molyneux and 22cans return in April with their latest god sim attempt, Masters of Albion.

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Grab some awesome modern platformers in the Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:03:51 +0000

Got a little time for some adventuring and platforming? The Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle has launched with a great price for some nice games.

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Amazon confirm New World: Aeternum will go permanently offline next year and is being delisted

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:44:13 +0000

Back in October 2025, Amazon announced that their MMO game New World would no longer see updates - and now they've confirmed the full shutdown.

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OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:20:45 +0000

Remember the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown? It's one of my favourite strategy games from the 90s, and now the open source OpenXcom is switching hands.

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IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:18:57 +0000

It was clear something wasn't right when IO Interactive originally released the PC specifications for the upcoming 007 First Light, and now they've been sorted.

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Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:55:44 +0000

We already had a list of the first lot of Steam events for the year but now we know everything that's coming, as Valve put up the second half.

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OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:09:03 +0000

Another new release of the excellent open source video capture and streaming app OBS Studio is being prepared, with OBS Studio 32.1 Beta out now.

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Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:06:49 +0000

With the upcoming new Steam Frame hardware from Valve, they want to get as many games as possible running - and there's multiple ways for developers to do it.

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Less Miserables is an upcoming point-and-click parody of Les Misérables

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:47:13 +0000

A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables. Could be a fun one to keep an eye on if you love classic adventure games with modern touches.

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Multiple years later Terraria 1.4.5 has a release date for January 27th

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:26:18 +0000

Wow, they've been cooking for a while on this one huh? Terraria 1.4.5 will officially arrive January 27th and it's going to be massive.

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Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:44:43 +0000

It seems it will be easier to be Steam Machine Verified when compared with Steam Deck Verified, according to a Valve designer speaking with Game Developer.

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Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:04:47 +0000

Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has sent in even more impressive performance improvements for AMD GPUs on Linux with Mesa.

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D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:51:35 +0000

Entering the land of what the developer calls diminishing returns, D7VK version 1.2 has rolled out delivering a bunch of Direct3D 6 improvements.

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Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:58:05 +0000

The popular Linux Mint has a big new stable version available with Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" supported up until 2029 as it's a long-term support release.

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Cygames announced an AI studio, and then put up an apology over it

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:41:21 +0000

The expansion of generative AI continues with Cygames recently announcing the formation of an AI studio. Fans weren't happy, and now Cygames have apologised.

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Check out the demo for CiniCross if you enjoy roguelikes and nonogram styled puzzles

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:27:31 +0000

Is it a roguelike? Is it a puzzle game? CiniCross is both, taking place in a retro-styled dark fantasy universe it looks rather interesting.

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Check out the great enhancement patch for the original Splinter Cell

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:51:10 +0000

Where bigger developers like Ubisoft don't fix up their old games - the community provides, check out EnhancedSC for the original Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.

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GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:38:03 +0000

With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG will improve their Linux support.

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Nexus Mods retire their in-development cross-platform app to focus back on Vortex

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:54:06 +0000

One of the new Nexus Mods owners posted an announcement noting that they're moving back to Vortex, ceasing development on their newer cross-platform app.

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Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content"

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:24:54 +0000

Along with an entirely new set of awards you can give out across Steam the changes should stop all the clown farming on reviews, guides, forum posts and more.

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Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 arrives bringing masses of improvements to Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:35:33 +0000

Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux, a major part of Valve's Proton and now Wine 11 is finally here.

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Check out the full first video episode for Games For Everyone

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:16:31 +0000

Recently we mentioned a new podcast series hosted by Jason at Linux For Everyone called Games For Everyone. Now you can catch the first full video episode.

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Hytale has arrived in Early Access with Linux support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:54:23 +0000

It has been a long road for Hytale but the sandbox exploration RPG is now officially out in Early Access, with Native Linux support.

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