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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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Minecraft is getting a cute overhaul of baby mobs

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:44:17 +0000

Minecraft has a new testing build out that ups the cute factor by a lot, with an overhaul of various baby mobs and you get pet nametags now too.

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Mounts of Mayhem released for Minecraft with new mobs, weapons and more

Liam Dawe — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:13:49 +0000

One missed from earlier this week with the onslaught of news - Mounts of Mayhem released for Minecraft as the latest major update for the popular sandbox game.

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Minecraft Java modding is about to get a lot easier and more interesting

Liam Dawe — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:59:37 +0000

Mojang announced a big change is coming to Minecraft: Java Edition, one that could make it a whole lot easier to make mods and perhaps make them more exciting.

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More major updates coming to Minecraft - some highlights from Minecraft Live (September 2025)

Liam Dawe — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:26:56 +0000

Minecraft Live has again come and gone (twice a year now), so here's just some of what's coming to the popular open-world game with major updates planned.

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Minecraft (Java) is going through quite an overhaul for the upcoming Vibrant Visuals update

Liam Dawe — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:09:04 +0000

Mojang have given an update on the upcoming Vibrant Visuals update, that brings many visual enhancements to Minecraft.

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Minecraft will finally let you craft saddles instead of hunting for them

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 May 2025 15:21:08 +0000

In a future Minecraft release that's now in testing, you won't need to hunt or fish for a saddle, as it's finally going to be an item you can just craft.

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Starsector, one of the best space RPGs that's not on Steam had a huge update

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:35:08 +0000

Starsector (formerly "Starfarer") is still in development but it's been a seriously impressive game for years. Not yet on Steam or any other store, as you have to buy it direct, but don't let that stop you with a big update out now.

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Minecraft Spring to Life drop is out now with more mob variants and ambient features

Liam Dawe — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:37:39 +0000

Mojang have released the latest update for Minecraft, the Spring to Life drop. This is part of their sped-up release schedule to bring more updates to the game.

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Minecraft is getting a graphics overhaul with the Vibrant Visuals update

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:41:31 +0000

Minecraft Live has been and gone again and this time there was some pretty big news. Vibrant Visuals was announced as a future major upgrade, which will bring some fancier looking graphics to Minecraft.

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Minecraft gets new types of cows, a firefly bush and more ambient sounds

Liam Dawe — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:58:11 +0000

Following on from a previous testing snapshot update for Minecraft that added in new pigs, wildflowers and ambient features there's another snapshot available for testing with more new content.

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Guide: An idiots guide to setting up Minecraft on Steam Deck / SteamOS with controller support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:16:31 +0000

Minecraft (Java Edition) has supported Linux platforms for a long time, so getting it running on Steam Deck / SteamOS is easy. Here's your foolproof guide to getting it set up correctly and with controller support too.

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Minecraft gets new pigs, wildflowers and ambient features in the latest Beta

Liam Dawe — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:42:57 +0000

Mojang have released the first Snapshot (a Beta) of the next Minecraft update, and with it there's a bunch of new features included for explorers.

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Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update is out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:26:03 +0000

Mojang have today released Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update for everyone, bringing with it some fun new toys and a new biome to carefully explore.

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Minecraft is getting a real creepy new biome and mob, plus item bundles

Liam Dawe — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:12:13 +0000

Minecraft Live 2024 has been and gone and with it we've been given details on the next new biome and mob coming.

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Mojang give an update on the future of Minecraft development

Liam Dawe — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:01:45 +0000

Minecraft is closing in on 15 years now, and so Mojang have given an update on where things stand and what their plans are for future development.

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The Tricky Trials update is live now for Minecraft

Liam Dawe — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:50:18 +0000

Another big Minecraft update is live now with Tricky Trials bringing with it new decorative blocks, hostile mobs, items, weapons, paintings and the trial chambers.

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Puppygames bring massive-scale asynchronous PvP battle simulator Battledroid to Kickstarter

Liam Dawe — Wed, 29 May 2024 12:07:46 +0000

Puppygames are launching a new game with Battledroid, a massively multiplayer online asynchronous PvP battle simulator that has a rather big scale to it.

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Love deep sprawling roguelike RPGs? Check out The Doors of Trithius

Liam Dawe — Mon, 20 May 2024 12:10:46 +0000

The Doors of Trithius from Jake Donkersgoed is a deep sprawling roguelike RPG currently in Early Access and it really looks worth a look.

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

Liam Dawe — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:00:41 +0000

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.

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Minecraft v1.20.5 the Armored Paws drop update is live now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:15:23 +0000

Mojang have released the latest upgrade to Minecraft with the version 1.20.5 the Armored Paws drop free update out now.

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Check out tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat in Slice & Dice

Liam Dawe — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:07:54 +0000

Slice & Dice from developer Tann has recently arrived on Steam giving players a fresh tactical dice-rolling roguelike, along with Native Linux support.

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Huge fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx latest massive update is out

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:12:47 +0000

After being in Beta since mid-December, the latest big content update to the fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx is out now bringing some sweeping changes.

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Begin your industrial revolution in the latest Minecraft Snapshot

Liam Dawe — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:58:24 +0000

Now that Minecraft Live is over the developers have begun pushing out preview builds ahead of the upcoming release of Minecraft 1.21. A fresh Snapshot was just released with new features like the Crafter block.

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Minecraft hits 300 million sales, update 1.21 announced with trial chambers

Liam Dawe — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:51:25 +0000

Mojang has announced that Minecraft has now crossed over 300 million sales, and the Minecraft 1.21 update has been announced that will have some pretty fun additions. Here's a short round-up from 2023's Minecraft Live.

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Minecraft Live returns October 15, you're voting for the Penguin right?

Liam Dawe — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:35:30 +0000

Linux gamers, it's your time to shine. Minecraft Live is coming up again on October 15th where Mojang will do another vote on what mob to add next so obviously you're going to vote for the Penguin right?

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Roto Force is a rotating twin-stick bullet-hell and it's glorious

Liam Dawe — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:16:54 +0000

If you're in the need for a new game to pick up and play I can happily recommend Roto Force to you. A high-energy 2D twin-stick bullet-hell where you rotate around little arenas and it's just chaos.

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Trails & Tales update out now for Minecraft

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 15:54:12 +0000

Time to jump back in and punch some blocks? There's quite a lot that's new for Minecraft in Trails & Tales and it all sounds pretty fun!

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Iris and Sodium for Minecraft move to Modrinth away from CurseForge

Liam Dawe — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:51:49 +0000

Do you use the popular Iris and Sodium mods for Minecraft? Well there's been a bit of an issue lately, so the developers have dropped support for CurseForge and fully moved over to Modrinth.

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Minecraft 1.20 adding Archaeology, Cherry Blossom Biome and a Sniffer mob

Liam Dawe — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:31:16 +0000

There's lots to be excited for in the upcoming Minecraft 1.20 update, with many previously announced features finally landing like Archaeology.

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Unciv the open source remake of Civilization V is heading to Steam

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:58:52 +0000

Unciv is a popular open source remake inspired directly by Civilization V. It's been around for a while now and it's finally heading to Steam.

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Mixing factory management, Tower Defense and RTS - Mindustry 7.0 is out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:50:16 +0000

Easily one of the best open source games around, Mindustry from AnukenDev just had a MASSIVE new release out that took quite some time to make.

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Minecraft on Steam Deck Guide with Prism Launcher (and gamepad support)

Liam Dawe — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:30:01 +0000

Prism Launcher has been released for Minecraft, rising from the ashes of the controversy with PolyMC (that you should no longer use). Here's all the info on it, plus a fresh Steam Deck Guide.

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