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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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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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Nightwater looks like a curious blend of secrets, exploration, crafting and automation

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:40:36 +0000

One to stick into your list to keep an eye on is Nightwater, an open world exploration game that mixes in crafting and automation in a strange world.

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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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Native Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental"

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:20:50 +0000

A fresh update on the upcoming game Hytale which will no doubt be quite popular, and it will have what they now say is "experimental" Linux support.

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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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The response to s&box from Facepunch going open source has been "overwhelmingly positive"

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:36:59 +0000

Open source rocks so it's pleasing to see it go well for Facepunch with s&box. They've now added native Linux binaries for the dedicated server and game client.

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Hytale devs confirm they are working to bring it to Linux and macOS

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:34:06 +0000

With the revival of Hytale ongoing towards an Early Access release in January, we now have it confirmed that it will be coming officially to Linux and macOS.

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Luanti (formerly Minetest) joins up with Open Collective Europe for funding

Liam Dawe — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:04:21 +0000

Hopefully making this excellent open source voxel game engine project more manageable, Luanti (formerly Minetest) has joined up with Open Collective Europe.

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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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The popular physics sandbox game Brick Rigs has added Native Linux support

Liam Dawe — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:32:48 +0000

A nice surprise, Brick Rigs is another game that recently added Native Linux support and it's quite a popular choice along with it being highly rated.

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SpaceCraft from Shiro Games has been delayed but a playtest is coming

Liam Dawe — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:07:27 +0000

SpaceCraft from Shiro Games is easily one of the most exciting looking upcoming games, but we're going to have to wait a bit longer to see it release.

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Improved Steam Deck support is coming to Satisfactory

Liam Dawe — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:58:36 +0000

Satisfactory recently had a fresh experimental Beta for testing, which includes improvements to how it works on Valve's Steam Deck.

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Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.14 brings an improved minimap, particle improvements and UI tweaks

Liam Dawe — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:22:37 +0000

Luanti (formerly Minetest) has a fresh small release out with v5.14 bringing a couple of gameplay tweaks and various other improvements.

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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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Cute casual sandbox room designer MakeRoom makes lots of Steam Deck improvements

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:46:47 +0000

From developer Kenney (who makes lots of assets for game developers), MakeRoom is a cute sandbox building game all about building rooms to look sweet.

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The Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre v0.90 brings dynamic settings and new fire spreading

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:29:21 +0000

VoxeLibre is a great free and open source sandbox game, a Minecraft-like built on top of the Luanti (Minetest) game engine and a big new release v0.90 is out.

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Garry's Mod now has lots of Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2 content included

Liam Dawe — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:55:31 +0000

Valve have given special permission to Garry's Mod from Facepunch to include a whole bunch of extra content for the popular physics sandbox.

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Next-generation brick building sandbox Brickadia is out with Linux / Steam Deck support

Liam Dawe — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:45:30 +0000

Roblox? LEGO? Who needs it. I'm all about Brickadia life now it's out in Early Access.

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The big Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta

Liam Dawe — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:03:32 +0000

The Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta bringing some huge new features to the popular space sim.

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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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POSTAL 2 Redux announced, a full remake of the unhinged classic

Liam Dawe — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:19:30 +0000

We're getting a full modern POSTAL 2 remake with POSTAL 2 Redux being announced today.

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Brickadia is like Roblox and LEGO combined and it arrives July 11

Liam Dawe — Mon, 26 May 2025 12:25:38 +0000

Brickadia has been an interesting project to follow, that combines some elements of Roblox with powerful creation systems along with an LEGO styled building system to create all sorts of things.

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Luanti (Minetest) v5.12 brings SDL2, keybind settings, reviews in the content browser

Liam Dawe — Mon, 26 May 2025 11:31:00 +0000

Luanti (formerly named Minetest) has a big new release out with v5.12 bringing SDL2 for the Window and Input Handling along with numerous other big additions. This release has been years in the making for the switch to modern SDL2, away from the very outdated Irrlicht.

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Chaotic spider-physics sandbox A Webbing Journey is out now in Early Access

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 May 2025 11:10:15 +0000

A game that finally made me think a Spider could be adorable? Nah, they still terrify me, but A Webbing Journey really is wholesome. Great idea for a game too with some fun physics and web-slinging.

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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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Open source Minecraft-like game VoxeLibre 0.89 brings another big load of improvements

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:07:58 +0000

VoxeLibre the free and open source Minecraft-like game available via Luanti (formerly Minetest), just had another big release made available. The new v0.89 brings lots of improvements to gameplay and performance.

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Mining sandbox adventure Core Keeper gets its first major post-release update on March 10

Liam Dawe — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:23:01 +0000

Core Keeper from developer Pugstorm has a fresh major content upgrade coming, the first post-release update and it's going to release really soon on March 10.

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Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.11 out now with an in-game settings menu and better server browser

Liam Dawe — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:37:06 +0000

Luanti (formerly Minetest) has a new release out, which finally adds an in-game settings menu so you don't have to quit your current game to adjust things.

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The beautiful diorama builder Tiny Glade adds controller support

Liam Dawe — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:31:23 +0000

After previously making some improvements for Steam Deck, developer Pounce Light have now implemented more proper controller support for Tiny Glade.

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Please don't distract me I'm trying to dig a big hole over here

Liam Dawe — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:53:48 +0000

Can you truly call yourself a "gamer" if you haven't at least spent a good few hours doing nothing but digging a hole? I have answered the call and my hole has been dug.

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Physics building game Besiege gets a big 10 year anniversary update

Liam Dawe — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:04:18 +0000

Besiege from Spiderling Studios just had a big free upgrade for all players to celebrate the 10th anniversary.

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The new trailer for sandbox strategy game Antimatter shows off the epic scale

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:39:24 +0000

Back in 2020 the strategy game Antimatter sure looked exciting during the Kickstarter, with the developer steadily building up all the promised features.

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Cubic Odyssey announced as a fusion of Minecraft and No Man's Sky

Liam Dawe — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:45:58 +0000

With a style that's a fair bit similar to Minecraft with an expansive universe seen in the likes of No Man's Sky, the recently announced Cubic Odyssey from Atypical Games and Gaijin Network Ltd looks pretty darn fun.

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A Game About Digging A Hole has you dig the stupidest biggest hole possible to find potential secrets

Liam Dawe — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:51:38 +0000

A Game About Digging A Hole sounds like it might actually be somewhat amusing. As the name suggests, it's all about digging down deep where you might find some secrets.

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Core Keeper developer announced KYORA that looks suspiciously like Terraria where "every pixel is yours to shape"

Liam Dawe — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:03:03 +0000

Terraria 2? Well, they can't call it that of course, but it sure looks like it. Coming from developer Pugstorm and published by Chucklefish, KYORA looks quite delightful.

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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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We're getting a Palworld x Terraria crossover, major Palworld update in December

Liam Dawe — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:03:01 +0000

Quite a surprise this one. Palworld and Terraria are getting a crossover, but we don't really know what just yet.

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Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) hits over 500K downloads

Liam Dawe — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:51:21 +0000

Originally called MineClone2, VoxeLibre is a free and open source sandbox game that's inspired by Minecraft and it recently hit a big milestone.

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s&box the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod now has a Steam page up

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:46:21 +0000

Making it easier to follow along and get notified when it's available, s&box the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod now has a Steam page up.

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Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.10.0 out now bringing UI updates, fancier shaders, renaming work

Liam Dawe — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:12:28 +0000

With Minetest now called Luanti, a fresh release is out bringing work towards getting things renamed along with some new features and fixes.

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Terraria hits over 60 million sales with Terraria 1.4.5 shaping up to be another big update

Liam Dawe — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 11:14:27 +0000

The latest State of the Game developer post for Terraria gives out some big new sales numbers, and announces a new use for Life Fruit.

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AutoForge is Terraria mixed with Factorio, devs plan Steam Deck and controller support soon

Liam Dawe — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:10:13 +0000

Blending the mining and side-scrolling from Terraria, with the building and automation from Factorio — AutoForge looks interesting. Maybe this will scratch an itch you didn't know you had.

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Goeland is like Untitled Goose Game but you're a seagull in a town that's a bit too peaceful

Liam Dawe — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:06:02 +0000

Giving off some early Untitled Goose Game vibes, Goeland is a non-linear open-world adventure where you're one of the most annoying birds on the planet - the seagull.

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All three Szymanski brothers are working on a chaotic Harry Potter inspired game

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:39:32 +0000

Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate is the latest game from the Szymanski crew who you might know from the likes of DUSK, My Friendly Neighborhood and other games. It's basically a Harry Potter rip-off that's pretty comically good.

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Minetest breaks the chains of being a Minecraft clone with a new name — Luanti

Liam Dawe — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:51:23 +0000

Minetest, a voxel game engine created to be something like a Minecraft clone, is finally smashing apart the chains to become more its own unique thing.

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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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Chill diorama builder Tiny Glade is out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:18:08 +0000

If you like just chilling and building things as if you're painting the screen, then you may want to take a look at Tiny Glade that just released.

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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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Cozy mining adventure Core Keeper 1.0 is officially out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:23:21 +0000

Core Keeper is a lovely cozy underground mining adventure game from developer Pugstorm, that impressed me a lot during Early Access and now it's hit the big 1.0.

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