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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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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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Hytale pre-orders have been so strong development is secured for two years

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:34:46 +0000

Hytale arrives in very Early Access tomorrow with Native Linux support, and the future of it is looking incredibly bright thanks to strong pre-orders.

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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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Arriving early next year, Dune: Awakening - Chapter 3 is sounding great

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:15:33 +0000

Dune: Awakening from Funcom is getting a big free Chapter 3 update early next year, with the details of it now being revealed along with a paid DLC.

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The Home Sweet Home update for Palworld with the ULTRAKILL crossover is out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:28:09 +0000

Palworld just levelled up with a big new free Home Sweet Home update as Pocketpair work towards finishing up the game for a full release next year.

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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl just got a huge free Stories Untold upgrade

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:21:08 +0000

Stories Untold brings a whole lot new to the world of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl with hours of new content for you to play through.

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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 huge Project Zomboid build 42 finally gets multiplayer just in time for the holidays

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:49:38 +0000

Wow - that sure took a while! A year since the first part of build 42 released and just in time for the holidays, Project Zomboid build 42 finally goes online.

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Hytale will run on Linux PCs via Flatpak but Steam Deck will require more work

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:12:38 +0000

With the first release of Hytale finally approaching, the developers are still working through getting it running on Linux and macOS.

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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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Hytale arrives in Early Access in January 2026 after being revived

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:52:47 +0000

After being cancelled by Riot Games and revived as an indie game again, Hytale is now set for an Early Access launch in January 2026.

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Death Stranding 2 looks set for a PC release - hopefully sometime soon

Liam Dawe — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:43:00 +0000

FINALLY. We can see that Death Stranding 2 is coming to PC thanks to a leak from a ratings board.

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The action RPG 'Soulframe' from the devs of Warframe gets a Steam page and early access for founders

Liam Dawe — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:56:23 +0000

It's not officially out yet, but you can now jump in early to Soulframe, the in-development action RPG from the developers of the popular Warframe.

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Blending classic survival games with automation - ORMOD: Directive sounds interesting

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:04:56 +0000

ORMOD: Directive is a very interesting recent announcement that blends classic action survival gameplay mechanics with automation.

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Bioflux - Horde is a survival game where the infected numbers look insane

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:38:16 +0000

Coming across it by pure chance recently, Bioflux - Horde is an upcoming survival game with enemy numbers that actually look like true hordes of infected.

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Surviving each day is a fierce battle in the upcoming Primal Survival

Liam Dawe — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:32:08 +0000

Primal Survival is an upcoming prehistoric game about surviving as Homo habilis or Homo erectus, and it really sounds interesting with the dangerous world.

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Hytale has been saved as Hypixel acquired it from Riot Games

Liam Dawe — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:08:34 +0000

For anyone interested in the ongoing saga of Hytale, the good news is that the game has been saved, with Hytale Studios acquiring it from Riot Games.

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The big new RPG Where Winds Meet release works well on Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:38:43 +0000

Where Winds Meet is a new free to play game on Steam that's doing some big numbers right now, and thankfully it seems to work great on Linux with Proton.

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You can grab a free copy of Immortals Fenyx Rising from Ubisoft

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:20:45 +0000

Need a free game ready for the weekend? How about Immortals Fenyx Rising from Ubisoft? Well you can claim it free to keeps right now.

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OpenMW 0.50.0 for Morrowind is out with more enhancements and better gamepad support

Liam Dawe — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:31:51 +0000

Morrowind just got even better with the new OpenMW 0.50.0 release, as the free and open source game engine reimplementation has some big fancy new features.

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Mass Effect's SSV Normandy SR1 Returns to No Man's Sky with a re-run of previous expeditions

Liam Dawe — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:10:15 +0000

Hello Games are giving us all another chance to grab some cool stuff in No Man's Sky, like Mass Effect's SSV Normandy SR1 with various expeditions.

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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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ARK: Survival Ascended gets bumped up to Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:30:24 +0000

ARK: Survival Ascended entered Early Access in 2023, and while it worked well enough on Linux / Steam Deck - Valve noted it was Unsupported until now.

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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 new survival game VEIN looks awesome with intelligent AI and interactions with nearly everything

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:40:50 +0000

Just released into Early Access with Native Linux support, VEIN could be the next big survival game with a whole lot of features that just look and sound great.

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Open world exploration game Outbound looks super cosy and hit over 1 million Steam wishlists

Liam Dawe — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:30:57 +0000

Outbound looks like a game I need right now, a chilled cosy open-world exploration game about living off-grid and building up your dream minivan.

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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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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl finally gets night vision and more upgrades

Liam Dawe — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:34:39 +0000

Going back to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is probably going to feel like quite a different game, and that actually excites me again.

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Dying Light: The Beast rated Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:29:28 +0000

A few hours before Dying Light: The Beast releases today, Valve put up a green tick for it to be Steam Deck Verified and SteamOS Compatible.

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Palworld 1.0 arrives next year with a huge update and plans to fix all the jank

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:21:59 +0000

Pocketpair have revealed that Palworld 1.0 will arrive next year, with updates being quieter for the rest of the year while they fix all the quirks and jank.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy gets a big upgrade and Steam Deck improvements

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:57:25 +0000

GSC Game World continue improving the recent S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy release, with version 1.3 out for all three titles.

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Airborne Empire an open-world city-building RPG gets a Linux / Steam Deck freezing fix

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:21:46 +0000

Airborne Empire is an interesting hybrid that mixes city-building, with open-world exploration and the latest update should fix it up on Linux / Steam Deck.

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The big Call to Arms update for Valheim is out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:51:37 +0000

Valheim has been upgraded with the Call to Arms update bringing in new content along with entirely new gameplay mechanics, while we all wait for a new biome.

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Dune: Awakening gets a free weekend for September 11, a first ever discount and early DLC release

Liam Dawe — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:39:07 +0000

Dune: Awakening from Funcom is getting a free weekend soon and it's getting a first ever discount, so a good time to see what all the fuss is about.

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Dying Light: The Beast specifications look really reasonable and there's a new trailer

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:13:54 +0000

Techland appear to be learning lessons from other developers, with the announced specifications for Dying Light: The Beast being surprisingly light.

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Sword Hero is an impressive looking upcoming open-world fantasy RPG

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:45:49 +0000

While it has a rather boring name, Sword Hero looks anything but boring in the new trailer and the combat demo you can try out right now.

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No Man's Sky Voyagers free update released with modular Corvette ships you build yourself

Liam Dawe — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:27:37 +0000

Hello Games launched another huge free update for the open world space survival game No Man's Sky, with a big new Corvette ship class you piece together.

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Brutal survival game Vintage Story gets another huge update, plus work on an Adventure Mode announced

Liam Dawe — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:48:32 +0000

Vintage Story has some of the most interesting game mechanics I've seen in a survival game, but it's a little brutal - so I'm keen for this new Adventure Mode.

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Valheim: Call To Arms major update announced with new combat mechanics and lots of new items

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:34:13 +0000

Iron Gate AB have been cooking! Valheim: Call To Arms is the next major update to the popular survival game and it's available to test right now.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows gets bumped up back to Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:22:35 +0000

Valve seem confident enough in how Assassin’s Creed Shadows runs on Steam Deck, that it's now again Steam Deck Verified.

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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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Dying Light: The Beast looks absolutely brutal in the new trailer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:15:45 +0000

I really hope Techland learned some lessons from Dying Light 2, as I have high hopes for Dying Light: The Beast.

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Oblivion remade in the Skyrim engine, Skyblivion is on the final stretch to release

Liam Dawe — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:16:42 +0000

Skyblivion is a remake of Oblivion in the Skyrim engine, something that has been exciting RPG fans for a while and it's finally coming soon.

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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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Cyberpunk 2077 2.3 is out with new vehicles, auto drive, AMD FSR 4, Intel XeSS 2 and more

Liam Dawe — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:26:18 +0000

CD PROJEKT RED have released the latest major free update for Cyberpunk 2077 today, bringing with it new content and graphics enhancements.

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Wuthering Waves now Steam Deck Playable, and works on Desktop Linux with one tweak

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:15:31 +0000

After Wuthering Waves launched on Steam, it was left broken on all Linux platforms including SteamOS and Steam Deck but now it works.

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Oblivion Remastered v1.2 gets a Beta with lots of fixes and optimisations

Liam Dawe — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:13:09 +0000

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is getting quite a big update soon, with version 1.2 now in Beta on Steam.

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