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A look back over the most popular articles for January 2021

By Liam Dawe,
Struggling to keep up? No worries, check out our round-up of what articles saw the most traffic over January 2021.

Using the Epic Store on Linux is even easier with the latest Heroic Games Launcher updates

By Liam Dawe,
Epic Games don't support Linux with their store, so the community continues building around it with the Heroic Games Launcher that can run plenty of games from the Epic Store.

Lutris game manager v0.5.8.3 out, requires contributors to agree to a CLA

By Liam Dawe,
For regular Linux gamers, Lutris is pretty much a household name by now. For those that aren't - Lutris is a game manager allowing you to sort through all your games from various stores.

Lutris game manager starts off 2021 with a sweet small update

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the free and open source all-in-one solution to keep your games from different sources together on Linux has a fresh release out to begin 2021.

The best Linux distros for gaming in 2021

By Liam Dawe,
For newer Linux users or people looking to switch, it can be a minefield to try and find accurate and up to date info on what Linux distro to game with. Here to help. What is the best Linux distribution for gaming? It's actually not a tough question.

Open Source Game Achievements with Gamerzilla

By Dennis_Payne,
For a while, I've been suggesting an open source game achievement system. Some people liked the idea but no one wanted to build it. Finally after LibrePlanet 2020, I decided to tackle the problem.

Minigalaxy the simple GOG client for Linux has a big 1.0 release

By Liam Dawe,
Need help managing your GOG games on Linux since GOG Galaxy is not supported? Minigalaxy is an option that focuses entirely on GOG and it has a new release out.

Open source game manager Lutris sees the big 0.5.8 release out now

By Liam Dawe,
Keeping your games together from different services and stores can be a breeze with the likes of Lutris, a free and open source game launcher and manager.

Linux game manager Lutris gets a 0.5.8 Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
The absolutely huge 0.5.8 update for the game manager Lutris is one step closer to a proper release, with a Release Candidate out now.

If you play World of Warcraft on Linux with Wine, check out WowUp for addons

By Liam Dawe,
While it's true that World of Warcraft doesn't support Linux, it has been playable on Linux for years thanks to the Wine compatibility layer and it appears even sorting addons is now a breeze.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 5.20 development release is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Breaking down barriers towards closer Windows compatibility, the Wine compatibility layer team have released the Wine 5.20 development release along with new features and fixes.

Lutris game launcher has a huge new Beta update out for testing

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris is the impressive all-in-one solution for managing games on Linux, bundling tons of sources of Linux releases from different stores under one roof as well as emulators, compatibility layers and more.

The compatibility layer Wine sees a 5.19 development release out now

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing to chase Windows as a platform, the compatibility layer Wine has another development release available now with Wine 5.19.

Wine 5.18 is out making use of the new vkd3d-shader library

By Liam Dawe,
The team hacking away on the Wine compatibility layer have put out another development build with Wine 5.18 now being made available.

Enjoy the classic Unreal Tournament on modern platforms with OldUnreal - new update out

By Liam Dawe,
With the blessing of Epic Games, the team at OldUnreal continue maintaining the classic Unreal Tournament and they have a big new release out.

Wine development release 5.17 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Another two weeks have gone by and the team hacking away on the compatibility layer Wine have a brand new development release available.

Wine compatibility layer sees a 5.16 development release

By Liam Dawe,
Released just before the weekend began, the Wine team have put out the 5.16 development release as they continue chasing Windows compatibility.

Wine 5.15 is out with XACT work and Direct Input improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Another two weeks and another development release of Wine has been let out to breathe, here's the highlights of Wine 5.15 that will eventually become Wine 6.0.

Linux distro Fedora 33 may get DXVK as the default for Wine

By Liam Dawe,
If you make use of the Wine compatibility layer on Fedora, it seems the upcoming Fedora 33 release may end up defaulting to DXVK for better performance.

Linux game manager Lutris gets a small update for Direct3D 12 using VKD3D-Proton

By Liam Dawe,
The free and open source game manager Lutris had a small update focusing on having better Direct3D 12 support on Linux thanks to it now using VKD3D-Proton.
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