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Good Old Games Week is live on GOG with a sale

By Liam Dawe,
Good Old Games, what GOG were originally known as, is a bit more than just a name it's a commitment to keeping classics alive and easy to purchase so GOG are celebrating with a sale.

Get a bunch of Myst games in this latest bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Up for some exploration? Humble Bundle has a nice selection of new and old games in the Myst universe. Here's a look at how they can run on Linux.

ProtonUp-Qt adds support for Lutris Flatpak, new batch update feature

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt is the fantastic and simple way to download and upgrade the Linux compatibility tools Proton-GE, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron or Roberta for Steam and works with both Lutris and Heroic Games Launcher too.

ScummVM gets support for 1998 classic Sanitarium

By Liam Dawe,
Sanitarium, the popular point-and-click horror from 1998 is getting a fresh life thanks to the ScummVM project.

The ScummVM retro game project celebrates a 20th anniversary with a new release

By Liam Dawe,
A big celebration to be had for the folks working on ScummVM, the project that bundles together various game engines to allow you to play many older games easily on modern platforms.

Lutris game manager gets a second Beta for version 0.5.9 with Epic Store support

By Liam Dawe,
Building upon a bunch of big new features in the first Lutris 0.5.9 Beta, a second Beta is out now with a focus on polishing up the experience that needs more testing.

ScummVM issues a call to action on testing for the next major version

By Liam Dawe,
ScummVM 2.3.0 is coming soon with many upgrades to this awesome free and open source project that keeps classic games alive. Now they need your help.

ScummVM continues keeping games alive with early Macromedia Director support

By Liam Dawe,
Remember any classic games made with Macromedia Director? Well you're in luck, as the ScummVM project is adding in some early support for it.

Lutris game manager 0.5.9-beta1 is out adding Epic Games Store support

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a while since we had a new major release of Lutris, the free and open source game manager that allows you to bundle together all of your games in a single application.

The classic Crusader: No Remorse is ready for testing in ScummVM

By Liam Dawe,
Crusader: No Remorse, the classic sci-fi action game from 1995 is getting a new home with ScummVM and you can go ahead and test it right now.

ScummVM adds support for Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy and The Journeyman Project 2

By Liam Dawe,
Have time to play some more classics? The latest release of ScummVM might not be out yet but they have announced some more titles will be playable.

Beyond a Steel Sky releases on DRM-free store GOG with a Linux build up now

By Liam Dawe,
Prefer GOG to grab your games from? Good news on that front as Beyond a Steel Sky, the sequel to the cult classic Beneath a Steel Sky is now available on GOG and a Linux build recently went up too.

Simple GOG client for Linux 'Minigalaxy' has a small update out

By Liam Dawe,
While GOG continue dragging their feet on supporting Linux with GOG Galaxy, you can use the useful Minigalaxy client which is free and open source.

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.

A look back over some popular articles for October 2020

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for October 2020, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!

ScummVM to merge in ResidualVM, adding support for a number of 3D titles

By Liam Dawe,
While the ScummVM project was originally meant to cover 2D classics, ResidualVM was the companion project for 3D games and now they're going to combine into ScummVM.

Play more classics including one from 1976 with a new ScummVM release

By Liam Dawe,
ScummVM, the awesome all-in-one solution for playing tons of classic adventure and RPGs has a brand new release available which expands the games supported.

ScummVM 2.2.0 is coming soon, developers need help testing

By Liam Dawe,
With the next release of ScummVM upcoming, the team have put out a call to arms for helping testing a bunch of new titles that will be supported with ScummVM 2.2.0.

Linux Format has a Collabora dev talk about Steam's Linux container 'Pressure Vessel'

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Format issue 267 went out today (not affiliated) and in it there's a rather wonderful interview with Simon McVittie, a software engineer at Collabora who also works on things for Valve to do with Steam on Linux.

The Steam Play Proton compatibility layer turns two years old

By Liam Dawe,
Two years ago to the date, Valve Software made an announcement that would change Linux gaming on Steam: that announcement was the new version of Steam Play with the Proton compatibility layer.
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