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The creator of Lutris has joined up with Playtron for PlaytronOS

By Liam Dawe,
The Playtron team working on PlaytronOS has grown recently, with the creator of the popular app Lutris joining up.

GE-Proton 9-13 released bringing in a fix for World of Warcraft

By Liam Dawe,
Only a few days after GE-Proton 9-12 was released, GE-Proton 9-13 is out now with a fix for World of Warcraft along with upstream code updates.

GE-Proton 9-12 released with fixes for Star Citizen, Bully: Scholarship and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh release of GE-Proton with version 9-12 has landed, bringing in upstream changes from official Valve projects, plus some game-specific fixes for Linux / Steam Deck gamers.

Next Heroic Games Launcher release to include initial GOG Galaxy support

By anewson,
Everyone's favourite Linux games launcher has added yet another milestone feature thanks to Linguin and other Heroic contributors. The development version of Heroic now uses a project named comet to translate a game's GOG Galaxy API calls using a platform-agnostic SDK.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.10.2 adds support for the WineZGUI launcher and old compatibility tools

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt is such a useful tool for Linux desktop and Steam Deck gaming, giving you an easy all-in-one way to add different versions of GE-Proton and other tools to different launchers and a new version is out now with v2.10.2.

Open Source implementation of GOG Galaxy's Communication Service, Comet sees a first release

By Liam Dawe,
While it still has plenty of work ahead of it, Comet is a very promising project to bring the full power of GOG Galaxy over to Linux without needing to run their client in Wine.

METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE released on GOG plus new giveaway

By Liam Dawe,
For the GOG fans amongst the GamingOnLinux readership, there's another big DRM-free release available with METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE. Plus, another giveaway.

GOG revives the original Resident Evil, plus Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 on the way

By Liam Dawe,
A nice little win for preserving the classics. GOG teamed up with Capcom to bring Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 to their store with a few improvements.

GOG Summer Sale 2024 is live with thousands of discounts

By Liam Dawe,
Time for you to get some DRM freedom? GOG has launcher their Summer Sale 2024, and you know what to expect - absolutely loads of games are now discounted.

Riot Games talk Vanguard anti-cheat for League of Legends and why it's a no for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
While previously you've been able to play League of Legends on Linux, and there's some pretty die-hard fans using Wine to play it, that's set to end soon with Vanguard being introduced.

Lutris v0.5.17 brings critical bug fixes and a new way to run games with Proton

By Liam Dawe,
The open source game manager Lutris has a new release out, with brings in some critical bug fixes along with some new features needing testing.

GE-Proton installer ProtonUp-Qt v2.9.2 released

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt is back for another update, remaining as one of the easiest ways to install extra compatibility tools on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux with version 2.9.2 out now.

Wine 9.6 released with more Direct2D effects work, support for RSA OAEP padding in BCrypt

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 9.6 is the latest development release out now for the Windows compatibility layer, making progress on getting as many apps and games working on Linux as possible.

GOG revives Alpha Protocol along with a Spring Sale

By Liam Dawe,
After being removed from various stores back in 2019, GOG have revived Alpha Protocol from Obsidian Entertainment along with the launch of their own Spring Sale.

GE-Proton 9-2 released, ULWGL gets renamed to umu (Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher)

By Liam Dawe,
Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released the latest GE-Proton 9-2 with a bunch of upgrades, plus some news about the Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher.

GE-Proton 9-1 brings a whole lot of fixes for Linux / Steam Deck gaming

By Liam Dawe,
The first release of GE-Proton based on Wine 9.0 / Proton 9.0 is here with GE-Proton 9-1 bringing in a lot of fixes for various games and new games added to ULWGL (Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher).

Retro-gaming Linux distribution Batocera 39 released

By nwildner,
Batocera.linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution, and a new release is now available.

Grab a free copy of FlatOut during the GOG Love at First Pixel sale

By Liam Dawe,
GOG are running their own little Valentine's Day promotion with the Love at First Pixel sale, plus you can grab a free copy of FlatOut.

Wine 9.2 brings Mono updates, system tray fixes and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another development release of the Windows compatibility layer is here with Wine 9.2, bringing with it some new features and fixes so here's what's changed.

Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher aims to improve Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Oh no! Another launcher! Well, not quite. In fact, Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (ULWGL) is actually meant to be used by existing game launchers like Heroic Games, Lutris and others on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.
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