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The monthly roundup - November 2020

By Liam Dawe,
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for November 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.

The Internet Archive are keeping Flash creations alive with the open source Ruffle

By Liam Dawe,
Like many of you, I have certain fond memories of playing various Flash games many years ago. There's obviously many better ways to do web games now and Adobe are killing Flash in December.

You can now try the RetroArch Playtest on Steam for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
With the awesome RetroArch application for running emulators and all sorts coming to Steam, they now have a Playtest available you can opt into to try it out.

RetroArch will soon get the PlayStation 2 emulator PCSX2

By Liam Dawe,
Feel the need to run some classic PlayStation 2 games? It's set to get a lot easier, as the RetroArch team have reported on their work with PCSX2.

Awesome 3D emulator for the NES '3dSen PC' adds more iconic game support

By Liam Dawe,
Still can't believe my eyes as I try out games with 3dSen PC, with it converting classic NES games into 3D and it just feels like magic.

Turn your favourite NES games into 3D with 3dSen Maker, for 3dSen PC

By Liam Dawe,
Back in June, the awesome emulator 3dSen PC was released, which gave us a whole new way to play classic NES titles into fully 3D environments. Now, you can make profiles for your favourites.

PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavenly Sword now runs in RPCS3 emulator

By Liam Dawe,
The people working on RPCS3 sure do some amazing work, this PlayStation 3 emulator is truly the stuff of dreams for game preservation and another big title is now playable.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gains online play with PSN Emulation

By Liam Dawe,
It seems a very exciting development will be coming to the next release of the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3.

PlayStation 2 emulator PCSX2 continues to show improvements in latest progress report

By BTRE,
The quest for better emulation is never quite done, it seems. The open source PS2 emulator saw its first major stable release in years a few months ago and since then more exciting stuff has been under development.

Valve gets another developer to work on Linux graphics drivers, starting with AMD RADV

By Liam Dawe,
It appears that Valve aren't stopping their push to improve Linux gaming, as they just recently hired another developer to help improve open source graphics drivers.

Play the classic Super Smash Bros Melee online on Linux with Slippi

By Liam Dawe,
Super Smash Bros Melee, the 2001 title originally on the Nintendo GameCube is something of a classic and to this day it remains really popular. So popular, it has a dedicated project to play it online.

PSP emulator PPSSPP has a big new release out

By Liam Dawe,
Remember the PSP? The classic Sony handheld lives on thanks to open source with the PPSSPP emulator.

We're giving away two copies of 3dSen PC

By Liam Dawe,
Want to try out the incredibly unique 3dSen PC emulator? Well, we have two Steam keys available thanks to a reader and perhaps one of them might have your name on it.

Incredible emulator 3dSen PC converts classics into 3D and it's out now

By Liam Dawe,
What can only be described as pure programmer sorcery, the emulator 3dSen PC is out now and breaths new life into many classic NES games and it's brilliant.

3dSen PC will turn classic NES games into 3D on June 19

By Liam Dawe,
3dSen PC is quite magical. An emulator that not only runs classic NES games, it changes the way you play them and it now has an Early Access release date.

Game manager 'Lutris' has a new release with initial Humble Bundle and VKD3D support

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the excellent free and open source game manager for Linux has a fresh release up with some brand new and big features that made it in.

Valve have a new Beta installer for the Linux Steam Client for the brave tester

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continue to push Linux gaming forward and today they have a new Beta installer available to try for the Steam Client.

3dSen NES emulator gives classics some 3D depth and it's pretty awesome

By Liam Dawe,
3dSen, an upcoming Emulator currently in development is now going through some Beta testing. Unlike some other Emulators, it doesn't just support old games, it aims to redefine them.

RetroArch to have the emulation 'Cores' as DLC when it releases on Steam, plus big updates

By Liam Dawe,
The team behind RetroArch, the open source and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators (and a lot more like open source game engines), have stated their plans for handling the various emulators it works with for the Steam release.

Another progress report is up for RPCS3, the PlayStation 3 Emulator

By Liam Dawe,
The volunteers behind the status updates of the PlayStation 3 Emulator RPCS3 have a new report available, with RPCS3 now up to 1,431 titles playable which is amazing.
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