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Amazon Games support is coming soon to Heroic Games Launcher

By Liam Dawe,
The Heroic Games Launcher currently supports GOG, Epic Games and manual side-loading but Amazon Games support is also being worked on.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.8.1 improves Heroic Games Launcher support

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt is the app that allows you to install the likes of GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and more for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron.

Get a free copy of Prey with Prime Gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Want another free game? If you have Amazon Prime you can now claim a free copy of Prey from Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks with their GOG partnership.

The final free game in the GOG Summer Sale 2023 is Beholder 2

By Liam Dawe,
One final free game is here for you during the GOG Summer Sale 2023! You can now get Beholder 2 from Warm Lamp Games and Alawar Premium.

Get a free copy of RPG card battler Ancient Enemy in the GOG Summer Sale 2023

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for another free game? Yes another! Ancient Enemy is the latest giveaway on GOG and it should work just fine on Linux with Wine / Proton.

GOG giving away classic RPG Eschalon: Book II - plus Yakuza series now on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for another free game? The GOG Summer Sale 2023 continues with their third giveaway being the RPG classic Eschalon: Book II. Plus the Yakuza series is now on GOG.

GOG Summer Sale 2023 is live with giveaways and game deals

By Liam Dawe,
Another chance for you to score some goodies, and check out some good discounts with the GOG Summer Sale 2023 now live.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.8.0 adds a DLC manager for Epic Games, side-loading browser apps

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher, my favourite way to get Epic Games and GOG on Steam Deck and desktop Linux released v2.8.0 with some great new features - here's a run over what's new and improved.

Comet is an open source implementation of GOG Galaxy SDK that needs testing

By Liam Dawe,
One sticking issue with GOG currently is GOG Galaxy, and how it has no support for Linux. Now the Comet project aims to bridge the gap.

Steam Deck news round-up for early May 2023

By Liam Dawe,
Since there's so much happening and it can be hard to keep track, here's a little round-up of some happenings with the Steam Deck (and Steam as a whole) plus a little gaming news.

Cartridges is another Linux game launcher and it's super-clean

By Liam Dawe,
If there's one thing we're not short on, it's launchers. There's some kind of launcher for everything including Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher, Bottles and more. Now there's also Cartridges.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.7.1 hotfix 1 fixes up Epic Games login

By Liam Dawe,
Having some troubles with Epic Games on the Heroic Games Launcher? You weren't alone and a new hotfix is out to get it sorted.

Linux and Steam Deck compatibility tool helper ProtonUp-Qt v2.8.0 out now

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt gives you a hassle-free way to install various compatibility tools like GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and others for Steam, Lutris and the Heroic Games Launcher.

EVERSPACE 2 out now, devs focus on Proton for Linux - Steam Deck optimizations planned

By Liam Dawe,
ROCKFISH Games have now launched EVERSPACE 2 and it looks awesome! One of their original Kickstarter promises did not make it though, with Native Linux support being cancelled as they will support it with Proton instead.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.7.0 is out now for Epic Games and GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher has a brand new release available for helping you manage Epic Games, GOG and more on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.6.0 out now adding auto updates, new theme

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher continues advancing letting you manage your games from GOG, Epic Games and more on Linux, Steam Deck, macOS and Windows.

Steam Deck thoughts a year later

By Liam Dawe,
It's been close to a year since the Steam Deck launched, so here's where things currently stand and my thoughts on it.

Get a free copy of the chilled Haven Park in the GOG New Year Sale

By Liam Dawe,
Who can say no to a free game? GOG are giving away the relaxing Haven Park for 27 hours during their freshly launched New Year Sale 2023.

An interview with the creator of the Heroic Games Launcher

By Liam Dawe,
Interested to learn a little about the people who make cool open source programs? Today I have interview with Flávio, the creator of the popular Heroic Games Launcher used on Linux desktop, Steam Deck, macOS and Windows.

Remember to support the projects you use and appreciate

By Liam Dawe,
In light of some recent news surrounding the MSI Afterburner software, it's another reminder that it's quite important for people to directly support projects they use and enjoy.
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