Epic Online Services gets free cross-play tooling that will support Linux
Epic Games just announced a big upgrade to Epic Online Services, which will now include a full toolkit to enable developers to do cross-play.
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LightSpeed Studios (Tencent) joins the Open 3D Foundation
LightSpeed Studios, owned by Tencent, has joined up with the Open 3D Foundation who oversee the Open 3D Engine (O3DE).
Heroic Games Launcher has a bug fix release AND a huge new overhaul Beta
Two goodies for fans of the open source Heroic Games Launcher today. Those sticking with the stable release get some fixes, and those who want some fun can try out a huge new Beta.
Wine manager Bottles gets a bit of a makeover
Bottles, the fantastic and fast-moving free and open source application for managing the Wine compatibility layer has a new release out with a new code-name and a refreshed look.
Proton 7.0-3 is out further improving compatibility on Steam Deck and Linux
Proton 7.0-3 is the latest stable version of the compatibility layer, that allows you to run Windows games on Steam Deck and Linux and it's out now. Here's what's new.
Proton Experimental updated for June 14th, more video playback and bug fixes
Another smaller update is now available for Proton Experimental, the special version of Proton that has all the latest fixes first for you to try.
KDE Plasma 5.25 is out now, here's some of what's new
Ready to get the latest and greatest from the KDE team? The awesome Plasma 5.25 release is officially out now.
AMD announce Radeon Memory Visualizer support for Linux
AMD announced yesterday that they're now supporting the Radeon Memory Visualizer on Linux, as a result of "the rising popularity of gaming on the Linux OS".
Steam Next Fest: June 2022 is live
A celebration of upcoming games, Steam Next Fest: June 2022 is now live for you to smash that download button on various demos to see what you think.
AMD tease roadmap for Zen 4, Zen 5, RDNA 3 and more
At the recent Financial Analyst Day, AMD revealed a little bit more about their upcoming roadmap and there's plenty to be excited about for their next-gen CPUs and GPUs.
Linux hardware vendor System76 is coming to Europe
Are you wanting to get some hardware from Linux vendor System76 but they don't currently ship to you, or it's expensive to do so? Well, you're in luck! They're coming to Europe.
GZDoom 4.8.0 with cut-scene system, Discord integration, HUD scaling
The free and open source retro FPS game engine, GZDoom, has a brand new release available with some big new features.
Some new interesting Steam Deck Verified titles, there's now over 3,200 confirmed Playable
Interested in picking up some more games that will work nicely on Steam Deck or a Linux desktop? Here's a quick run over some recent notable titles that are fully Steam Deck Verified.
Linux Panfrost driver for Mali GPUs now supports the new Valhall architecture
Good news for fan of Arm devices, as developer Alyssa Rosenzweig has announced that the Panfrost driver for Mali GPUs now supports the new Valhall architecture.
iFixit have the Steam Deck Battery prices up but already sold out
Recently we had the official iFixit launch for Steam Deck replacement parts but one major bit was missing — the Battery. Now though, it seems the store pages for it are properly live and they're already out of stock.
Gamers Nexus have a fascinating look at the Steam Deck fan situation
For all the hype around the Steam Deck there is one major controversy with the fan. There's two fans being used, with one having a noticeably louder pitch than the other and now Gamers Nexus are attempting to find out why and how bad it is.
Diablo Immortal works on Steam Deck, plus a fix for Battle.net being slow
Since Diablo Immortal is the hot new thing, I decided to attempt to give it a go on Steam Deck. Turns out the Battle.net launcher really hates some connections, here's a fix and a Diablo Immortal video.
ScummVM 2.6 is incoming, devs asking for testing help of more retro games
ScummVM, the excellent open source software that bundles together multiple game engines has a new release coming and now it's time to help test.
Wine 7.10 rolls out with 56 bug fixes
Wine is the compatibility layer that allows you to run games and applications developed for Windows - on Linux (plus also macOS and BSD). A new biweekly development release is out now with Wine 7.10.
There's another big Queer Games Bundle live on itch.io for 2022
Want to support queer creators? Now is a good chance for you, while also grabbing a whole chunk of games too in the Queer Games Bundle 2022.
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