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Popular game launcher Playnite will get Linux support but it's still a while away

By Liam Dawe,
15
Playnite is a very popular free and open source video game library manager, one used a lot on Windows and a developer has confirmed they will be working on Linux support.
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Blender Studio announced Project DogWalk, a "Micro-Game" made with Godot

By Liam Dawe,
2
Blender Studio, the creative unit of the free open source Blender project, recently announced work has begun on their second video game with Project DogWalk.
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Decky Loader for Steam Deck gets a store upgrade to show currently installed plugins clearly

By Liam Dawe,
2
Decky Loader, the popular plugin system for Steam Deck / SteamOS, has a fresh release out making the plugin store a bit more useful.
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GE-Proton 9-24 released with a new save game detection feature (and now GE-Proton 9-25 too)

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
2
GE-Proton 9-24 is out now bringing with it the usual assortment of fixes, plus as interesting change that will help games detect saves from other games. Update: GE-Proton 9-25 hotfix is also out now.
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Wine 10.1 out now with fixes for Battle.net and more Bluetooth driver work

By Liam Dawe,
3
With the huge Wine 10 release out, the Wine team have moved back to their regular biweekly development feature releases with Wine 10.1 out now.
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The huge free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms RTS just got upgraded

By Liam Dawe,
2
Powered by the always impressive OpenRA game engine, the standalone and entirely free fan game Command & Conquer - Combined Arms RTS has a brand new release out.
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Valve fixes up The Finals and No Man's Sky VR with Proton Experimental

By Liam Dawe,
0
A fresh Proton Experimental update from Valve has landed fixing up issues with two games for Linux / Steam Deck so here's what's new.
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Nexus Mods app makes improvements to Collections, fixes Baldur's Gate 3 Script Extender on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
1
The newer open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app has another update out, this time with more UI changes and improvements to the Collections system along with bug fixes.
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PS2 Emulator emulator PCSX2 should get Wayland support "in the coming months"

By Liam Dawe,
6
PCSX2 is a free and open source Sony PS2 Emulator, and it seems they're working towards ensuring it has full support for Wayland on Linux.
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Linux performance overlay MangoHud 0.8.0-rc1 out now for testing with Intel GPU support and lots of improvements

By Liam Dawe,
6
MangoHud is a performance overlay you can use on Desktop Linux, and it's what powers the built-in overlay on Steam Deck. A new release candidate is now available for testing for an upcoming stable release with version 0.8.0-rc1.
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FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH should work better on Linux / Steam Deck with the latest Proton Hotfix

By Liam Dawe,
3
Even though FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH is rated as Steam Deck Verified, it did launch with some problems on Linux / Steam Deck but Valve's Proton developers are moving quickly to improve it.
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Open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 released bringing a new Vulkan renderer, new maps, AMD FSR and lots more

By Liam Dawe,
8
The free, open source and cross-platform RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 is now finally available and it brings with it a whole lot of new features and content.
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NTSYNC driver support heads to Wine in a new Merge Request

By Liam Dawe,
2
With the NTSYNC driver landing ready for the Linux kernel 6.14 release, there's now an open Merge Request to actually hook up support for it in Wine.
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Collabora take over libsurvive development an open source VR lighthouse tracking system

By Liam Dawe,
5
Collabora have announced they've taken over development of libsurvive, an open source lighthouse tracking system for VR.
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NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy"

By Liam Dawe,
11
Seems like the upcoming Linux kernel 6.14 release is going to be a nice one for gamers on Linux / Steam Deck, as the NTSYNC code has now been properly merged in ready.
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Cross-platform Nexus Mods App v0.7.2 improves the UI, adds Bannerlord Software Extender support

By Liam Dawe,
3
The Nexus team continue building up their newer cross-platform open source Nexus Mods App that will eventually replace Vortex. Version 0.7.2 was released recently further expanding what you can do with it.
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Proton Experimental updated with fixes for Battle.net, Atelier Resleriana, Dirt Rally 2 and more

By Liam Dawe,
2
Valve updated Proton Experimental for January 22nd with a bunch more fixes for gamers on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck. Like the Battle.net update issue that came up recently that was fixed in a recent GE-Proton update too
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Linux kernel 6.13 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
6
One missed earlier this week while I was running around Wales, Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 6.13.
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AMD reveals AMDGPU Composition Stack, a fork of Wayland's Weston compositor for advancing the Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe,
12
With many Linux desktops now running Wayland quite nicely, it seems it's time to keep pushing ahead. AMD have revealed what they call the AMDGPU Composition Stack (ACS).
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SDL 3 officially released for game devs plus an SDL 2 to SDL 3 compatibility layer

By Liam Dawe,
5
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a popular free and open source library for developers that handles audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick and graphics with SDL 3 now available. Plus a new SDL 2 to SDL 3 compatibility layer.
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