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Heroic Games Launcher v2.20.1 brings more essential bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
1
Heroic Games Launcher continues to bring improvements to run games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Linux / SteamOS systems with v2.20.1 out now.
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Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners

By Liam Dawe,
7
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux and emulators too - with multiple new versions released.
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Discord delay global rollout of age verification to improve transparency and add more options

By Liam Dawe,
25
In the ongoing crazy saga of the internet getting gated behind new age verification laws, Discord are putting on the brakes temporarily.
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Firefox 148.0 arrives with AI controls

By Liam Dawe,
26
As Mozilla promised they would, Firefox version 148.0 has been released and with it you now get to control what generative AI features are enabled or disabled.
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Heroic Games Launcher 2.20.0 brings numerous important bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
1
Heroic Games Launcher is one of the best ways to run games from Epic Games Store, GOG and more on Linux / SteamOS - with a new v2.20.0 bug-fix release out now.
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Game manager Lutris v0.5.20 released with Proton upgrades, store updates and much more

By Liam Dawe,
20
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux, with version 0.5.20 out now.
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Prefixer is a modern alternative to Protontricks that's faster and simpler

By Liam Dawe,
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Protontricks is a useful tool for Linux gaming, but it's a bit on the slow and complicated side that Prefixer aims to solve.
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Discord attempt to put out the fires with a clarification over new age verification

By Liam Dawe,
35
Discord have released some clarifications around the new forced age verification system coming worldwide next month, as people look to flee the platform.
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Discord is about to require age verification for everyone

By Liam Dawe,
78
Discord have announced that beginning in March, they're starting a global rollout of forced age verification to access all features of the platform.
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Netflix Animation Studios are now funding Blender development

By Liam Dawe,
2
Blender, the free and open source 3D creation software has pulled in another major supporter, with Netflix now funding future development.
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The simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4.1 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
1
Minigalaxy is a simple and to the point GOG client for Linux, making it easier to download and install all your GOG games.
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Heroic Games Launcher v2.19 released adding ZOOM Platform, AppImage updates and more

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
20
Heroic Games Launcher remains as one of the best ways to play games from GOG, Epic and Amazon on SteamOS / Linux and Steam Deck with a new version out now.
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STAR WARS Battlefront II private server and mod launcher KYBER goes open source

By Liam Dawe,
3
Games die and publishers move on, but STAR WARS Battlefront II released in 2017 from DICE and EA now has an open source private server and modding tool.
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Nexus Mods say they are committed to supporting Vortex on SteamOS Linux

By Liam Dawe,
8
After cancelling the newer Nexus Mods app that had Linux support to refocus on the older Vortex, the Nexus Mods team now say Vortex will support SteamOS.
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OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more

By Liam Dawe,
2
Another new release of the excellent open source video capture and streaming app OBS Studio is being prepared, with OBS Studio 32.1 Beta out now.
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Nexus Mods retire their in-development cross-platform app to focus back on Vortex

By Liam Dawe,
26
One of the new Nexus Mods owners posted an announcement noting that they're moving back to Vortex, ceasing development on their newer cross-platform app.
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Goverlay for managing tools like MangoHud gets a major new release and it's finally on Flathub

By Liam Dawe,
11
Goverlay is a useful tool for configuring the likes of MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler. Recently it arrived on Flathub, and a major new update is out.
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NVIDIA announce DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, plus DLSS Updater gets Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
6
Along with announcing a Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, NVIDIA also revealed the new DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation.
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Discord gets improvements for video on Linux PCs and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
13
The developer team at Discord released a new engineering blog post yesterday (December 8th) detailing lots of fixes, along with some Linux improvements.
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KDE Connect security advisory released due to possible authentication bypass

By Liam Dawe,
5
KDE Connect is a popular cross-platform app that allows you to send files across devices and more - with a security advisory being sent out due to a woops.
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