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Get a free copy of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 in the GOG Halloween Sale

By Liam Dawe,
GOG are back with another game giveaway for you, this time it's the classic Jazz Jackrabbit 2 along with plenty in their ongoing Halloween Sale.

Get a free copy of Genesis Alpha One during the GOG Halloween Sale

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you that continue to prefer GOG for your gaming needs, they're now having a big Halloween Sale.

Minigalaxy, a simple open source GOG client for Linux adds lots of new features

By Liam Dawe,
While plenty of people use apps like Lutris, Heroic and Bottles there's also Minigalaxy which is a dedicated launcher just for GOG on Linux.

GE-Proton installer ProtonUp-Qt adds support for the Steam Snap

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt continues being an incredibly helpful GUI for installing the likes of GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and more with a new version out now.

GE-Proton 7-33 and Wine-GE-Proton 7-28 are out now

By Liam Dawe,
Two very popular open source compatibility layer projects from developer 'GloriousEggroll' are out now, with updates to both GE-Proton and Wine-GE-Proton too.

Heroic Games Launcher version 2.4.3 is another critical bug-fix release

By Liam Dawe,
The open source Heroic Games Launcher for running Epic Games and GOG has another important bug-fix release now available.

Heroic Games Launcher gets an emergency hotfix for Epic Games Store logins

By Liam Dawe,
Recently it seems something changed over on the Epic Games Store and so third-party programs trying to login like the Heroic Games Launcher would fail. Thankfully a fix was found.

Steam Deck Tips and Tricks Part 2

By Liam Dawe,
Since a lot of people liked the first set of tips and tricks for the Steam Deck, here's a Part 2 with just a few more that some of you might find useful.

GOG have a huge sale going with giveaways, flash deals

By Liam Dawe,
GOG are making a big splash with "The GOG Sale" which is live now until September 5th, 10 PM UTC. Time to pick up a bunch of DRM free goodies?

Heroic Games Launcher v2.4.0 is out with GOG Cloud Save support

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher enables you to download games on Linux and Steam Deck from both the Epic Store and GOG. A big new release is out now with some massive new features.

Top quick Steam Deck tips and tricks

By Liam Dawe,
Since Valve are ramping up production and a ton more people than expected will get their Steam Deck this year, plus the expansion into Asia, it was a good time to get some basic quick tips and tricks sorted for you.

Modern Diablo game engine devilutionX sees new release, how to get it on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Do you want to play the classic Diablo RPG? Well, not only does GOG have it and the Hellfire expansion but the Native Linux devilutionX game engine can make it even better. Here's how to get it working on Steam Deck (and Linux desktop!).

Heroic Games Launcher adds GOG Cloud Saves, Epic Overlay support, anti-cheat helpers

By Liam Dawe,
The Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games and GOG on Linux has a huge new Beta release (plus a bug fixes for the stable build) with loads of fancy new features.

winesapOS is another way to get something like SteamOS on desktop

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve has still yet to produce an official installable image of SteamOS 3 for desktops, as always the community provides and another worth looking into is winesapOS.

GOG finally remove the false "in progress" note about GOG Galaxy for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It seems at some point over the last month or two, GOG finally removed the "in progress" notice for GOG Galaxy coming to Linux.

Proton and Wine updater ProtonUp-Qt now shows anti-cheat status

By Liam Dawe,
Another update to the free and open source app ProtonUp-Qt giving you a proper user interface for downloading GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda, Wine-GE and others for Steam Deck and Linux.

Heroic Games Launcher has a bug fix release AND a huge new overhaul Beta

By Liam Dawe,
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.

GOG Summer Sale now live with new releases from SEGA

By Liam Dawe,
For readers who prefer to shop over on GOG, their Summer Sale has just started along with some new releases.

Heroic Games Launcher gets more Steam Deck and Flatpak improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games and GOG on Linux and Steam Deck has a new update out, mostly focused on cleaning up some problems but also sprinkles in some new features like a command-line interface.

ProtonUp-Qt adds support for Wine manager app Bottles

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt, the fantastic tool to help you install various community builds of Wine and Proton like GE-Proton or Wine-GE on Linux and Steam Deck just added support for the Bottles application.
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