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Your monthly catch-up post is here for November 2021

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2021

Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for November 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news.

As GOG struggles, Steam hit a new high of 27M people online

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2021

Recently we had news that DRM-free store GOG has been struggling with losses, and here's Steam continuing to just smash through previous records.

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Ubisoft suggest posting on their forum for Proton support in Rainbow Six Siege

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2021

Now that getting games that use BattlEye for anti-cheat working on Linux (either native or through Proton) is easier, an Ubisoft rep suggests people post in their forum to show demand for it.

GOverlay for editing MangoHud gets a new Steam Deck friendly UI

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2021

GOverlay is an application that helps to manage Linux gaming tools like the MangoHud performance overlay, the Vulkan post-processing layer vkBasalt and the video capture tool ReplaySorcery.

Valve puts up official developer FAQ for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2021

With the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck over now, Valve has put up their own official set of answers to various common questions.

Capcom shows off official video of Devil May Cry 5 on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 26 Nov 2021

As more developers get their hands on a Steam Deck devkit, we're seeing plenty more show their games and now Capcom has taken a turn with Devil May Cry 5.

Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle adds Linux support in the new update

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2021

Along with a major upgrade to the base game, Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One now has native Linux support.

Steam Play Proton 6.3-8 out with initial BattlEye support, CEG DRM and more games

By Liam Dawe, 25 Nov 2021

Probably one of the more exciting releases of Proton lately, with lots of what was previously in Proton Experimental now in the main release with Proton 6.3-8 out now.

Steam Client update adds CEG DRM support for Proton, VA-API hardware encoding

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2021

Valve have released the latest big update to the Steam client, after a good while of Beta versions bringing with it some major new features - especially on the Linux side.

SteamVR Overlay not working on Arch or Manjaro Linux? Here's a fix

By Liam Dawe, 17 Nov 2021

Sadly, SteamVR on Linux continues to have quite a lot of quirks and over time it's gotten a little rough, here's a way to fix the SteamVR Overlay not working.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance gets shown off on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 17 Nov 2021

Warhorse Studios gave us a pretty good look at Kingdom Come: Deliverance running on the Steam Deck handheld in a recent video on YouTube.

KDE developer thinks they will become the 'Windows or Android' of the FOSS world

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2021

KDE developer Nate Graham, who is known for writing the 'This week in KDE" blog posts keeping us up to speed on all the latest changes has a fresh update about plans for taking over the world, and Graham has some interesting things to say.

Here's some of what we've learned about the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2021

We're getting more and more excited about the Steam Deck, even though Valve has delayed it at least until February 2022 we do now have quite a few more fun details thanks to the recent Steamworks Virtual Conference.

Valve answers the question: should developers do native Linux support or Proton?

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2021

With the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck over, we now have quite a few details that have come out on what to expect from the Steam Deck, Proton, Linux, SteamOS 3 and more.

Proton 6.3-8 gets a first Release Candidate, lots of games working on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2021

A fresh Proton release is coming up with Proton 6.3-8 now seeing a Release Candidate ready for more people to test and report issues on.

Valve's Steam Deck developer event is open to all to watch today at 6PM UTC

By Liam Dawe, 12 Nov 2021

Today (November 12) at 10am PST / 6PM UTC, Valve are hosting the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck and you will actually be able to watch.

Valve adds documentation for Steam Deck development, suggests Manjaro Linux for now

By Liam Dawe, 12 Nov 2021

With the Steam Deck delayed until February 2022, Valve has produced new developer documentation giving a helping hand to devs interested in testing ready for it using Linux.

Steam Deck running Star Wars Fallen Order

Valve delays Steam Deck, now starts shipping February 2022

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2021

Valve has announced today that their hotly anticipated handheld, the Steam Deck, has been delayed until 2022.

RetroArch brings more emulator cores to Steam including PPSSPP

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2021

RetroArch, the free and open source application designed to help you manage emulators, media playback and more has a few additional emulator cores available now on Steam.