Valve released a fresh update for Proton Experimental on October 7th, that pulled in some needed fixes for various Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck.

Some fun news here. ZOOM Platform, a games store that offers DRM-free games both new and old (as well as helping update some older games) now offers a special tool for Linux gamers to run Windows games with Proton.

Finally huh? They sure kept us waiting. Red Dead Redemption from Rockstar Games is now set for a PC launch on October 29.

Linux gaming news from the Proton category

You've seen and likely played Factorio, Satisfactory and no doubt seen the chilled-out shapez 2 but there's a newcomer ready to suck your time away in Block Factory.

Valve released another smaller Beta update for Steam desktop and Steam Deck with even more bug fixes.

One missed in the inbox of no return from last week. The next-generation SDL 3 is closing in on a proper stable release now with the SDL 3.1.3 Stable ABI Preview now available for game developers.

Thanks to Descent 3 being officially open source, developers can do almost anything with it now and this has given rise to the Descent 3: Piccu Engine.

FEX-Emu is an emulation layer that allows you to run x86 and x86-64 binaries (like games and apps) on an AArch64 Linux host, similar to qemu-user and box86/box64. Instead of using full disk images, FEX-Emu uses rootfs overlay + forwarding GL processing to…

Expanding greatly from the original, Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) from Popcannibal is out now with Linux support.

If you've missed out on previous sales and bundles of Resident Evil games, you've got another chance for some big savings in the Build your own Resident Evil Bundle: Reawakened from Fanatical.

Kvark is a new release from developer Latest Past and publisher Perun Creative, set in a fictional version of the 80s Czech Republic where you explore a top-secret uranium mine.

You've cooked a lot of them in Arctic Eggs (which is really good) but have you ever just stopped for a moment to squeeze some eggs? No? Maybe you should.

Our friends down under will finally be able to buy an officially supported Steam Deck, as it heads to Australia officially in November.

In a really surprising move the developers behind Decky Loader plugin Junk Store, which provides the ability to install games from GOG and Epic Games, are bringing the plugin to Steam officially.

Developer Alyssa Rosenzweig has given an update in a blog post and a presentation at XDC 2024 going over work to improve Linux gaming on the Apple M1/M2 with Asahi Linux.

The day is here. Canonical have announced the release of Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole), along with various flavours like Kubuntu 24.10 now being available.

A sad day for the internet, as it has been confirmed that the Internet Archive that hosts a massive amount of historical data has been hit by DDoS attacks, and unfortunately they've had a breach.

Learn Godot 4.3 with this bundle of courses from Zenva. Pay what you want and support charity!

If you're in need of more games, here's another big sale for you. Humble Store are running a Handheld Hits sale that's good for Steam Deck players.

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