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RetroArch, the front-end app for emulators and more is heading to Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15, 2019

RetroArch, a popular front-end application for running emulators, game engines and much more is now officially coming to Steam.

SC Controller, the UI and driver for the Steam Controller has new releases out

By Liam Dawe, Jul 9, 2019

SC Controller is a truly wonderful bit of software, enabling the use and customization of the Steam Controller outside of Steam.

Video recording and livestreaming software OBS Studio has released 23.2.0

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11, 2019

OBS Studio, the free and open source one-stop shop for Linux livestreaming has a brand new release available today, following on from the Release Candidate nearly a month ago.

More shots of Steam's new Library design thanks to a leak (updated)

By Liam Dawe, Jun 9, 2019

We know that Valve are slowly working on an overhaul to parts of the Steam Client and we have more shots of it according to a leak. UPDATED.

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Steam

GOG are revamping GOG Galaxy, to help you manage multiple launchers and still no Linux support

By Liam Dawe, May 22, 2019

Today, GOG officially announced Galaxy 2.0 and their aim seems to be to pull everyone together under one roof.

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GOG

Valve have released a new dedicated mobile Steam Chat application

By Liam Dawe, May 22, 2019

Now that Valve have upgraded the chat and friends system in the desktop Steam client, they've also rolled out a brand new dedicated mobile application to do the same.

Video recording and livestreaming software OBS Studio has a new 23.2 Release Candidate out

By Liam Dawe, May 20, 2019

For those who create videos and livestreams, OBS Studio is for the most part all you need. It continues advancing too, with a Release Candidate out for OBS 23.2.

UNIGINE recently updated the Superposition benchmark tool with free VR support, Linux VR supported

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25, 2019

UNIGINE announced earlier this month an update to their UNIGINE 2 Engine powered Superposition benchmark tool, with new features in the free version.

You can now easily run the Epic Store on Linux with Lutris, Epic suggests applying for a grant

By Liam Dawe, Apr 18, 2019

Thanks to some effort from the team behind Lutris (and Wine of course), you can now run the Epic Store quite easily on Linux.

Game launcher Lutris has another release out, adding a little spit and polish

By Liam Dawe, Apr 9, 2019

Lutris, where would I be without you now? This excellent open source game launcher has another point release out to fix some bits up.

The open source livestreaming and recording software OBS Studio has a new release out

By Liam Dawe, Apr 5, 2019

Here's something fun for you content creators this weekend, as OBS Studio just released a fresh build for you.

The open source game manager Lutris had another sweet update recently

By Liam Dawe, Mar 25, 2019

What's that, too many launchers or no easy way to manage GOG games on Linux? Lutris might solve this problem for you.

CodeWeavers have released CrossOver 18.5 pulling in Wine 4.0 and FAudio

By Liam Dawe, Mar 22, 2019

For those who want to help with Wine development without contributing code, CodeWeavers host the Wine project and contribute to its development along with their own CrossOver product.

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Wine

GameHub is another open source game launcher, giving Lutris some competition

By Liam Dawe, Mar 18, 2019

Not a fan of Lutris or just want to try something different? GameHub could be a pretty good option for you.

OBS Studio 23.0 is officially out with VAAPI for Linux, new audio filters and plenty more

By Liam Dawe, Feb 26, 2019

The big update to the awesome recording and livestreaming software OBS Studio is now out, with tons of goodies included.

There's a new release candidate of OBS Studio out with a VAAPI video encoder on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 9, 2019

Eyes up livestreamers and video content creators, as there's a new release candidate out for OBS Studio with some huge new features.

Apps

GreenWithEnvy, an impressive tool for overclocking NVIDIA GPUs

By Liam Dawe, Feb 6, 2019

As always, my love for the open source and Linux community continues. When a company doesn't do something officially, someone else comes along and does it. GreenWithEnvy is a recent one, to allow NVIDIA GPU owners to tinker with their hardware.

FlowScape, an app to let you paint some gorgeous nature scenes now supports Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 2, 2019

This is a rather interesting one, it's not exactly a game but it piqued my curiosity for how relaxing it looks.

Apps
Itch.io

The massive 0.5 release of Lutris is out with a revamped UI, GOG support and tons more

By Liam Dawe, Feb 2, 2019

Regular readers will know by now how much I've enjoyed using Lutris to bring together my game library across Steam, GOG and more. It just recently put out the big update!

Lutris has the first release candidate available for 0.5 which needs testing

By Liam Dawe, Jan 28, 2019

Lutris, the excellent bit of software that allows you to bring together your scattered game library is closing in on a final release of the 0.5 overhaul.