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Heroic Games Launcher 2.5 Beta adds Download Manager, external game / launcher installs

By Liam Dawe, 31 Oct 2022

The Heroic Games Launcher is growing with the 2.5.0 Beta version out now, putting it in competition with the likes of Lutris and Bottles a little more with the new features.

Classic Unreal Tournament lives on with a new OldUnreal upgrade, 64bit now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 31 Oct 2022

Unreal Tournament 99 is one of the all-time great first-person shooters, and it is being kept alive by the OldUnreal team and contributors with a fresh release out now.

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

By Liam Dawe, 12 Sep 2022

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, 1 Sep 2022

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2022

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.

Unreal Engine 5 editor quietly gets a proper Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2022

I'm not entirely sure when this went live but it appears that Epic Games have finally released a full proper download of Unreal Engine for Linux developers.

Epic Games now supporting the O3D Foundation and Open 3D Engine

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jul 2022

The O3D Foundation, who oversee the free and open source Open 3D Engine, have announced that Epic Games are now officially one of their supporters.

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

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2022

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.

Epic Online Services gets free cross-play tooling that will support Linux

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jun 2022

Epic Games just announced a big upgrade to Epic Online Services, which will now include a full toolkit to enable developers to do cross-play.

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

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2022

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.

Fall Guys to become Epic Exclusive for new owners, so no Steam Deck support then

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2022

Here we go again. Another game is moving from Steam to become an Epic Exclusive and this time it's Fall Guys.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.3.1 adds themes, platform selection, auto update

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2022

Heroic Games Launcher 2.3.1 is officially out now, bringing with it some big new features to help you manage games from Epic Games and GOG.

Heroic Games Launcher for Epic & GOG gets themes, platform selection, favourites

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2022

Heroic Games Launcher continues evolving to provide a way to manage your Epic Games and GOG libraries on Linux and other platforms with a fresh Beta release out now.

Fortnite added to Xbox Cloud Gaming, easier than ever to play on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 5 May 2022

Microsoft has today announced that the massive free to play game Fortnite is now on Xbox Cloud Gaming, this makes it easier than ever to play it on Linux and Steam Deck.

Heroic Games Launcher for Epic and GOG on Linux and Steam Deck new Beta available

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2022

The Heroic Games Launcher is a very simple to use free and open source app to manage and download your Epic Games Store and GOG collections on Linux and Steam Deck.

Unreal Engine 5 has officially launched, lots of Linux and Vulkan improvements

By Liam Dawe, 5 Apr 2022

After being available in Early Access since May 2021 and Preview since February 2022, Epic Games has today released Unreal Engine 5 which will no doubt go on to power some of the biggest upcoming releases.

Heroic Games Launcher now on Flathub, even easier to run Epic Games on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 11 Mar 2022

Heroic Games Launcher, the community-made open source app for the Epic Games Store, is now available as a Flatpak on Flathub making it even easier to install and setup on Linux and Steam Deck.

An update on installing Epic Games on Steam Deck, plus accessing the SD Card

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2022

This is a short update to my previous guide on installing the Epic Games store on the Steam Deck using Proton, plus how to enable access to an SD Card.

Heroic Games Launcher gets closer to a Flathub release

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2022

Heroic Games Launcher is a great multi-platform alternative client for Epic Games and GOG, which helps get your games working on Linux and Steam Deck and a new release is out with version 2.2.2.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.2 (plus a hotfix) adds GOG support

By Liam Dawe, 24 Feb 2022

Heroic Games Launcher is truly becoming one of the best game managers available for Linux. Not only does it support Epic Games, it's just expanded to cover GOG too.

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