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Easy Anti-Cheat not as simple as expected for Proton and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jan 9, 2022

Even though Epic Games announced recently how they expanded support for Easy Anti-Cheat to have full support of native Linux, plus Wine / Proton (and so the Steam Deck), it seems it's not as easy as we hoped.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.0.0 brings a much improved login system for Epic Games

By Liam Dawe, Jan 3, 2022

Ending 2021 with quite the bang, the unofficial Epic Games Store app Heroic Games Launcher put up a big new release improving lots of features.

Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games appears popular with over 100K downloads

By Liam Dawe, Dec 2, 2021

Despite the Epic Games Store not offering Linux support at all, it still seems to be somewhat popular with Linux users as the unofficial Heroic Games Launcher hit a big downloads milestone.

Ryan Gordon gets an Epic MegaGrant to further improve SDL, helping with next-gen APIs

By Liam Dawe, Nov 12, 2021

Looks like cross-platform game development with SDL is going to get easier, as Ryan Gordon (also known as Icculus) has confirmed an Epic MegaGrant and details what it will be used for.

The Epic Store on Linux continues getting easier to manage with Heroic Games Launcher

By Liam Dawe, Oct 11, 2021

Heroic Games Launcher has a fresh update released and it comes with some mighty fine new features, all in the name of making your Epic Store library easier to manage on Linux.

Epic Games announce full Easy Anti-Cheat support for Linux including Wine & Proton

By Liam Dawe, Sep 23, 2021

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Today, Easy Anti-Cheat from Epic Games / Epic Online Services has officially announced a full expansion for Linux including native builds and Wine + Proton. This is big for Linux Gaming and the Steam Deck.

Heroic Games Launcher for the Epic Store on Linux gets some essential fixes

By Liam Dawe, Sep 7, 2021

For those of you wanting a simple way to get your games from the Epic Store running on Linux with the Wine compatibility layer, the Heroic Games Launcher continues to roll out upgrades.

Heroic Games Launcher 1.9 is out with better performance, playtime tracking and more

By Liam Dawe, Jul 28, 2021

The Heroic Games Launcher is a fantastic community effort to bring the Epic Games Store to Linux and Heroic Games Launcher 1.9 builds upon the foundation to provide a better experience.

Heroic Games Launcher 1.8.0 'Arlong' is out now and goes multi-platform

By Liam Dawe, Jul 2, 2021

Not only does the alternative open source Epic Games Store client Heroic Games Launcher have a new release out with 1.8.0 'Arlong' it's also gone multi-platform.

Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games sees a small bug fix release ahead of the big 1.8

By Liam Dawe, Jun 22, 2021

Heroic Games Launcher is an application built on top of the a command-line client called Legendary, and Heroic has a fresh bug fix release out to help ahead of a major release.

Unreal Engine 5 goes out in Early Access with continued Linux support

By Liam Dawe, May 26, 2021

Epic Games has today released Unreal Engine 5 into Early Access with some huge new features, a new look for the editor and continued support for Linux builds of games.

Heroic Games Launcher for running Epic Store titles on Linux 1.7.0 release is out

By Liam Dawe, May 25, 2021

As Epic Games continue ignoring Linux with their store, the Heroic Games Launcher picks up that slack and it has a new release now available for you.

Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games on Linux version 1.5.8 is out fixing a critical bug

By Liam Dawe, Apr 26, 2021

Have plenty of games on the Epic Games Store? The Heroic Games Launcher continues maturing to allow you to download and play them on Linux through a native application.

The open source Epic Games client for Linux, Heroic Games Launcher can now run offline

By Liam Dawe, Mar 22, 2021

The open source Heroic Games Launcher is a game launcher that currently works with the Epic Games Store, providing Linux users with an easy way to manage it and play games.

Using the Epic Store on Linux is even easier with the latest Heroic Games Launcher updates

By Liam Dawe, Jan 28, 2021

Epic Games don't support Linux with their store, so the community continues building around it with the Heroic Games Launcher that can run plenty of games from the Epic Store.

The open source Epic Games Store app Heroic Games Launcher has a big overhaul

By Liam Dawe, Jan 12, 2021

Work on Heroic Games Launcher, the open source Linux alternative to the Epic Games Store continues rapid improvements with a huge new release out now.

Epic Games has acquired RAD Game Tools so they now own Bink video and more

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2021

Epic Games latest acquisition is RAD Game Tools, one a great many game developers will be familiar with.

SteamOS-like Linux distribution GamerOS has a new release, adds in Epic Game Store support

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7, 2020

If you need an easy full-screen gaming experience with Linux, perhaps with your main big TV then GamerOS looks to be the next best thing to SteamOS.

Total War Saga: TROY is now a 12 month Epic Games Store exclusive

By Liam Dawe, Jun 2, 2020

Total War Saga: TROY, a game that was confirmed to be coming to Linux, is now going to start life as an Epic Games Store exclusive for the first year.