Games: Godot, "Ubisoft Connect Services", RPCS3 on PS5 With GNU/Linux

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 11, 2026

• Ubuntu Handbook ☛ NVIDIA 615.71.09 Released with Better Windows Gaming on Linux

  NVIDIA driver for GNU/Linux released new 615.71.09 version yesterday, as the latest new feature branch driver. The new driver added some new Vulkan extensions support for better GNU/Linux gaming and memory management, and fixed various Wayland and Blackwell GPUs related issues. First, the NVIDIA 615 driver added support the second revision of VK_NV_low_latency extension.

• Godot Engine ☛ Dev snapshot: Godot 4.8 dev 5

  A healthy stream of new features await!

• The Straits Times ☛ From Genshin Impact to Arknights: What drives China’s mobile games industry?

  Fans are flocking to this category of digital entertainment, drawn by solid gameplay, world building and Chinese culture elements

• GamingOnLinux ☛ Ubisoft begin removing Ubisoft Connect from Steam with the new Ubisoft Connect Services | GamingOnLinux

  Finally, another publisher has realised extra launchers on Steam are a pain in the ass, surprisingly this time it's Ubisoft doing something good. They've announced "Ubisoft Connect Services", a new way their games will sync up with their own cloud stuff on Steam.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ The deeply mysterious delivery adventure Truckful arrives in October | GamingOnLinux

  MythicOwl and Pocketpair Publishing have announced that Truckful, their peaceful looking delivery sim with plenty of mystery releases October 9th.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ No Man's Sky Cosmos preps for Steam Frame plus - orbital construction, alliances, colossal shipwrecks and tons more | GamingOnLinux

  Hello Games are truly expanding No Man's Sky into a forever space sandbox aren't they? The new Cosmos update is out and it's another massive one.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ METAL SLUG ULTIMATE COLLECTION announced for Steam | GamingOnLinux

  SNK recently announced the METAL SLUG ULTIMATE COLLECTION which will come to Steam sometime in 2027. They have not yet revealed a price or a clearer date on when it will arrive.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ Watch - Valve's GDC 2026 talk on how they're helping developers succeed on PC | GamingOnLinux

  Valve went along to GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 to give a talk titled "Steam Platform 2026: How Valve is Helping Game Developers Succeed on PC Gaming".

• GamingOnLinux ☛ Try the new demo for If Red Then Stop - a traffic coding automation puzzler | GamingOnLinux

  If you love puzzle games that teach a little programming and automation - If Red Then Stop looks like your next visit. A demo with Native Linux support has just been released.

  Coming from the indie team Kerzoven from Switzerland, they previously made Of Life and Land in 2025, a city builder paired with a rich nature simulation. Now they're trying something a little different, inspired by the founder's frustration with a new traffic light system on his commute that was causing major problems.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ Denshattack! review | GamingOnLinux

  Denshattack! is about becoming the greatest acrobatic train driver in Japan by competing in over-the-top battles by flipping trains like they're skateboards. Disclosure: a key was provided to GamingOnLinux.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ Spy Drops Gaiden looks like a fun retro stealth-action throwback | GamingOnLinux

  Spy Drops Gaiden is channelling some retro Metal Gear here with their upcoming old school 2D stealth action game that arrives in October. A demo is available to try out on Steam right now.

• GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam Beta for Sept 9th has huge changes - Big Art Mode, Screensaver, Proton option changes, Desktop Mode toggle for SteamOS | GamingOnLinux

  Valve have been cooking on this one! A new Steam Beta update for September 9th brings some big additions for Desktop and SteamOS systems like Steam Deck and Steam Machine.

• WINE or Emulation

  • Killzone 3 runs in 4K at 60 FPS using the RPCS3 emulator on the PS5 console on Linux.

    Enthusiasts conducted technical benchmarks of the cult shooter Killzone 3 using the open-source RPCS3 emulator, running directly on the PlayStation 5 hardware platform running Linux. The experiment utilized a jailbroken version of the console with low-level access to the hardware, allowing them to boot a third-party distribution and deploy a Cell Broadband Engine emulation environment. The project ran through a graphical interface. Vulkan with upscaled 4K ultra-high-definition video output and a target frame rate of up to 60 frames per second.