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Games: Veloren, Steam Deck, Heroic Games Launcher
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Joshua Barretto ☛ Some things Veloren does differently
Veloren is built on an ECS (Entity Component System) rather than a more traditional object-oriented class hierarchy. Nowadays - and especially in the Rust ecosystem - this is much more common, but when we started the project in 2018 it was surprisingly rarely used for anything but demoware and we had to invent a lot of concepts internally to make it work for our needs.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Get more Steam Deck / Steam Machine Verified games in the Fanatical Play on the Go Bundle | GamingOnLinux
New for September is the Fanatical "Build your own Play on the Go BundleFest Edition" bundle, with all games being rated Steam Deck / Steam Machine Verified.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ JUJUTSU KAISEN RUMBLE: SURVIVATON delayed into 2027 | GamingOnLinux
JUJUTSU KAISEN RUMBLE: SURVIVATON, from the creator of Vampire Survivors and Shueisha Games, has been delayed into 2027 so they can get it right.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ The Triple-i Initiative showcase returns October 8th | GamingOnLinux
Crammed full of what will no doubt be some really interesting looking games, The Triple-i Initiative showcase is back again on October 8th. It will go live at 9am PDT / noon EDT / 6pm CEST / 4pm UTC.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Digiphile's VR collection is back to celebrate the Steam Frame launch | GamingOnLinux
Stock up on some quality VR games for the launch of the Steam Frame, or just bag a good deal for whatever headset you're using with Digiphile's VR collection. VR Games Showcase: The New Essentials collection will remain available until September 23rd or while supplies last.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ DOOM: The Dark Ages gets a permanent price reduction | GamingOnLinux
DOOM: The Dark Ages from Bethesda Softworks / id Software is now a fair bit cheaper to grab - permanently. It's been out a little over a year now, and Denuvo DRM was recently removed - so it seems like quite a good time to grab it.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Heroic Games Launcher v2.22.2 brings fixes for Rockstar, Ubisoft and more | GamingOnLinux
Heroic Games Launcher continues being an essential tool in the box for SteamOS / Linux gamers, with a fresh hotfix release out now. This is the simplest way to get games from various launchers that don't have official Linux support.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Half-Life: Alyx ported to ARM64 for Steam Frame - update out now | GamingOnLinux
Valve officially released a new update for the incredible VR game Half-Life: Alyx, bringing support for the Steam Frame in standalone mode. Not just that though, there's some other nice improvements to the game that remains one of my all-time favourite gaming experiences when I played it through on the Valve Index.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta and SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview released - Valve continue working on NVIDIA support | GamingOnLinux
Valve released two new testing builds with SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta and the much bigger SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview. For both of these if you want to try them out, you need to opt-in via the Settings > System > System Update Channel.