Right here is a glance back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for February 2021, a straightforward approach to for you to keep updated on what has happened prior to now month for Linux gaming, open supply and different common Linux information that we cowl! If you want to maintain observe of those overview posts you can with our Overview RSS.
Here's what was well-liked with our readers:
Terraria for Stadia cancelled and and now it's again on - Stadia is going via a interval of uncertainty proper now and it positively didn't help that Re-Logic initially cancelled Terraria. Thankfully for Stadia customers it is now truly back on.
- Valheim has actually develop into an absolute runaway hit and it has been out less than a month! A survival recreation about Vikings running round in co-op chopping down trees and dealing with off against massive bosses.
- OpenTTD, the free and open source simulation sport based mostly upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe is officially coming to Steam on April 1, and the Linux construct will be accessible too.
- Valve are but again hitting the spotlight for the wrong causes following the ruling from the EU Fee over geo-blocking, a lawsuit involving game pricing and now the Steam Controller too.
- Portal 2, the classic first-person puzzle recreation from Valve out there on Steam, just had a huge improve come out of nowhere along with Vulkan API support powered by the DXVK project.
- Pioneer is another traditional example of an extended-working free and open supply game doing properly, with a brand new release up that overhauls loads of necessary parts.
- In a move that is sure to boost loads of eyebrows, and fear Stadia supporters, Google has introduced they're shutting down SG&E (Stadia Games & Entertainment) and now not doing first-get together games.
- Valve are within the legal spotlight again following the EU Fee Advantageous with just a few more Steam troubles, as a new lawsuit has emerged with a claim about an "abuse" of their market energy.
- After a few years of ready, Wildfire Games have launched an enormous improve for the free and open supply actual-time strategy recreation 0 A.D. with Alpha 24 now available.
- In want of a new enjoyable physics sim? How about one that's free, open source and may be played in multiplayer? Rigs of Rods could be what you are after and they have a new launch.
- Here's a brief and sweet update on the work for Zink, the upcoming OpenGL on top of Vulkan implementation introduced by Collabora which has been progressing steadily.
- Total War: WARHAMMER III has simply been formally announced by SEGA / Inventive Assembly and the excellent news is that porter Feral Interactive have instantly confirmed it is being supported on Linux (and macOS).
- Regardless of the rising quantity of people believing Stadia won't be around for lengthy, we're into one other year and Google have introduced that more than 100 video games will release for Stadia by way of 2021.
- GTA III and Vice Metropolis came, gave us hope for an updated approach to play them after which sadly obtained fully nuked from orbit by the rights holders.
- Minetest is the free and open supply voxel sport engine, impressed originally by Minecraft it's steadily turning into larger and better with a lot of available games for it.
- A fresh biweekly development launch is out for the Windows compatibility layer Wine with Wine 6.2 bundling up extra of the latest and greatest into an appropriate release for you to strive.
- Need one thing to keep your sport saves backed up with a pleasant UI? Ludusavi is one such mission that is free and open source, so anybody can help with it.
- Love your Pc to look flashy? The KDE crew put in quite a lot of effort to be each lovely and functional with the newest Plasma 5.21 release which is out now.
- We only in the near past had the DXVK 1.Eight launch for Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan and now we also have the VKD3D-Proton 2.2 release touchdown as effectively.
- After a fairly quick testing period with the release candidates solely being introduced a number of days ago, Valve has now pushed out the official release of Steam Play Proton 5.13-6.
- Stellaris: Nemesis is going to boost some very thrilling things for the grand house strategy game from Paradox, with an enormous new endgame crisis coming the place you get to choose a side. Urbanislovar
- Chess, it's a classic right? So how about a nice sport of Chess? I'm in fact speaking about Lichess, a free and open source browser-based online Chess recreation.
- Two large bits of stories from Canonical and Ubuntu to cowl today and each about the way forward for the Linux distribution.
- One other day another acquisition with Saber Interactive / Embracer Group acquiring Aspyr Media and so we see the continuing worrying pattern of consolidation within the games trade. Plus, Gearbox too.
Additionally, here is some great recent releases we have enjoyed you need to check out:
Hadean Tactics
Of Mice and Moggies
Mutropolis
Nebuchadnezzar
Mini Nations
qomp
Rogue Star Rescue
Valheim
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