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Here's the February 2022 Roundup: Our Top Articles

Here is a look back to some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for February 2021. This is a great way to for you keep up-to-date on what has happened in the past month in Linux gaming open source, as well as other general Linux news that we cover! You can track these overview articles by using our Overview RSS.



Here's what was a hit with our readers:



Terraria for Stadia was cancelled but has since been reinstated. Stadia is currently in an uncertain period. It's not a surprise that Re-Logic originally cancelled Terraria. Thankfully for Stadia users it's now actually back online.



- Valheim has truly become an absolute runaway hit and it's been out for less than an entire month! A survival game featuring Vikings running around in coop, chopping down trees and fighting off against big bosses.



- OpenTTD, the free and open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe is officially coming to Steam on April 1st and the Linux build will be available as well.



- Valve have yet again come under the spotlight for the wrong reasons after the decision of the EU Commission over geo-blocking, the case that involved game pricing, and the Steam Controller is also in the spotlight.
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Portal 2, the classic puzzle game developed by Valve has received a major upgrade. It now supports Vulkan API support thanks to the DXVK project.



Pioneer is another great example of a long-running, open-source and free game that has been successful. A brand new release has also been released that updates many of the most critical parts.



- In a move that is certain to draw a lot of attention, and worry Stadia supporters, Google has announced they're shutting down SG&E (Stadia Games and Entertainment) and no longer doing first-party games.



Following the EU Commission Fine and Steam problems, Valve are back in the spotlight. A new lawsuit claims Valve was "abusing" their market power.



- After a few years of waiting, Wildfire Games have released an important update for the open source and free real-time strategy game 0 A.D. with Alpha 24 available.



Are you in need of an exciting and fun physics simulator? How about one that's free open source and playable in multiplayer? Rigs of Rods might be what you're looking for and they've got a new release.



This is a short and sweet update on the development of Zink the coming OpenGL on the top of Vulkan implementation that was announced by Collabora that has been moving steadily.



- Total War: WARHAMMER III has just been formally announced by SEGA / Creative Assembly and the good news is that port Feral Interactive have right away confirmed that it's supported on Linux (and macOS).



- Despite the increasing number of people who believe Stadia won't last long, we're now into another year and Google has announced that more than 100 games will release for Stadia through 2021.



- GTA III and Vice City were released, which offered us hope for the most up-to-date way to play them , and then sadly got completely nuked from the sky by the rights holders.



- Minetest is the free and open source game engine voxel, inspired initially by Minecraft it's steadily growing and better, with a variety of games that are available for it.



A new biweekly development release is out for the Windows compatibility layer Wine with Wine 6.2 that bundles more of the latest and greatest to make it a good release to test.



Are you looking for a way to keep your game saves back up using a user-friendly interface? Ludusavi is a free and open-source project that anyone can contribute to.



Are you looking to make your PC appear flashy? Plasma 5.21 is now available. The KDE team has worked hard to make it beautiful and functional.



We just had the DXVK 1.8 release for Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan and now we have the VKD3D-Proton 2.2 release coming out as well.



After a brief testing period and the release candidates only being released a few days ago, Valve has now released Steam Play Proton 5.1-6.



-- Stellaris: Nemesis is going to boost some very exciting things for the massive space strategy game by Paradox and will feature a massive new endgame scenario that you can choose one side.



Chess is a classic right? So what about a relaxing game of Chess? I am actually talking about Lichess an open source and free open source browser-based online Chess game.



Two major pieces of news from Canonical and Ubuntu to cover today and both concerning the future of the Linux distribution.



Another day, another acquisition with Saber Interactive / Embracer Group buying Aspyr Media and so we observe the ever-present trend of consolidation in the games industry. And, Gearbox too.



Additionally, here's some great recent releases we've enjoyed you ought to check out:



Hadean Tactics Of Mice and Moggies Mutropolis Nebuchadnezzar Mini Countries qomp Rogue Star Rescue Valheim



We published a total of 151 articles in the month of March! This page includes the contributors.



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