Heres the February 2022 Roundup of our Top Articles For February 2022

Here are a few of the most read GamingOnLinux articles for February 2021. This is a great way to keep track of what's happened in the last month regarding Linux gaming open-source, open-source, and other news related to Linux. You can follow these overview articles by using our Overview RSS.

Here's what was popular among our readers:

Terraria for Stadia was cancelled, and now it's back on- Stadia is in an uncertain period at the moment and it did not help that Re-Logic initially pulled the plug on Terraria. Thankfully for Stadia users it's now actually back online.

The game Valheim has truly become an absolute hit and it's been out less than a month! A survival game about Vikings playing co-operatively cutting down trees and fighting off against big bosses.

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

Valve is back being criticized for wrong reasons after the EU Commission's ruling on geo-blocking. This lawsuit involved game pricing as well as the Steam Controller.

- Portal 2, the classic first-person puzzle title from Valve available on Steam has just received an enormous update appear out of the blue, along with Vulkan API support powered by the DXVK project.

Pioneer - Pioneer is another classic example of a long-running free and open source game doing well, with a new version out that revamps many of the key components.

Google announced that they are closing down SG&E (Stadia Games & Entertainment), and will no longer be doing first-party gaming. This is a move likely to create lots of anxiety and eyebrows.

- Valve are under the legal spotlight again after the EU Commission Fine with a couple of Steam issues as a new lawsuit has emerged with a claim regarding an "abuse" of their market power.

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

Need a new fun physics sim? What about one that is free and open-source? And can be played in multiplayer? Rigs of Rods might be what you're looking for and they've got a new release.

- Here's a short and concise update on the progress of Zink which is the coming OpenGL on top of Vulkan implementation that was announced by Collabora which has been progressing slowly.

SEGA/Creative Assembly just officially announced Total War: WARHAMMER III. The good news is that the port Feral Interactive immediately confirmed it was being supported on Linux (and macOS).

Despite growing concerns that Stadia will not be around for very long, we are entering another year. Google has announced that more than 100 games will be available on Stadia in 2021.

- GTA III and Vice City arrived, provided us with hope of an updated method of playing them, but was then completely removed from the sky by the rights holders.

- Minetest is the open source and free game engine voxel, inspired originally by Minecraft it's slowly becoming bigger and better with lots of games available for it.

- A fresh biweekly development release is available for the Windows compatibility layer Wine. It comes with Wine 6.2 bundling up more of the most recent and best into a compatible release for you to try.

Are you looking for a solution to keep your game saves backed up and have an easy-to-use interface? Ludusavi is an open-source and free project that anyone can contribute to.

Do you want your PC to be attractive? The KDE team put in a lot of effort to be both attractive and practical with the latest Plasma 5.21 release, which is available now.

We have recently released the DXVK1.8 Direct3D release 9/10/11 to Vulkan, and now we have the VKD3D Proton 2.2 release.

After a short testing period, with the release candidates only known a few days ago Valve has released Steam Play Proton 5.1-6.

- Stellaris: Nemesis is going to bring some exciting things for the massive space strategy game by Paradox, with a huge new endgame scenario that you get to pick one side.

Chess is a classic , right? What about a fun game if Chess? Lichess is a free, open-source browser-based online Chess program.

- Two big bits of news from Canonical and Ubuntu to discuss today and both concerning the future of the Linux distribution. minecraft textures

Another day, another acquisition, this time with Saber Interactive / Embracer Group buying Aspyr Media and so we witness the ongoing trend of consolidation in the games industry. Also, Gearbox too.

You should also check out these amazing new releases we have enjoyed

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

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