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Amazon confirm New World: Aeternum will go permanently offline next year and is being delisted

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:44:13 +0000

Back in October 2025, Amazon announced that their MMO game New World would no longer see updates - and now they've confirmed the full shutdown.

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Arriving early next year, Dune: Awakening - Chapter 3 is sounding great

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:15:33 +0000

Dune: Awakening from Funcom is getting a big free Chapter 3 update early next year, with the details of it now being revealed along with a paid DLC.

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Guild Wars Reforged has arrived on Steam

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:15:33 +0000

ArenaNet have released Guild Wars Reforged bringing together the Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall campaigns together along with various improvements.

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Dune: Awakening gets a limited time free trial and the biggest discount yet

Liam Dawe — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:17:16 +0000

Dune: Awakening from Funcom is trying to pull in some fresh players, with a new free trial available and the biggest discount on Steam so far.

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Guild Wars Reforged announced to release in December and will be Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:35:12 +0000

Guild Wars Reforged was announced today by ArenaNet to arrive on December 3, and it will be Steam Deck Verified and optimised for Valve's handheld.

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As Amazon cut thousands of jobs, New World: Aeternum will see no more updates

Liam Dawe — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:22:30 +0000

Amazon recently announced pretty heavy job cuts, and it seems they're pulling back on video game funding with New World: Aeternum no longer being supported.

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That didn't last long - Blue Protocol: Star Resonance anti-cheat causing problems on Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:17:07 +0000

Blue Protocol: Star Resonance was just updated, as it seems the initial build did not actually have any anti-cheat enabled but now it does.

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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is out now and does work on Linux

Liam Dawe — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:21:01 +0000

Despite the previous report that it likely wouldn't work on Desktop Linux, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is out now and does work.

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Dune: Awakening gets a free weekend for September 11, a first ever discount and early DLC release

Liam Dawe — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:39:07 +0000

Dune: Awakening from Funcom is getting a free weekend soon and it's getting a first ever discount, so a good time to see what all the fuss is about.

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Dune: Awakening is now Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:43:08 +0000

After Funcom have patched Dune: Awakening quite a few times since release, the experience on Steam Deck is now good enough that it's been Steam Deck Verified.

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Lost Ark from Amazon Games appears to have enabled the anti-cheat for Linux / SteamOS

Liam Dawe — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:26:10 +0000

Lost Ark is a free to play MMO from Smilegate RPG and Amazon Games that was previously blocked on Linux platforms like SteamOS / Steam Deck but now works.

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Dune: Awakening hits over 1 million sales making it Funcom's fastest selling game, end-game changes coming

Liam Dawe — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:09:14 +0000

Good news for MMO fans on Linux platforms, Dune: Awakening is clearly here to stay as it's Funcom's fastest selling game to date.

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Dune: Awakening is out now and works well on Linux Desktop but rough on Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:11:09 +0000

Dune: Awakening from Funcom has officially arrived, and thankfully it does work rather nicely on Desktop Linux.

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Upcoming MMO 'BitCraft Online' will be open source

Liam Dawe — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:02:58 +0000

The upcoming MMO BitCraft Online is doing something very unusual for the genre, it's going to be open source.

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Dune: Awakening will get Private Servers at release but with limits

Liam Dawe — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:46:03 +0000

Some good news for Dune: Awakening, Funcom have announced it actually will have Private Servers you can rent and sort with friends.

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Dune: Awakening will have BattlEye enabled for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Fri, 23 May 2025 10:08:38 +0000

Ahead of the release of Dune: Awakening, my one major concern with it has been swept away by the sands. Thankfully, the BattlEye anti-cheat will be enabled for players on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck to play it.

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Dune: Awakening set for a public playtest May 9-12 but the anti-cheat concerns me for Linux / Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:23:16 +0000

Dune: Awakening from Funcom is set to release on June 10th, and to ensure their servers are working well they've announced a major public playtest will go live in May.

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War Thunder major Hornet's Sting update adds Ray Tracing for AMD and intel GPUs

Liam Dawe — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:26:48 +0000

War Thunder has been updated with the first major expansion of 2025. Titled Hornet’s Sting it adds in Ray Tracing support for AMD and Intel GPUs. There's but coming though.

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Roll20 co-creator reveals bullet hell MMO Wyld Land with a demo up now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:04:29 +0000

One of the co-creators of the popular Roll20 virtual tabletop Roll20 has revealed Wyld Land, a free to play bullet hell MMO.

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Dune: Awakening looks like it may be playable on Steam Deck - benchmark tested

Liam Dawe — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:27:11 +0000

Dune: Awakening is releasing May 20th from Funcom, and surprisingly it looks like it may actually be playable on the Steam Deck. That is, unless Funcom decide to put in some anti-cheat that blocks Linux.

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MMO interplanetary crafting adventure SpaceCraft from Shiro Games (Northgard, Wartales) announced

Liam Dawe — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:03:32 +0000

Shiro Games developer of Northgard, Wartales and Dune: Spice Wars have announced SpaceCraft, and my space-nerd brain is now very excited.

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Albion Online 'Horizons' update brings a customizable HUD and a more dynamic world

Liam Dawe — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:13:49 +0000

One of the few actually popular MMOs that has official Native Linux support, Albion Online has expanded again today with the Horizons update out now.

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The Elder Scrolls Online now Steam Deck Playable, to be fully Verified in "a future update"

Liam Dawe — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:18:07 +0000

Really great to see bigger developers actually start to properly take note of the Steam Deck since it's selling so well. Now we have The Elder Scrolls Online from ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda Softworks getting improvements.

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Persist Online is a new MMORPG from the developer of the classic Tibia

Liam Dawe — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:43:14 +0000

After almost 30 years, CipSoft, the veteran multiplayer game developer behind 1997’s Tibia, is back with another MMORPG: Persist Online.

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Puppygames bring massive-scale asynchronous PvP battle simulator Battledroid to Kickstarter

Liam Dawe — Wed, 29 May 2024 12:07:46 +0000

Puppygames are launching a new game with Battledroid, a massively multiplayer online asynchronous PvP battle simulator that has a rather big scale to it.

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Albion Online now officially launched in Europe and MENA regions

Liam Dawe — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:46:16 +0000

Albion Online the MMO from Sandbox Interactive has now formally opened the gates for Europe and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) with their brand new server.

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Albion Online is finally getting a server for Europe

Liam Dawe — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:18:15 +0000

Albion Online is one of the few MMOs with Linux support, and it's set to have a big change soon with the introduction of a server for Europe.

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Path of Titans' Pounce Update brings new dino combat mechanics

Liam Dawe — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:10:50 +0000

Path of Titans is steadily building up to be a really good-looking dinosaur survival MMO, and with the Pounce Update the combat should be a lot more exciting now too.

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Mini monster-catching MMO 'Familiars.io' heads to Steam

Liam Dawe — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:00:44 +0000

Familiars.io is a very retro-styled mini-MMO about catching monsters and battling, and it's now heading to Steam.

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War Thunder's next major update is 'Sons of Attila', plus easier vehicle unlocks coming

Liam Dawe — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:08:45 +0000

Gaijin Entertainment have teased the next big update for War Thunder, named Sons of Attila and they continue to work through their roadmap to improve other parts of the game.

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Dino MMO survival game Path of Titans is really coming along

Liam Dawe — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:37:01 +0000

Path of Titans is one I haven't checked on in some time, a dinosaur MMO survival game currently in development and it's looking pretty good.

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Albion Online 'Knightfall' is here with new content and improved controls

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 May 2023 10:55:38 +0000

Offering up plenty of new content for players to explore, the Knightfall update for Albion Online is here and it may be time to give it another look.

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War Thunder has the Danger Zone update out with the F-14A Tomcat

Liam Dawe — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:44:12 +0000

Got the need for speed? The F-14A Tomcat has landed in War Thunder with the major Danger Zone update out now.

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XIVLauncher now on Linux, gets FINAL FANTASY XIV Online running on Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Wed, 11 May 2022 16:08:41 +0000

While the newer official launcher for FINAL FANTASY XIV Online is incredibly problematic with Steam Play Proton, a third-party launcher has recently come to Linux to help with that.

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Albion Online now testing gamepad support and ready for Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:35:14 +0000

If you need another MMO fix in your life, Albion Online is pretty good and has a lot of players. It's available as a direct standalone download and on Steam. Looks like it might end up quite good on the Steam Deck.

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Albion Online getting gamepad support for Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 17:57:45 +0000

Running some errands and doing some guild battles in Albion Online on the go, or in bed? Why not. Albion Online is getting gamepad support real soon.

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Dinosaur survival MMO Path of Titans adds the Allosaurus and baby dinos

Liam Dawe — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:37:11 +0000

Path of Titans is slowly shaping up to be an MMO worth looking into with full cross-platform support and a big new update is out now adding in a ferocious new beast and cute little baby dinos.

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Lands Awakened is live now for Albion Online, big open-world improvements

Liam Dawe — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 16:04:12 +0000

Albion Online, the free to play MMO that has native Linux support, has been upgraded with some massive improvements landing in the Lands Awakened update.

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Albion Online major upgrade 'Lands Awakened' arrives November 24

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:02:12 +0000

Sandbox Interactive has announced that the Lands Awakened upgrade for Albion Online is set for release on November 24. It sounds like it's going to be pretty big too.

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War Thunder is getting more terrain deformation in the upcoming 'Ground Breaking' upgrade

Liam Dawe — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:42:29 +0000

Ground Breaking is the name of the next major update for War Thunder and it sounds quite exciting, with some game engine upgrades to allow for more terrain interactions and deformation.

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War Thunder has another major upgrade out with 'Direct Hit'

Liam Dawe — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:23:27 +0000

Direct Hit is the name of the latest massive update to War Thunder, the free to play online war sim.

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Albion Online continues to see big player counts, with lots more to come on the roadmap

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:12:09 +0000

After a successful launch on mobile which saw player numbers explode, the cross-platform Albion Online is getting some more big upgrades.

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War Thunder "Red Skies" brings many new machines and new locations

Liam Dawe — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 20:54:38 +0000

Do you hear that? It's the War Thunder! It's back with another huge upgrade named "Red Skies" which comes with plenty of new toys to play with across different nations.

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The popularity of Albion Online continues to grow hitting new heights

Liam Dawe — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 09:56:32 +0000

Albion Online, one of the few popular MMOs that actually supports Linux with a native build continues to grow and they've given a look at some of the latest numbers.

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Albion Online gets another massive free upgrade with Call to Arms out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:36:32 +0000

The fantasy sandbox MMO Albion Online has just expanded with the free Call to Arms update that pulls in some absolutely huge changes to the game.

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EVE Online getting a full browser-based version with EVE Anywhere, will work on Linux

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:21:16 +0000

Ready to sink a ton of hours into an MMO but don't have the computing power and / or not working well for you in the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer on Linux? Enter the new EVE Anywhere for EVE Online.

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War Thunder 'Ixwa Strike' update out bringing over 30 new vehicles

Liam Dawe — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:31:42 +0000

War Thunder continues expanding its roster of countries available with the 'Ixwa Strike' update out now that brings with it South African armoured vehicles.

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Albion Online's next major update is a Call to Arms with Faction Warfare 2.0

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:41:35 +0000

Albion Online is the sandbox classless MMO that has Linux support and it's going strong, with another major update announcement that will bring Faction Warfare 2.0.

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Familiars.io is a MMO monster catching game where the creatures have permadeath

Liam Dawe — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:56:39 +0000

Well this is quite unusual. You've played monster catching games before but not like this. Familiars.io put a fresh spin on it all and it's quite ingenious.

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The classic Transformice now has a Linux build up on Steam

Liam Dawe — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:00:38 +0000

Transformice, a classic 'MMO platformer' from Atelier 801 originally released in 2010 that to this day still seems to be quite popular now has a Linux build up on Steam.

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