Other News about gaming on Linux

Hogwarts Legacy still using I-gpu despite choosing Dgpu ingame

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 May 2026 - 3:54pm

Anyone here that experienced the same issue but solved it? Haven't found anything online about it tbh. I got the game from EG and been launching it using Heroic Launcher. My Heroic Launcher doesn't have the "Force DGPU" option or similar to that but most games I've tried were using my dgpu anyways

The games I've tried on Heroic Launcher before was Ghost of Tsushima, FF7 Remake and Rebirth and Watch_Dogs. All were using the Dgpu despite the option about forcing it literally not present. Any way to play it on Linux so I don't have to use Windows just to play a game? Any help is appreciated, thank you!

Edit:

Forgor to mention my laptop specs and OS.

Fedora 43 KDE

i5 13420H

16gb RAM

RTX 4050 6gb

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Pay off your debts to a greedy landlord in the seriously charming deckbuilder Cropdeck

Gaming on Linux - 5 May 2026 - 3:41pm
Farming roguelike deckbuilder Cropdeck has you use cards to grow crops and collect weird-looking scarecrows that help you farm and create satisfying combos.

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Easy system wide / games input lag fix

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 May 2026 - 3:16pm

If anyone is annoyed by significant input lag in the system and in games compared to Windows (in my case, CachyOS on Hyprland), try this. It took me several months to discover this. I don't notice any input latency anymore, I have VXE MAD R+ mouse with 2000hz polling rate.

This is UEFI (Gigabyte Aorus Z490I Ultra in my case). I didn't tested this on Nvidia GPU, but AMD has the same input lag without these settings changed. So you can try it on both Nvidia and AMD. Share your results in the comments and tell if it helped you pls! Picture translation:

Fast boot - Disable (just for test, I don't think it's necessary) Legacy USB support - Disable Port 60/64 Emulation - Disable XHCI Hand-off mode - Disable C-State control - Disable

(the guide isn't mine, but my friend's; he asked me to post this here)

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Help with Steam Deck and EA App

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 May 2026 - 3:03pm

Hi, I recently bought EA PGA Tour for my Steamdeck and so far I was enjoying thr game. Then it crashed and I cannot open it.

I reinstalled the game and now it shows the photo here. Can you please help? I cannot seem to find a proper fix anywhere!

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I can't log onto my xbox account through steam os

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 May 2026 - 2:31pm

Hi so i want to play forza 4, it's required to log into a xbox account, but for some reasons i can only do it through passkey(which it needs window), i cant even see the option of logging by password, it just automatics for the passkey, what should i do?
*i'm using the steamOs desktop mod on legion go s

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Discord is finally less of a nuisance to update on Linux

Gaming on Linux - 5 May 2026 - 1:57pm
The Discord team just revealed another major update for the social chat platform, and Linux gets a little attention this time too.

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POE2 Performance Help - Optiscaler/Lossless Scaling

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 May 2026 - 1:44pm

Any tips to improving performance for POE2 on linux?

I'm certain its not a user issue, affects amd gpus more likely but not limited to and possibly related to directx12.

There is a linux port of lossless scaling (lsfg-vk) and was wondering if that would be better as a replacement or to work alongside optiscaler?

I have optiscaler installed but for poe2 it doesnt seem to offer anything meaningful for performance but I know my GPU should be performing a lot better than it does.

protondb info is poor - outdated or deprecated/obsolete env vars.

System: CachyOS niri 9800X3D CPU 9070 XT Hellhound GPU Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB RAM and is running System is fully up-to-date

I've tried different proton versions, switching between vulkan dlss and fsr etc, countless game launch options, env vars etc so really am open to all ideas

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Old games render off screen

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 May 2026 - 1:24pm

I've tried:

- running it full screen

- running it windowed

- enable scaling in gamescope

It's running in Wine GE 8.26 in Heroic.

The cursor is working but I can't click on anything (only highlight things then press Enter). The game on the screenshot is Dracula: The Resurrection (installed from GOG), but I've had this issue with other games too.

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Windows VM on a Second GPU?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 May 2026 - 1:21pm

Hi, I want to know If I could play games that don't run on Linux​ via my old GPU on a Windows VM?

Gemini told me I need a second GPU to play games on a VM and iam upgrading now anyways so I have 2 gpus.

Is 750Watts enough also if I upgrade my CPU later?

(I know my build is very unbalanced, I plan to upgrade the rest when ddr5 ram gets cheaper, if that ever happens 🥲)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-core

New GPU: ​RX 9070 XT Asus prime oc 16gb

G.Skill RipJaws V DIMM DDR4 16gb (2x8)

Samsung SSD 970 Evo 500g

Mainboard: B450 Gaming X

CORSAIR RM750e (2025) power supply 750Watts

Old GPU: ​Radeon Rx 580 series (8 GB)

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Wife & I quit our corporate job make a game, and we just launched the demo! It's an idle/incremental game about making a game with your dog/boss Joe. (Runs on linux!)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 May 2026 - 1:17pm

Hey real masterracers. If you're into idle games, me and my wife just dropped the demo for our game It's Fine.

It's a classic idle game about developing a game with your dog Joe, featuring multi prestige layers, alt endings, secrets, unique mechanics and challenges, and 0 AI used!
It also has tons of tech/dev humor so you nerds should feel right at home :D

Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4608740/Its_Fine_Demo/

glhf 🐧

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shapez 2 is a thoroughly chilled time building up a shape-cutting factory

Gaming on Linux - 5 May 2026 - 11:42am
If you love the idea of building up a massive sprawling factory and taking your time doing so to chill out - shapez 2 is a safe bet.

Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Engineering puzzle game U.V.S. Nirmana arrives from the Zachtronics team at Coincidence

Gaming on Linux - 5 May 2026 - 11:13am
The Zachtronics team are back again. After releasing Kaizen: A Factory Story they have returned for another engineering puzzle game with U.V.S. Nirmana.

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Unique deck-builder Moonsigil Atlas arrives May 28 - No energy, no mana, just space

Gaming on Linux - 5 May 2026 - 11:02am
With a demo that absolutely captured me, deck-builder Moonsigil Atlas arrives May 28th and this is one you're not going to want to miss.

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Unity AI out in Open Beta to give developers the fabled "make game" button

Gaming on Linux - 5 May 2026 - 10:39am
AI, AI, AI - now in your game engine too! Unity has rolled out Unity AI in Open Beta that will apparently help games be created faster.

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Discord Patch Notes: May 4, 2026

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 5 May 2026 - 10:35am

Linux specific patch notes

  • Are you a Linux user? If so, are you sick of that lovely modal we made to tell you that there’s an update you need to go manually install? IF SO, boy do I have good news for you. We’ve ported our Rust-based updater to Linux, allowing Linux to update itself just like on Windows. Additionally, we now support .rpm and .pkg.tar.zst package formats for installation.
  • Fixed a bug on Desktop where the window control buttons in the title bar had extra padding on the right on Linux. Our second monthly Linux fix; good job team.
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