A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS.
Hi!
We are excited to announce the release of Heroic Games Launcher v2.8.0, packed with numerous improvements, bug fixes, and new features to enhance your gaming experience on Linux, Windows, macOS, and SteamDeck.
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Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.7.1...v2.8.0
Hi!
This first Hotfix for 2.7 fixes some issues that some people are having with Heroic starting with a blank screen. It also fixes some issues related to Epic Login not working because the captcha cannot be completed. An issue on the Add Game dialog that was blocking the Finish button was also fixed.
Now Heroic will show an option to always have the latest Wine/Proton for a game on Linux and macOS. Now when searching for a game on the Search bar, selecting the game name will open the game page directly. Also, Heroic now has support for some Keyboard Shortcuts to Close the App, go to settings and more. Here is the list:
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.7.0...v2.7.1
Welcome to the latest release of Heroic!
It's been more than two months since our last update, and we're excited to bring you some new features and several bug fixes. Here are the highlights:
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accuracy and add gamesdb
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Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.6.2...v2.7.0
HI!
If you are using Heroic for a long time you know that 2 hotfixes is a trend, so here we go!
Click here for the complete changelog for the 2.6 release
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.6.1...v2.6.2
Small hotfix that was causing some issues on a clean install.
Full changelog bellow:
Hi!
This is the first Heroic release of 2023 and since it is a new year we have a new logo and a new default theme called Midnight Mirage. The previous theme is still available and it is called 'Cyberspace Oasis'. We also added a couple of new ones including a High Contrast theme.
Besides the new theme, we also added several new features and fixes, also improvements for a better user experience.
@arielj @CommandMC @imLinguin @Nocccer @flavioislima @biliesilva @redromnon @Etaash-mathamsetty @weblate
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.5.2...v2.6.0
Hi!
This is the first Heroic release of 2023 and since it is a new year we have a new logo and a new default theme called Midnight Mirage. The previous theme is still available and it is called 'Cyberspace Oasis'. We also added a couple of new ones including a High Contrast theme.
Besides the new theme, we also added several new features and fixes, also improvements for a better user experience.
.config/heroic
or .var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic
on Flatpak.%APPDATA%/local/heroic
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/heroic
@arielj @CommandMC @imLinguin @Nocccer @flavioislima @biliesilva @redromnon @Etaash-mathamsetty @weblate
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.5.2...v2.6.0
Hi!
This second hotfix includes several fixes that were not included in 2.5.1 and several others.
To read the full changelog for version 2.5.0 click here
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine | mdfind kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier = "*heroic"
--skip-version-check
flag being passed.Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.5.1...v2.5.2
Hello!
This is the first hotfix for the latest stable. A small release but with feelings of a big release.
IMPORTANT: Heroic will clean the cache now after every update so it can start fresh, but in some cases, you might need to log in again on Epic and GOG, and on Linux or macOS start a new prefix in case the game fails to launch.
It also brings initial support for Wine, DXVK, and Winetricks on macOS thanks to the efforts of the Wineskin team, especially @Gcenx that helped us figure it out a few things on how to make it work on Heroic and also is the maintainer of the packages for this platform.
This initial support is interesting for testing but Crossover is still the recommended method to play windows games on macOS. All wine versions need to be installed on the Home Applications folder. Heroic cannot access the Root Applications folder so it won't be able to detect wine installed there.
To read the full changelog for version 2.5.0 click here
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.5.0...v2.5.1
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.5.0...v2.5.1
Hello!
We are pleased to announce our new stable release 2.5.0 'Yamato', this is probably the biggest Heroic release in a long time and brings features that we can say are 'closing a circle'. It was more than 3 months of work and we could focus on features that we wanted to add for a long time, probably since our first releases.
Let's go straight to the point since it is a lot to cover :)
This one was for sure a long-awaited feature and changes completely how you will use Heroic from now on. It will be clear that we will say: 'before download manager' and 'after download manager'. Sounds pretty obvious to have something like that but is far from simple to implement and still probably has a few bugs and of course, will mature with time.
In short, now you can add as many games as you want to download or update to a queue and Heroic will make sure to go to the next item after finishing the current one. So you can go cook something, get some drinks or play other games while Heroic do the work for you.
there are still some things to improve like being able to change the Queue order and check the remaining space on the disk before adding an item to the queue. But this will come pretty soon.
Another big feature that we have on this release is the ability to add any game or application on your computer that are not in the GOG or Epic games account. In short, now you can use Heroic even without an account in these stores. On Linux and macOS you can add both native apps or binaries like Scripts, AppImages, etc. And of course windows apps and games and use them with Wine, Proton, or Crossover.
It is pretty simple to use as everything else in Heroic. Just click on ADD GAME in the library and fill out the form. After writing the title Heroic will get an image automatically from SteamGridDB (thanks @mirkobrombin for help with the API), you can even run the installer first and select the executable after it.
Now on the Game Page, you can see how long will you take to beat a game, useful if you have a short time and want to know how much effort are you gonna put into it.
Now Anyone can create a new theme and share it with others on our Theme Repo. It is pretty simple to create a new one if you have basic knowledge of CSS. You can follow the instructions on our wiki.
Heroic now can detect if the game folder is available or not and will show that information to the user. This is pretty useful when you install games on an external drive or on an SDCard and remove it. Also if you manually deleted the game folder and then cannot uninstall the game. So if you click PLAY on a non-available game, it will ask if you want to remove it from the installed list.
Heroic will also show when a game is not supported, basically games that require a ThirdParty launcher like Origin. Since these games are not downloaded from Epic, some people were confused why they were not appearing in their library. Well, this makes things clear.
All settings were reorganized so they are easier to find and it is also clear what the settings are changing if a global setting or game settings.
We would really like to thank the whole team (@arielj, @imLinguin, @CommandMC, @redromnon, @Nocccer, @flavioislima and @biliesilva) all our supporters on Patreon, Ko-fi, and Github Sponsors, and of course, the whole Open Source gaming community that is always willing to help, especially the guys from Bottles and Legendary :)
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.4.3...v2.5.0
Hi!
This is the third (probably) latest beta we will have for 2.5.0. From now on we will focus only on bugfixes since this version already has several new and amazing features besides major refactors and performance improvements.
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flag fix for beta by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2037
installed.json
by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2042
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exit code of 1 better by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2052
--accept-path
flag in save sync by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2004
userInfo
key from configStore when logging out by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2054
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.5.0-beta.2...v2.5.0-beta.3