Heroic Games Launcher v2.19 released adding ZOOM Platform, AppImage updates and more
Heroic Games Launcher v2.19 released adding ZOOM Platform, AppImage updates and more
Publish Date: 2026-01-27 04:59:00
Source Domain: www.gamingonlinux.com
Heroic Games Launcher remains as one of the best ways to play games from GOG, Epic and Amazon on SteamOS / Linux and Steam Deck with a new version out now.
The developers just launched version 2.19.0 which brings with it many enhancements to the app, including an expansion of supported stores. With this release ZOOM Platform is now supported in the Linux version. In the release post on GitHub the developers mentioned how they’ve received more contributions than ever before but they are also dealing with “AI slop here and there” now too.
Main highlights for the release include:
- Added experimental integration for games from the Zoom platform, Linux only for now. Next release we will bring it to the others.
- macOS – Added support for DXMT -M chips only- (Install a version of Wine-Staging and 2 variants will appear, it only applies to new Wine-Staging installations, so if you want the DXMT variant of a version you already have installed, reinstall it)
- Added new Launch Options setting for games that supports it.
- Added Import button to the game page so its easier to find it.
- Added some Sync-Saves options to the Game page as well.
- macOS – Removed the ability to install Steam with a button since it is not working anymore, we are investigating other ways of automate that, but for now we preferred to remove it.
- Cleaned up several options that are not relevant for Linux and macOS anymore.
- Improved gamepad navigation in general
- Linux – Added initial support for AppImage auto-update.
- Windows – both the Setup and Portable versions are signed with certificate now.
- Updated Electron to v39
- Updated gogdl and legendary with fixes for a few bugs related with game listing, updates and more.
- Linux – The DXVK Frame Rate option was removed since it was removed from DXVK completely and it was not doing anything already (it’s still available on macOS)
- Added Irish translations
- Accessibility – Added an option to disable all animations
- Several other fixes and…
