{"id":207122,"date":"2026-01-27T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/heroic-games-launcher-for-linux-just-got-a-big-update\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:55:13","slug":"heroic-games-launcher-for-linux-just-got-a-big-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/heroic-games-launcher-for-linux-just-got-a-big-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroic Games Launcher for Linux just got a big update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heroic Games Launcher for Linux just got a big update<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/heroic-games-launcher-for-linux-just-got-added-a-new-platform\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-27 10:51:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.howtogeek.com<\/a><\/p>\n

After five months of work, the developers of Heroic Games Launcher have debuted version 2.19 of its open source game manager targeting Linux users. It includes experimental support for a new gaming platform to go alongside its existing support for Epic Games Store, GoG Store, and Amazon Luna.<\/p>\n

The new game store being added is the ZOOM Platform, sometimes called ZOOM-Platform.com. No, that’s not the Zoom conferencing software that makes us all groan when we have to use it. It’s a retail gaming platform similar to GoG in that it offers a mix of old and new games on a DRM-free basis. It notably has a lot of the educational JumpStart games you might remember from the 2000s.<\/p>\n

Support for ZOOM Platform is currently limited to Linux systems, meaning if you happen to run the Windows or macOS editions of Heroic, you won’t have access to it. However, the developers noted about ZOOM support, “Next release we will bring it to the others.”<\/p>\n

If you are on Linux, you’ll be able to get access to the new storefront immediately by going to Settings Advanced Experimental Features. There you can find a checkbox for “Zoom Platform support (only Linux)” to check. Once you do that, you’ll be able to log into your ZOOM Platform account and add your purchased games to your Heroic library.<\/p>\n

There are several more notable updates with this release, though. Here’s a complete list of changelog fixes and improvements from the GitHub release notes:<\/p>\n

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