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Epic Games Store will get a Linux version sometime "soon"
(www.gamingonlinux.com)
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heroic: i've been here the whole time
Heroic is a great option, and will likely remain most people's preferred way to play Epic games on Linux/SteamOS. After all, a lot of windows users prefer heroic there as well due to the bloat/slowness of the official Epic launcher.
That said, official support is always good. It both represents that Linux is growing and a viable alternative to windows, guarantees better support from games on the platform in the future, and pressures other companies to also support Linux.
Basically this (and GoG adding support) are big deals, even if it's not because we really needed their official support to have a good way to play their games.
I have not needed to use heroic yet, but I keep meaning to install it so I can see what it is all about.
Heroic lets you log in with your GOG, Epic, and Amazon accounts and install/update your games like Steam. If all your games are on Steam then it's pointless, but if you have a GOG library, it's quite convenient, and it will automatically set your games up with your Proton variant of choice.
Itch.io is supposedly going to be added as well. Which would be great, their launcher also sucks.
I do have some gog games, and I was thinking the other day I wanted to see how X-Wing and TIE Fighter play with the Steam Controller.
Heroic is more than just an epic games launcher fyi, it's pretty much a full replacement for lutris (which I have stopped using due to the llm code shitshow)
So far I have only used Lutris to install the sims 4 for my wife on my old Lenovo legion laptops. I have not kept up with the program.
I had no idea about llm with it.