Heroic Games Launcher 2.21.0 "Loki" shipped on April 22 with a feature set aimed directly at handheld and living-room PC play. The release adds a new fullscreen interface built for joystick navigation, a deals page pulling current GOG promotions, and native GOG achievements on game info pages. For people running Heroic on a TV or a Steam Deck-class device, that changes the launcher from a desktop-first tool into something much closer to a controller-friendly front end.

The update also improves the edges around library management. Players can pick custom covers directly from SteamGridDB in the sideload dialog when an API key is configured, the Wine manager has been cleaned up and split out into its own settings screen, and HowLongToBeat integration is working again. Heroic also says it fixed installation problems for Ubisoft games bought on Epic, which is a meaningful repair for one of the launcher's more annoying cross-store workflows.

New fullscreen "console-like" mode for joystick and TV navigation
New GOG deals page
GOG achievements shown on game info pages
SteamGridDB cover picking in the sideload dialog
Native Windows Arm64 build added
Electron updated to 41.1.1 and Wine settings reorganized

One of the more practical additions is the new Windows Arm64 build. That does not change Heroic's Linux-first reputation, but it gives the project a cleaner route onto newer ARM Windows hardware at a time when portable PC form factors keep spreading. Combined with the fullscreen mode, the release reads like a direct response to the same device class that made controller-first launchers matter in the first place.

The Reddit post that pushed this release in r/pcgaming framed it through the Steam Deck and big-picture angle, and that emphasis makes sense. Heroic has had the store coverage for a while; what it has needed is less friction between "installed" and "comfortable to browse from a couch or handheld." Version 2.21.0 does not solve every launcher rough edge, but it ships exactly the sort of input, layout, and metadata improvements that decide whether players keep using an alternative client day to day.

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Heroic Games Launcher 2.21.0 Adds Fullscreen TV Mode, GOG Achievements, and Windows Arm64 Build