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Valve and CodeWeavers now offering test builds of Proton before release with Proton 5.0-6 RC1 up
Looks like Valve and CodeWeavers are switching up how Proton is released, with a series of test builds now being provided before a new stable release in the hopes of seeing fewer issues.
Humble Choice has a new bundle up for April with a bonus game if you subscribe
Humble Choice, the monthly game bundle subscription has a fresh selection ready for April and they're giving out a bonus game to people who subscribe.
Another new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver expands Ray Tracing support on Linux
The second update in the space of a week, NVIDIA just today put out another NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver which further expands the Ray Tracing capabilities on Linux.
You can build you own bundle of Codemasters racing games over on Humble Bundle
Got the need for speed? Codemasters might possibly be able to help with that, as they have a new bundle over on Humble Bundle where you pick what games you want.
Wine 5.5 development release out with new features and fixes
As expected on their biweekly development cycle, the Wine hackers released the latest development version with Wine 5.5 out now with new features and fixes.
A new stable Steam Client update is out with plenty of Linux fixes
Valve continue to polish the Steam Client with a bunch of recent changes that have been in Beta for a little while now pushed out for everyone. Here's what's new.
Humble Bundle have a new bunch of games going in the Humble Award Winners Bundle
The Humble Award Winners Bundle has just gone live, which includes some highly rated games with the chosen charity for this bundle being Direct Relief.
New SteamVR Beta has some essential Half-Life: Alyx fixes for Linux
While Half-Life: Alyx isn't on Linux (yet—it's coming), Valve are still trying to get it working as good as possible with Steam Play Proton and a new update for SteamVR is up.
Seems Valve do intend to go back to SteamOS at some point
SteamOS, the Valve-made Linux distribution that was originally for the failed Steam Machine initiative has gradually vanished into the sidelines but it seems it won't be forever.
Steam Play Proton 5.0-5 is out with updated OpenVR, Vulkan and fixes
Valve published Proton 5.0-5 for Steam Play which includes some helpful additions and bug fixes, should help you play those Windows-only games while quarantined.
Get Tomb Raider and Drawful 2 to keep FREE, plus others to check out
Even more developers have begun to offer their games up for FREE. We now have Tomb Raider and Drawful 2 joining in.
DXVK the D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer 1.6 update out
DXVK, the almighty translation layer that takes D3D 9/10/11 and spits out Vulkan, that paired up with Wine allows many Windows-only games to perform will on Linux has a new update out.
New Steam Client Beta up with Linux updates, Valve prepping Proton 5.0-5
Valve have released a new Steam Client Beta which pulls in a couple of Linux improvements and they appear to be preparing a new Proton version with a tweak for Half-Life: Alyx.
Linux gaming overlay MangoHud and the GOverlay app for managing it both have new releases up
MangoHud, the awesome Linux overlay for OpenGL and Vulkan games has another new release. GOverlay, the FOSS application designed to make configuring MangoHud easy has also been refreshed.
Dodge Roll confirm 'Exit the Gungeon' is coming to Linux once the launch has settled
Exit the Gungeon from Dodge Roll/Singlecore and Devolver Digital is a small, spin-off 'dungeon climber' immediately following the adventures in the excellent Enter the Gungeon.
Half-Life: Alyx support for Linux aiming to arrive with Vulkan support post-release
Today, Valve replied to our message asking about the situation with Half-Life: Alyx and Linux support and we got our answer.
Proton GE 5.4 released for Steam Play on Linux with Warframe gamepad fixes
Proton GE, the custom-built fork of Proton for Steam Play that adds in numerous extra tweaks and fixes has another release now available.
vkBasalt the Vulkan post processing layer for Linux has a new release up
Need to add some fancy effects to your Linux games? vkBasalt can help with that and a brand new release is now up.
The Humble Just Drive Bundle is live with Linux titles Road Redemption and DiRT 4
Got the need for speed? Humble Bundle are doing another of their fancy bundles and this time the focus is on racing games with the Humble Just Drive Bundle.
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