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D9VK, the Direct3D9 to Vulkan layer has a huge new 0.40 'Croakacola' release out

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2019

For use with Wine and Steam Play Proton, D9VK is the awesome project based on DXVK which translates Direct3D9 to Vulkan for better performance. A big new release just went out.

Steam Play Proton 4.11-10 out, mouse handling improvements and Halo: The Master Chief Collection works

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2019

A brand new update to Steam Play Proton has arrived ahead of the weekend with Proton 4.11-10, giving out of the box play for Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

D3D10/11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.4.6 released

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2019

Another cleanup point-release is out for the Direct3D 10/11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK, with 1.4.6 bringing in some bug fixes.

The Linux and gaming Sunday round-up paper is here

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2019

Your Sunday paper has arrived, come pick up a copy and see what you might have missed out on lately.

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Steam Play Proton 4.11-9 is out with a few fixes, plus a new release of Proton GE

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2019

Two Steam Play updates to share this morning! The official Proton was updated to Proton 4.11-9 and Proton GE 4.20-1 is also up.

DXVK 1.4.5 released bringing further performance improvements for D3D11 and D3D10 to Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 20 Nov 2019

DXVK continues maturing with another exciting sounding release now available with DXVK 1.4.5, bringing in some performance improvements and plenty of bug fixes.

D9VK developer is working on allowing DXVK to help Linux ports for Direct3D to Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 15 Nov 2019

You have a fancy game using Direct3D 11 and you want to port it to Linux? In future, DXVK may be able to help with that.

Steam Play Proton 4.11-8 is out with vkd3d for Direct3D 12 support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 2019

Another update to Steam Play Proton has been released this evening, which should bring with it plenty of improvements for playing Windows games on Linux.

Seven years ago today, Steam for Linux went into limited Beta

By Liam Dawe, 6 Nov 2019

Sometimes it only feels like it was a year or two ago but no, it has been seven years to the date since the valve was opened a little to let some Linux users get some Steam.

NVIDIA have released the stable 440.31 driver update for Linux, plus a new Vulkan beta driver

By Liam Dawe, 4 Nov 2019

Following on from the 440.26 beta released last month, NVIDIA have today added a few more changes to it and pushed it out as a stable driver update with version 440.31.

Proton GE has another new release out with patches for GTA V and lots of updates

By Liam Dawe, 4 Nov 2019

Proton GE, the unofficial and updated build of Proton for Steam Play has another big new release out. To help those who can't wait for Valve/CodeWeavers to update the official Proton or you need some extra fixes.

D9VK 0.30 'Froglet' is blowing out the cobwebs ready for Halloween

By Liam Dawe, 28 Oct 2019

Joshua Ashton has pushed out a large update to D9VK, the DXVK-based layer that translates Direct3D9 to Vulkan for use with Wine.

D3D11 and D3D10 to Vulkan layer DXVK version 1.4.4 is out

By Liam Dawe, 28 Oct 2019

One missed from the weekend, developer Philip Rebohle released a fresh update to the Vulkan layer DXVK with version 1.4.4.

Odds and ends, the Linux and gaming Sunday Section

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2019

Sunday is a day mostly of rest, relaxation and kicking butt in some games. Before that though, let's have a little look at a few bits and pieces of missing news and what was interesting recently.

DXVK 1.4.3 released helping games with a large number of different shaders

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2019

No doubt some of our readers will be in for a busy weekend testing, with another release of DXVK now officially available.

NVIDIA have released the big new Linux Beta driver 440.26 today

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2019

Today NVIDIA released the 440.26 Beta driver for Linux with a number of new features, enhancements and a few interesting bug fixes.

Steam Play Proton 4.11-7 is out with more gamepad improvements and other misc fixes

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2019

Valve and CodeWeavers have unleashed another update to Steam Play with Proton 4.11-7 releasing today.

The Linux and gaming Sunday round-up paper

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2019

Sunday! It's here again already so let's go over some recent interesting news, some sales and whatever else we may have missed during the week that could be interesting.

The Linux and gaming Sunday round-up paper

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2019

Another week has passed already? There's simply not enough time in the week! Since we slow right down during the weekend to get a little downtime ready to be fresh for another week, here's some interesting bits for Sunday reading.

DXVK 1.4.1 is out fixing issues with Batman: Arkham City, Hitman 2 and Ni no Kuni Remastered

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2019

The fresh releases just don't stop rolling off the production line recently. Developer Philip Rebohle announced the DXVK 1.4.1 update tonight to clear up some issues from the recent big release.

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