Valve have updated Steam Play with the 3.16-1 beta based on Wine 3.16 and new DXVK
Valve are moving fast with Steam Play updates! Just today they've released the Steam Play 3.16-1 beta which is a pretty big deal.
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Hot on the heels of the latest release of the Vulkan API, DXVK 0.90 is now out with Stream Output support
DXVK, the awesome Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 implementation that's used in Wine and Steam Play's Proton has just put out version 0.90 after the latest release of the Vulkan API.
Saturday Mag: Linux gaming news odds and ends plus a look at a few things on sale
A day early! Your new weekly roundup of odds and ends for Linux gaming that didn't make it into the main news this week, plus a look at some sales.
The recent Steam Play beta is now out for everyone, plus a minor beta update
Valve continue pushing ahead with improvements to their Steam Play system with the most recent beta now being out for everyone.
DXVK 0.81 is out with better performance for 32bit builds, minor CPU overhead reduction and more
Continuing the exciting Wine-related news tonight, DXVK for Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 implementation that's used with Wine has a 0.81 version now available.
The Wine team have released VKD3D version 1.1 of their Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library
Pretty exciting times for the Wine team, with the release of VKD3D version 1.1 of their Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library.
The Sunday Mag - a look at some Linux stuff on sale and other odds and ends
It's Sunday, I have still a ridiculous cold so I feel quite poorly. Here's a run over some Linux games on sale, some other random things along with a question to you.
VK9 for getting Direct3D 9 over Vulkan has hit their 28th milestone
While we've talked a lot about DXVK recently, let's not forget other interesting projects like VK9 (formerly SchaeferGL) which aims to give Direct3D 9 over Vulkan.
There's another Wine development release out today with version 3.17
Wine development continues the rapid advancements with another biweekly release giving us Wine 3.17 today.
Valve have pushed out a new Steam Play beta with DXVK 0.80 and more
As expected, Valve have pushed out an update to Proton for their Steam Play system with a new beta version.
Steam Play set to get DXVK 0.72, Wine fixes for .NET and windowing issues
After some pretty quick updates following the initial release of Steam Play, things have quietened down somewhat. However, work on the next version of Steam Play is in progress.
Lutris 0.4.20 is now out, to help you manage all your games plus some Overwatch testing
I have to admit, the game manager Lutris has come along quite a bit since I last used it. Today, version 0.4.20 was made available.
What even more developers think of Valve's Steam Play
You think we were done writing about Steam Play? Wrong. Here's what Godot Engine's Rémi Verschelde and Marc Di Luzio (previously Feral Interactive, now at Unity) think about it.
DXVK 0.80 is out with a new cache to reduce stutter and further CPU overhead improvements
DXVK, which provides a Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 implementation for use in Wine has a new build out. The pace of development on this continues to absolutely mesmerise me.
Humble Monthly adds in Dungeons 3 and Hidden Folks, pretty good deal now
The current Humble Monthly just became a much better deal for Linux gamers with two brand new early unlock titles.
NVIDIA have released the 410.57 driver as well as a 396.54.06 Vulkan beta driver to help DXVK
Along with the release of the GeForce RTX 2080 GPU series NVIDIA have put out a new 410.57 driver to support it. Additionally, there's a new Vulkan beta driver which should help DXVK.
One of the fine folks in the Intel Mesa driver team has written up a post on their work improving games in DXVK
Writing on their personal blog, Jason Ekstrand from the Intel Mesa team has written up some information on what they've been doing to improve the Intel drivers on Linux.
What Subset Games (FTL, Into the Breach) think of Valve's Steam Play
Subset Games are a developer I was especially keen to speak to about Valve's Steam Play system, since Into the Breach is included as a white-listed game by Valve even though they're working on a Linux version.
For those on NVIDIA, the 396.54.05 driver seems to have some noteworthy performance improvements
It seems NVIDIA have been working on some improvements to their Linux driver, as the 396.54.05 beta driver seems to have improved performance in various games.
DXVK 0.72 is out, bringing more configuration options and game fixes
DXVK 0.72 just got released and this version brings along some handy extra configuration options as well as some specific game fixes.
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