Humble releases a Tropico 20th Anniversary Bundle
Become El Presidente for cheaps as the latest Humble Bundle has arrived with the Tropico 20th Anniversary Bundle letting you build up your collection.
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Proton Experimental adds more game-specific fixes in the latest update
Continuing to roll in more fixes, Proton Experimental has another update that's small but it has some needed improvements.
New patent from Valve appears for "instant play" of games and more
Published today is a new patent from Valve that (amongst other things) might allow for an "instant play" feature for games being downloaded from Steam.
NVIDIA 470.74 for Linux is out fixing up memory usage for Direct3D 12 with VKD3D-Proton
NVIDIA today released the NVIDIA 470.74 driver for Linux from their "Production Branch" which includes some important bug fixes so you might want to upgrade now if you've been holding off.
DXVK 1.9.2 goes out with improvements to CPU overhead for D3D9
DXVK, one of the major parts of Steam Play Proton that translates Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan has a new release out and there's plenty of nice fixes.
Humble has a nice looking VR bundle if you need some more games
Do you have a VR kit that's begging to be played? Check out the Fall VR Emporium Bundle over on Humble Bundle.
Proton Experimental gets DEATHLOOP working on Linux with AMD GPUs (update: NVIDIA too)
Valve and CodeWeavers have updated Proton Experimental again, the special testing version of Proton that brings in some of the latest fixes for the Windows-game compatibility layer. UPDATED.
The Humble Be the Bad Guy Bundle has Dungeons 3, Postal and more
Ready for a another set of games to get you through the week? The Humble Be the Bad Guy Bundle is out now with some goodies to get into if you like to be on the other side.
Couch gaming Linux distribution ChimeraOS has a new release
ChimeraOS (originally GamerOS) is a big-screen Linux gaming experience designed for couch gaming (think like SteamOS) and there's a brand new release available.
Steam Deck dev-kits are on the move Valve say, as some already have it
Valve has given a short update on the dev-kits for the upcoming Linux powered handheld Steam Deck, with more developers being able to get their hands on it soon.
The new work on futex2 from Collabora to improve Linux gaming and Proton has third attempt
It seems the ongoing saga of getting the futex2 work into the Linux Kernel, which is supposed to help Linux gaming and Steam Play Proton, has another attempt up.
Wine development release 6.17 is out with continued work for the GDI syscall interface
Here we are again time to stop and re-wine. Another development release of the Wine compatibility layer has become available with Wine 6.17 having the bottle popped open today.
Humble has a new Team 17 Greatest Hits Bundle up with lots of good picks
If you need a fresh set of games for the weekend here's your latest chance. Plenty of quality games included in the new Team 17 Greatest Hits Bundle.
Clearing up what games will and won't run on the Steam Deck
There seems to be some confusion brewing on what games will actually run on the Steam Deck, so let this serve as a reminder on keeping expectations in check. Here's a quick refresher of how things are right now.
Humble serves up a fresh plate of games in Humble Choice September
Ready to grab even more games? The monthly curated bundle Humble Choice has a fresh plate of games ready to claim for subscribers.
Linux continues to remain above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey
We don't usually comment directly on the Steam Hardware Survey every month, not unless it's something real interesting and this is the second month where it is because we're still officially above 1%!
A round-up of what was hot on GamingOnLinux through August 2021
Here is a look back some of the most popular articles on GamingOnLinux for August 2021, an easy way to for you to keep up to date on what has happened in the past month for Linux gaming, open source and other general Linux news that we cover!
Wine 6.16 is out now with initial HID-based joystick backend work
Another biweekly development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine is out now with Wine 6.16.
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion has dropped Linux support (updated)
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, a silly single-player adventure that reviewed well and one I personally enjoyed has decided to drop Linux support.
Destiny 2 on Stadia finally gets cross-platform play
For those of you using Linux and the cloud gaming service Stadia, Destiny 2 got a huge boost recently as Bungie finally implemented cross-play.
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