Proton Experimental update fixes "many" games on Steam Deck and desktop Linux
Valve has put out a small update to Proton Experimental, which should fix many games due to a regression that was hiding away.
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Heroic Games Launcher 2.8.0 adds a DLC manager for Epic Games, side-loading browser apps
Heroic Games Launcher, my favourite way to get Epic Games and GOG on Steam Deck and desktop Linux released v2.8.0 with some great new features - here's a run over what's new and improved.
Get Battle.net, EA, Epic Games and more on Steam Deck the easy way
There's many different ways to get third-party launchers onto Steam Deck like Battle.net, EA, Epic Games and many others. Here's one way that does most of the work for you.
Wine 8.9 released with more PE work, Mono 8.0 and more Wayland updates
The latest biweekly development release for the Windows translation tool Wine is out, Wine 8.9 as usual brings new features and fixes that will eventually make their way into Steam Play Proton.
Nintendo blocked Dolphin emulator release on Steam
Back in March the plan was announced for the Wii and GameCube emulator Dolphin to release on Steam, along with some useful Steam features but now that seems unlikely to happen.
Valve upgrades Proton Experimental with a number of bug fixes
Today there's a new build of Proton Experimental available for Steam Deck and desktop Linux gamers, with it Valve has given us a bunch of bug fixes.
Modrinth make their own launcher for Minecraft modders
Modrinth, the open source modding platform that's gaining popularity, has now announced the first Alpha build of their own launcher to make modding easier for Minecraft fans.
Wine and Wayland take another step closer with more code merged
The ongoing work bit by bit to get Wine and Wayland to fully work together on Linux has taken another step, with a third big merge request accepted.
Fedora Onyx voted in as a new official Fedora Linux immutable variant
Much like Fedora Silverblue, Fedora Kinoite, and Fedora Sericea there's going to be a new immutable version of Fedora coming called Fedora Onyx.
Help fund Fish Folk, an ever-growing bundle of open source multiplayer games
Fish Folk is an in-development and constantly growing bundle of multiplayer games. All open source and they want your help to grow bigger and better.
HDR and Colour Management for AMD / Steam Deck and KDE Plasma coming along
With all the work going on right now to get Linux to properly support HDR, another patch set has landed to hopefully get some of it hooked up.
This Unity to Godot importer has me a little excited
There's a lot to be interested and excited about when it comes to Godot Engine, the free and open source game engine and now Unity game devs may want to keep watch.
Comet is an open source implementation of GOG Galaxy SDK that needs testing
One sticking issue with GOG currently is GOG Galaxy, and how it has no support for Linux. Now the Comet project aims to bridge the gap.
Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets a nice Steam Deck upgrade
The team working on the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have released some Early Access upgrades, this time around for the Steam Deck.
VKD3D-Proton v2.9 out now with multiple performance improvements
Just before the weekend hit VKD3D-Proton v2.9 was release, giving some big improvements to the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation layer used in Proton on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
Heroes of Might and Magic II recreation fheroes2 adds widescreen support
Want to play the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II on modern platforms, with plenty of enhancements? Well the fheroes2 just keeps getting better - now with widescreen support.
Proton Experimental fixes The Elder Scrolls Online launcher & improves Street Fighter 6
A fresh May upgrade for Proton Experimental has arrived giving us a few tweaks to improve some select games. Here's what's new in the May 17th upgrade.
Lutris v0.5.13 adds Proton support, itch and battle.net integration
The latest release of the all-in-one game manager Lutris is here, with v0.5.13 bringing with it some important features like new store integrations.
COSMIC desktop from System76 coming along nicely
System76 are busy hacking away on their new upcoming COSMIC desktop environment, and their latest development blog post is looking good.
Wine 8.8 is out now with more PE work, initial support for ARM64EC modules
Time for a bit of weekend Wine? The translation layer for running Windows games and apps on Linux and other platforms development release v8.8 is out now.