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DXVK 1.9.4 is out as Valve prepares Proton 7.0
The Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 for Linux / Wine named DXVK (used with Proton) has a 1.9.4 version release, plus it appears that Proton 7.0 is closing in.
Category: Misc
Godot Engine 4.0 Alpha 1 is out with Vulkan support, rendering overhaul
Free and open source game dev tech Godot Engine is jumping up a few levels today with the absolutely massive release of Godot Engine 4.0 Alpha 1. This is going to change the game in huge ways.
GOG have a big New Year Sale now live with tons of good deals
Looking for something to keep you warm during these cold weeks? GOG.com might have the answer with their New Year Sale.
Steam broke its own record for online users once again, hitting 29 million
Over the weekend it seems that Steam once again managed to break some records. Where do all these new people keep coming from?
Lutris game manager adds support for Origin integration
The free and open source game manager Lutris continues expanding the stores it supports installing games from, with Origin now being added into the mix.
Valve sponsors more work to improve Linux graphics drivers
More improvements will be coming to Linux graphics drivers, as Valve have sponsored work towards continuous integration (CI) testing.
RetroArch 1.10.0 out with Vulkan fixes, Wayland improvements, GameMode support
The RetroArch frontend application for emulators, game engines and media players has a new release up and there's plenty of great sounding improvements for Linux users.
There's now an official Ubuntu MATE build for GPD Pocket 3
The GPD Pocket 3 is a fully-featured modular pocket PC and now you can happily run Linux on it with an officially released build of Ubuntu MATE.
Easy Anti-Cheat gets much simpler for Proton and Steam Deck
Valve has announced that developers who use Easy Anti-Cheat for their games now have a much easier setup for Proton and the upcoming Steam Deck.
Framework put up the source code for their Embedded Controller firmware
Continuing to put their money where their mouth is, the team at Framework are keeping things open and they've just announced the source code release for their Embedded Controller firmware.
AMD Ryzen DeskMini UM700 announced with Manjaro Linux
The Manjaro Linux folks have teamed up with Minisforum to bring a very small but quite mighty system with the DeskMini UM700 × Manjaro Linux.
Flathub to verify first-party apps and allow developers to collect monies
Flathub and Flatpak packages are the future of Linux apps, according to more people, and GNOME are continuing to invest in it. They have some big plans to improve it too.
Game devs don't seem convinced on the Steam Deck from the GDC 2022 survey
The annual game developer survey from GDC is out now for 2022 and it has some interesting insights as usual. That includes thoughts on the upcoming Steam Deck, with it clearly not selling everyone.
Steering Wheel manager Oversteer expands supported wheels in 0.7.0
Oversteer continues to be the best way to setup and configure Steering Wheels on Linux. Oversteer 0.7.0 is out now and expands support for more wheels.
KDE begin the 15-Minute Bug Initiative to make Plasma great
KDE Plasma is a pretty frelling great desktop environment - but couldn't it be better? The KDE team have begun the previously announced 15-Minute Bug Initiative.
RetroArch need your feedback on their Open-Hardware planned for 2022
RetroArch announced back in February 2021 their plans for the Open-Hardware project. This was to bring an easy way for you to play your legally owned physical games directly in emulators and they have an update on their plans.
dbrand are cooking up something big for the Steam Deck
It's not entirely clear what dbrand has planned, however their team are clearly cooking up something with a teaser being posted on Twitter.
Wine 7.0 is officially out now bringing better compatibility
Just over a year since the last major version bump, Alexandre Julliard has announced the final release of Wine 7.0.
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
A bit of wider industry news today. News which completely blows my mind - Microsoft are out to acquire Activision Blizzard.
Valve continues tweaking their new Store Hubs for tags
With Valve's latest store updates experiment that's ongoing, they gave a new look to Store Hubs for all the various tags and they just release an update with plenty of tweaks.
- Here's all the games to claim for Steam Deck / Linux from Prime Gaming as of May 9th
- GOG begin rolling out dynamic bundle pricing to complete your collections
- Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later
- Denuvo will lock you out of games on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck if you keep changing Proton versions
- End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending
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