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Open 3D Engine (O3DE) gets real close to properly working Linux support, free Kythera AI

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2021

We mentioned recently that the newly announced Open 3D Engine (O3DE) from the Linux Foundation and Amazon AWS was closer to proper Linux support, and we have a fresh update on that.

Proton Experimental updated for Microsoft Flight Simulator, Origin fixes

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2021

Here we go again, ahead of the weekend a fresh version of Proton Experimental has gone live allowing you to test the latest adjustments for playing Windows games on Linux.

AMD remains on-track for Zen 4 and RDNA 3 in 2022, Ryzen 5000 G-Series soon

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2021

AMD recently did their Q2 2021 financial results and investor call, and they seem to be thoroughly confident on their roadmap for upcoming advances with the Zen 4 and RDNA 3 architectures.

Godot 3.4 beta 2 is out improving web exporting, crypto, rendering improvements

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2021

Technically this is the first true Beta for Godot 3.4 as they mostly skipped the first when it had a major issue. Godot 3.4 is coming with some really great sounding improvements for this cross-platform free and open source game engine.

Humble's Early Access All-Stars Bundle has some fun treats, save on Humble Choice

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2021

Want to pick up what could turn into some truly great games? Humble has a new bundle out with the Humble's Early Access All-Stars Bundle.

Frozenbyte are now telling Linux users to use Proton, even for their older games

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jul 2021

Frozenbyte being the developer behind titles like the Trine series, Shadwen, Has-Been Heroes and the upcoming Starbase talks a little about Proton and future native Linux support.

Ray tracing with AMD RADV on Linux gets closer with the 'World's Slowest Raytracer'

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jul 2021

While Ray Tracing has been available on Linux with NVIDIA for a long time now, the open source RADV Mesa driver for AMD GPUs is lagging behind but more work is progressing on it.

PulseAudio 15.0 rolls out with new features and hardware support

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jul 2021

PulseAudio, the sound server for Linux systems has a big new release up that pulls in support for a number of new features and there's some new hardware support too.

Assemble Entertainment release an open letter on who they "don't want" as a customer

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2021

Catching up on some industry news, a statement from Assemble Entertainment's Founder and CEO Stefan Marcinek entered our inbox recently and it's quite a blunt one.

Misc

Get a closer look at the Steam Deck's Trackpad and Gyroscopic controls

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2021

The news around the Steam Deck keeps on coming in, with a new video posted up by (surprise) IGN that checks out the Steam Deck's Trackpad and Gyroscopic controls.

Intel Accelerated - new roadmap, goodbye nanometer and hello new node naming

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2021

Intel did a press event yesterday where they announced Intel Accelerated, a whole new roadmap and they're doing away with nanometer naming with something a bit more bland.

Proton 6.13 GE-1 is out now with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, Resizable BAR

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2021

Proton GE, the community-made version of Proton with a bunch of enhancements has a new release out with Proton-6.13-GE-1 pulling in a bunch of advanced features and fixes.

An interview with Joshua Ashton, developer on the likes of DXVK, VKD3D-Proton and more

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2021

Time for another GamingOnLinux interview! This time, we have someone who many that follow Valve and Steam Play Proton will be familiar with - it's Joshua Ashton.

DXVK 1.9.1 is out for translating Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2021

The DXVK project continues to mature its translation layer for Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan, something that can be used together with Wine and Proton (along with a few ports using it).

Alexis Kennedy of Weather Factory puts out open letter against Failbetter Games

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2021

Around two years ago Alexis Kennedy, a founder of Failbetter Games, was accused of abuse by multiple women which Kennedy has always denied. Now, Kennedy of Weather Factory has put out an open letter and the situation gets a bit murky.