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Looks like a possible Valve Index 2 will make their VR kit go wireless

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to a new patent that went public on June 17, we can see a little more behind the scenes work on what Valve has planned for their next VR kit with what could be a Valve Index 2.

Vulkan 1.2.182 released with extensions to help VR and the OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink

By Liam Dawe,
Another specification update for Vulkan is out now with Vulkan 1.2.182. As usual it cleans up some issues but it also brings in multiple new and interesting Vulkan extensions.

The development release Wine 6.11 is out now, pulls in patch to help Roblox work on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Another two weeks and another bottle of Wine has been opened. This Wine 6.11 development release pulls in an interesting patch too for Roblox.

Steam Play Proton 6.3-5 has a first Release Candidate out with lots of changes

By Liam Dawe,
Time for a weekend of testing as the next version of Steam Play Proton is closing in with Proton 6.3-5 having a first Release Candidate now available.

Linux Mint 20.2 has a Beta version now available

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 20.2 is close to being ready with a first Beta version now available with the Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce desktop variants up for some testing.

Steam Next Fest is live again with new demos, livestreams and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another digital event has arrived with Steam Next Fest, giving you a chance again to try out a bunch of demos for upcoming games and watch live events.

Latest Steam Client Beta improves Proton startup times, fixes login issue

By Liam Dawe,
Been having trouble logging into Steam lately? You're not alone, it seems there was a problem with the auto-login which has now been solved.

Control AMD's Wraith cooler RGB on Linux using Wraith Master with a new release

By Liam Dawe,
Have a fancy AMD CPU with a Wraith Prism cooler? You might want to adjust some of the RGB settings on Linux and for that you should check out Wraith Master.

Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.9 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
After a while between major releases, the DXVK project has splashed onto the scene again with a juicy new release ripe for picking with DXVK 1.9 out now.

Kalypso Media to reduce pricing on their games as a result of doing well

By Liam Dawe,
Kalypso Media have announced something quite lovely. Since they're doing so well, they've decided that going forward they will be charging less for new and existing games.

Collabora give an overview on the status of Zink, the OpenGL over Vulkan driver

By Liam Dawe,
It seems the OpenGL over Vulkan driver, Zink, has been coming along at a ridiculously impressive pace. Open source consulting firm Collabora has given an overview on how it's doing.

The fantastic Linux gaming overlay MangoHud has a new version out

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud, the all in one solution to show off various performance metrics for Linux gaming, has a brand new version out now with more options.

What we want to see from the possible SteamPal handheld from Valve

By Liam Dawe,
You've all seen the rumours by now, and apparent confirmation from Ars that Valve has been working on the SteamPal, a Linux powered handheld that could be released this year. Here's a short list of what we want from it.

NVIDIA driver 470 for Linux to include support for async reprojection

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like NVIDIA are going all-out for the upcoming 470 driver series for Linux. As they've stated that finally async reprojection will be supported on Linux.

Season of Pride sales are live, ahead of a full month of livestreams in July

By Liam Dawe,
Season of Pride, the new and more internationally inclusive name for Summer of Pride due to different hemispheres, has a few sales live right now with a lot of livestreams planned for July.

Piepacker goes Open Beta, play retro games online with friends in a browser tab

By Liam Dawe,
Piepacker is something we previewed recently, a game streaming / cloud gaming service designed around retro games that enables you to seamlessly play online with others. It's now in Open Beta.

GOG are doing an early Summer Sale that's now live

By Liam Dawe,
Prefer your games in a DRM-free download direct from the website? GOG are here to provide with a huge early Summer Sale with thousands going cheaps.

Manage Linux gaming overlays with the new release of Goverlay

By Liam Dawe,
Want to configure the likes of MangoHud, vkBasalt and ReplaySorcery? Check out the latest release of Goverlay.

KDE Plasma 5.22 is out now with a focus on 'stability and usability' and more Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
Stability and usability are the keys to the new KDE Plasma 5.22 release that's officially available today.

Collabora continue enhancing Wine for Wayland, now with Vulkan and multi-monitor support

By Liam Dawe,
Currently in the experimental stages, Collabora continue hacking away at the code for Wine to enable full Wayland support and they've reached some big new milestones with Vulkan and multiple monitor support.
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