Kalypso Media to reduce pricing on their games as a result of doing well
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.
Category: Misc
Collabora give an overview on the status of Zink, the OpenGL over Vulkan driver
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Proton 6.10 GE is out as a recommended upgrade for users of this community-built version
Proton GE, the community-built version of Proton has a fresh major upgrade with Proton-6.10-GE-1 out now. This is also a recommended upgrade by the developer.
Valve need more testing of the latest Proton Experimental for input latency improvements
Recently we highlighted another upgrade of Proton Experimental, the special testing area of Steam Play Proton that pulls in new and advanced features - well it needs a lot more testing.
What have you been tapping play on recently? Let us know
It has again been a while since we ask you, our wonderful community about your gaming picks recently, so let's have another chat in the comments.
itch.io is hosting a huge Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid
The new charity bundle on indie store itch.io is up for the Indie bundle for Palestinian Aid. It's absolutely massive and there's some great stuff included.
Git yourself some Wine with the new 6.10 development release
Another Friday, another two weeks and so a fresh development release is out of the compatibility layer Wine.
Cross-platform open source lighting control OpenRGB has a huge release out with plugins
OpenRGB is the excellent cross-platform open source application for controlling RGB lighting control that doesn't depend on manufacturer software.
Attempt 4 - Collabora sends in futex2 patches for the Linux Kernel to help Wine / Proton
Here we go again, open source consulting firm Collabora have sent in the futex2 patches to the Linux Kernel for a fourth time now even more work has been done with the aim to help Wine and Steam Play Proton.
Rainbow Six Siege launching on Stadia, along with a big Ubisoft+ expansion
It appears that at least Ubisoft are being serious about Stadia, with Ubisoft+ rolling out to more countries and they're bringing a bunch more games to Stadia too.
Pop!_OS 21.04 has a Beta out now with their new COSMIC desktop
System76 have recently released the first Beta of their Linux distribution Pop!_OS 21.04, which comes with their brand new COSMIC desktop environment.
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