Trine 4, Hotline Miami 2 and Floor Kids for Stadia Pro in May and more updates
The next set of games coming to Stadia Pro has been announced with Trine 4, Hotline Miami 2 and Floor Kids plus April 30 is your last chance to grab some of them.
Category: Misc
Seems like game store GOG is doing well overall in their new figures with revenue up 114%
Taking a leaf out of Steam's book here perhaps on sharing a little more, GOG have for the first time ever, given an overview of how the store is doing and it's looking good.
VKD3D-Proton 2.3.1 rolls out along with a quick-fix to Proton Experimental
Valve contractors and CodeWeavers continue tweaking VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 over Vulkan with another fresh update out now, and a small update to add it into Proton Experimental.
Vulkan gets a new extension to aid API-translation layers like OpenGL on top of Vulkan
The Vulkan API has been updated once again with the latest 1.2.177 spec update available, and curiously it pulls in a new extension to help API translation layers.
Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games on Linux version 1.5.8 is out fixing a critical bug
Have plenty of games on the Epic Games Store? The Heroic Games Launcher continues maturing to allow you to download and play them on Linux through a native application.
Collabora using AI to enhance VR hand tracking in Monado, the open-source OpenXR runtime
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (XR) is continuing to be a very interesting space with lots of innovation going on and Collabora are at the front of this with Monado, the open source OpenXR runtime.
The Sunday Section - keeping up with some missed Linux and gaming bits
Hello and welcome to another Sunday Section here on GamingOnLinux, pointing out a few bits we wanted to cover across the week but didn't get time to do so. Grab a coffee and get ready for a little light reading across a few subjects.
Humble Bundle replacing purchase sliders with less generous options
Humble Bundle is currently facing something of a backlash after announcing they will be replacing the sliders on bundle purchases, with two options that are far less generous.
It's your time to Wine with the 6.7 release out now
It's Friday and it's been two weeks so that can only mean one thing! We get to have a little Wine, as a treat.
LudoNarraCon is live showing narrative games with a unique event pack developed on Linux
LudoNarraCon has returned with their continued focus on highlighting some fantastic narrative games. This time they teamed up with developer Popcannibal (Kind Words) to create a special game.
Piepacker is a new online multiplayer platform for retro gaming
Another attempt to bring back the glory days of retro games and local multiplayer is here with Piepacker, a browser-based platform for playing the classics with your friends.
Proton Experimental gets upgraded, Forza Horizon 4 playable and Origin Overlay works
Valve and their partners CodeWeavers have upgraded Proton Experimental, the special testing version of Proton where the latest special updates come in with some big stuff.
Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer VKD3D-Proton 2.3 is out with early DirectX Raytracing support
Even more progress towards having a layer that will translate Direct3D 12 nicely over to Vulkan, as the VKD3D-Proton project just had a fresh release out.
FMOD Studio 2.02 is out along with native Linux support
Enabling even more developers to work directly from Linux, FMOD Studio 2.02 has been released which includes (amongst other things) native support for Linux.
Ubuntu 21.04 is out now with Wayland by default and a new dark theme
Continuing the gradual improvements towards the next LTS (Long Term Support) release, Ubuntu 21.04 is officially out now to bring some of the latest enhancements to the popular Linux distribution.
Crytivo doing a charity livestream to plant trees with a unique The Universim feature
Crytivo, indie game publisher and developer of the Early Access game The Universim are today doing a big charity funding drive to benefit One Tree Planted.
Valve releases Steam Playtest for all devs and new ways to browse Steam
Valve has upgraded the Steam store once again in two parts: one focused on helping developers, with the other to help users find what they want to play.
Godot Engine 3.3 is out with plans for 3.4 while 4.0 with Vulkan is still in progress
The free and open source game engine Godot Engine has a huge new feature release out, so big they had to change the version number and they have some big plans for long-term support.
Linux Kernel dev bans University of Minnesota for sending malicious patches
Here is your daily dose of WTF. Linux Kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman has called out "researchers" from the University of Minnesota and banned them from submitting code to the Linux Kernel.
Discord has reportedly ended talks with Microsoft to remain independent
How about some good news to start your Wednesday off? It seems Discord are no longer in talks with Microsoft and instead may go with an IPO (initial public offering).
- NVIDIA driver 570.181 released for Linux as the latest recommended stable driver
- Bottles app for running Windows apps / games on Linux gets NGI Zero Commons funding
- Mesa 25.2.0 released with NVIDIA upgrades, Apple Vulkan driver enhancements and lots more improvements
- NVIDIA say no to adding backdoors and killswitches in their GPUs
- Open source re-implementation of Caesar III levels up in the new release
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