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The Sunday Section - keeping up with some missed Linux and gaming bits

By Liam Dawe, 25 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 24 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2021

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.

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Godot Engine 3.3 is out with plans for 3.4 while 4.0 with Vulkan is still in progress

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2021

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

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2021

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.

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Misc

Discord has reportedly ended talks with Microsoft to remain independent

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2021

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).