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Wine pulls in code to eliminate a Vulkan performance issue for wow64
Wine is about to get just that little bit sweeter, with new code recently merged into the project that should work around a performance issue with Vulkan.
Category: Misc
Steam smashes its peak players online record to over 34 million
Starting 2024 off strong, Valve has seen Steam smash the all-time record once again for users actually online showing that weekends are a busy time for gamers.
Linux on the desktop breaks 4% for the first time on Statcounter
Another month down according to Statcounter at least, Linux on the desktop is doing better than ever. Take it with your usual little pinch of salt like any survey sampling though.
Steam Survey for February 2024 shows a big bump in Simplified Chinese
Seems like once again we're seeing an Asia influx on Steam, as the February 2024 Steam Hardware & Software Survey showed a big +7.62% bump in Simplified Chinese.
Proton 9.0 for Steam Deck / Linux got a small Beta update, plus Proton Experimental too
Valve has released the second public Beta for Proton 9.0, what will become the next stable version of Proton for running Windows games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.
All older games being sold in Germany on Steam now require a content rating
For game developers that want to continue selling games in Germany, they'll need to ensure they actually have a content rating, including for older games.
Game over for Roblox on Linux / Steam Deck as it's now blocked
Well, there it is, the update for Roblox has arrived that now forcefully blocks it from working with Wine on Linux systems (like Steam Deck).
Steam had a bit of a scam problem with fakes of Helldivers 2 and Palworld
Not the first time it has happened, and likely won't be the last unless Valve implement some more security checks, but recently a few games tried scamming players by renaming into other popular games.
Proton Experimental fixes up Tekken 8, Cosmoteer, Call of Cthulhu, Warframe and more
After recently updating Proton Experimental to be based on the new Proton 9, Valve ended February 2024 with another bunch of bug fixes for Proton Experimental.
Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.5.17 brings lots of bug fixes, plus Persona 3 Reload improvements
Valve has released the latest stable update to SteamOS for Steam Deck, and it includes quite a healthy dose of bug fixes and general improvements.
Grab more great games in the Humble Creative Sandbox Bundle
Here's a pretty darn good selection of games that you can pick up in the Humble Creative Sandbox Bundle.
The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation
If you were hoping at some point to see HDMI 2.1+ on Linux with AMD + Mesa, you're out of luck right now as it's simply not going to be happening.
Valve fixes Remote Play on Steam Deck
After recently releasing a big Stable Steam Client update for Steam Deck and Desktop PCs, I highlighted that Remote Play was broken on Steam Deck - and so Valve has now fixed it.
5 years later Valve finally gives Windows compatibility tool Proton a logo
Can you believe it? Proton, the compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run on Steam Deck / Linux PCs didn't actually have a proper logo for over 5 years.
NVIDIA disclose new driver security issues - Feb 28
NVIDIA has revealed new GPU driver security issues in their latest bulletin, so here's what you need to know if you're using an NVIDIA GPU on Linux.
Remote Play broken on Steam Deck with the February stable update
Valve just recently launched a big stable update to the Steam Client for both Steam Deck and Desktop PCs, which has come with one big issue for Steam Deck.
The future has arrived - KDE Plasma 6 desktop released
The KDE team announced "MegaRelease 6", a big upgrade that includes Plasma 6, Frameworks 6 and Gear 24.02 with tons of improvements to this popular desktop environment that's used on the Steam Deck for Desktop Mode.
Nintendo goes after Switch emulator yuzu in new lawsuit
Well, here we go. Nintendo have formally filed a lawsuit against the creators of the popular open source Switch emulator yuzu.
Valve release big stable Steam Client update for Steam / Steam Deck
After a little while of many Beta releases, Valve has today launched the latest stable update to the Steam Client for Steam Deck and Desktop PCs.
PC and handheld gaming with Linux levels up with Bazzite v2.3.0
Bazzite version 2.3.0 has been released, and it should make installing it a whole lot easier across different devices from PCs to handhelds. The developers think it's the "next generation of Linux Gaming".
- Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed [updated]
- Old School Rally gets hit with a DMCA and taken down from Steam
- The upcoming skate. from EA will be unsupported on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to anti-cheat
- felix86 emulator for Linux for x86 and x86-64 apps on RISC-V can now run Steam and major games
- Lost Ark from Amazon Games appears to have enabled the anti-cheat for Linux / SteamOS
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