Lutris v0.5.13 adds Proton support, itch and battle.net integration
The latest release of the all-in-one game manager Lutris is here, with v0.5.13 bringing with it some important features like new store integrations.
Category: Misc
Have you picked up anything during Steam Sports Fest 2023?
Steam Sports Fest has officially begun (I'm a little late on that) and it runs until May 22nd, so you've got plenty of time to check it out.
NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 525.47.24 brings new extensions, 4GB+ pipeline caches support
NVIDIA have a brand new release of their special developer-focused Vulkan Beta Driver with v525.47.24 available now.
Immersion Corporation sues Valve over Steam Deck and Valve Index haptics tech
Immersion Corporation have a history of taking on companies and winning, with Valve being the latest in the firing line over Immersion's patents.
Steam gets game trials with Dead Space being first, plus Valve dumps Google Analytics
Two bits of Steam news for you here, as Valve continue iterating on Steam features for players and developers.
Fanatical offering a new Premium Steam Deck Bundle
With a whole bunch of games that are Steam Deck Verified, the new Play on the Go Premium Edition Bundle from Fanatical may be worth a look.
European Commission approves Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Despite opposition from the UK CMA, and the ongoing legal battle in the USA, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard takes a step forward as the European Commission has approved it now.
Fanatical's Bundle Fest begins with the Killer Bundle 26
Fanatical do a Bundle Fest every now and then, where a new bundle of games is announced every day for a week and the first is the Killer Bundle 26.
COSMIC desktop from System76 coming along nicely
System76 are busy hacking away on their new upcoming COSMIC desktop environment, and their latest development blog post is looking good.
Wine 8.8 is out now with more PE work, initial support for ARM64EC modules
Time for a bit of weekend Wine? The translation layer for running Windows games and apps on Linux and other platforms development release v8.8 is out now.
Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu gets a huge performance boost
Emulation coding is tricky business done by some people that are clearly 100x smarter than I am, and now the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu devs are just showing off.
ChimeraOS 42, the Linux distro for handhelds and consoles v42 is out
Want to get Linux onto your handheld PC or your living room PC console? ChimeraOS is probably what you're going to want and version 42 has just been released.
NVIDIA open sources more of RTX Remix with v0.2
NVIDIA has released version 0.2 of RTX Remix today, which on top of lots of improvements also opens up their NVIDIA RTX Remix Bridge.
DXVK 2.2 released supporting D3D11On12, plus improvements for game launchers
DXVK translates Direct3D 9 / 10 and 11 into Vulkan for Proton and Wine, used on Linux desktop and Steam Deck for gaming.
Mesa graphics drivers 23.1.0 out now with RADV GPL enabled
Another fresh release of Mesa is now available, the set of open source graphics drivers for Linux and Steam Deck with v23.1.0 out now.
ASUS ROG Ally releases in June priced competitively to the Steam Deck
ASUS has today formally revealed all about their handheld gaming PC, the ROG Ally and it's releasing in June with a pretty competitive price.
Get a free copy of Hotshot Racing during the Fanatical May Madness Sale
Game store Fanatical are offering up a free copy of Hotshot Racing if you join their newsletter, during their big May Madness Sale.
Get MONSTER HUNTER RISE and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen in this game bundle
Need even more games? You can't possibly, you already have hundreds (thousands?) but a few more can't hurt right? A fresh Humble Bundle is up to help you save some monies.
Direct3D 8 to Vulkan translator D8VK 'production-ready' 1.0 is out now
D8VK translates Direct3D 8 to Vulkan, just like DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 and VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 used with Wine and Proton on Linux and Steam Deck. Fantastic to see the progress on this.
Humble Store's Spring Sale 2023 has tons of great deals
Here's your next chance to pick up some absolute bargains, as Humble Store are running their Spring Sale for 2023 which is live until May 23rd.
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