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Terraria dev Re-Logic donates $100K to Godot Engine and FNA, plus ongoing funding

By Liam Dawe,
30
Taking a firm stand against what Unity have been doing, Terraria developer Re-Logic announced today they've begun funding Godot Engine and FNA with a big donation and ongoing funding.
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Plasma 6 optimized for Wayland gaming, plus compositor crash recovery

By Liam Dawe,
26
KDE developer Nate Graham has two quite interesting updates in regards to the upcoming Plasma 6 desktop release, including some fun optimizations landing.
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Gamescope added support for ReShade shaders on Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
4
Gamescope, the microcompositor from Valve that is used on the Steam Deck that can also be used on desktop Linux, just got a major upgrade.
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Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra adds Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe,
3
Nintendo 3DS emulation is about to get a whole lot better, as Citra now has Vulkan support bringing better performance for players.
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GE-Proton 8-15 release fixes Mafia Definitive Edition

By Smellbringer,
2
Not one to be left out of the updating festivities it seems, Glorious Eggroll has dropped GE-Proton 8-15.
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Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.8 out now

By fheroes2,
3
A fresh 1.0.8 version of the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 game engine has been released recently and here're some tips about what's new in the fheroes2 project.
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Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 'Faye' enters Beta

By Liam Dawe,
31
For those of you who want a stable Linux distribution with the Cinnamon desktop, Linux Mint Debian Edition seems like a nice choice and the latest release is now in Beta.
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Heroic Games Launcher 2.9.2 Hotfix #2 is live

By Liam Dawe,
6
It's time again to upgrade your install of the Heroic Games Launcher which helps you install games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
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The open source Godot Engine has a new Godot Development Fund

By Liam Dawe,
8
The same day that Unity confused all their developers with a new pay per user install revenue model, the team behind the open source Godot Engine just announced their new Godot Development Fund.
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VKD3D-Proton v2.10 brings various game fixes, DirectStorage additions and lots more

By Liam Dawe,
12
VKD3D-Proton, the tool that translates Direct3D 12 to Vulkan for Steam Play Proton, has a brand new release out with version 2.10 and it's an exciting one.
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DXVK 2.3 has game fixes for The Sims 2, Tomb Raider Anniversary, Far Cry 2

By Liam Dawe,
8
Somehow, I missed that DXVK 2.3 went out last week. So here's a run over what's new for this Vulkan-based translation layer that converts Direct3D 9/10/11 for Wine and Proton.
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PSP emulator PPSSPP adds RetroAchievements support

By Liam Dawe,
3
PPSSPP is a free and open source emulator for the Sony PSP, with release 1.16 out now adding in support for the popular RetroAchievements project.
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DXVK-NVAPI 0.6.4 out now expanding HDR support

By Liam Dawe,
4
DXVK-NVAPI is an alternative NVAPI (NVIDIA API) implementation used with DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for running Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck through Proton.
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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri gets an in-development open source remake

By Liam Dawe,
17
Seems like another classic is getting revived with the power of open source. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri from 1999 has a remake in progress called GLSMAC.
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RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 gets a new title theme

By Liam Dawe,
2
The team and community behind OpenRCT2, the open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 have a brand new update out which includes some fun changes like a whole new title theme.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent Redux mod adds Vulkan and DirectX 12 support

By Liam Dawe,
9
Well this is quite fun to see. Amnesia: The Dark Descent has gained a Redux mod that rebuilds the graphics engine behind the game to provide Vulkan on Linux and DirectX 12 on Windows.
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Proton Experimental fixes up Metro Exodus, Sword Art Online: Integral Factor and more

By Liam Dawe,
4
Even more games get even more fixes in the latest release of Proton Experimental from Valve for Steam Deck and desktop Linux so here's what's changed.
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KDE Plasma 6 to launch in February 2024

By Liam Dawe,
14
They've finally set a date! The big release of the KDE Plasma 6 desktop is now set to launch in February 2024.
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Wine 8.15 is out now, plus more Wine Wayland work submitted

By Liam Dawe,
6
Two bits of Wine news for this weekend with the development release Wine 8.15 now available, and more work for Wine Wayland is incoming too.
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GE-Proton 8-14 released, deprecated workarounds removed

By Smellbringer,
0
The latest release for GE-Proton, the community version of Proton, has dropped. Version 8-14 brings with it several fixes and workaround removals that had deprecated.
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