Zink driver (OpenGL on top of Vulkan) has Bioshock Infinite working, close to OpenGL 4.6
Zink is something quite wonderful. A Linux Mesa driver that creates an OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan and it just keeps on getting more impressive.
Category: Open Source
The Battle for Wesnoth hits new landmark with release 1.16
After three years of continuous development, the FOSS strategy classic has finally put out a new stable release.
X.Org 21.1.0 sees a release with Variable refresh rate support in the modesetting driver
After three years without a full release, X.Org 21.1.0 has finally landed with new features and a lot of bug fixes.
Little Big Adventure 1 & 2 get open sourced under the GPL
Little Big Adventure 1 and 2 are two classic titles originally developed by Adeline Software International and now they've both had their engine source code officially released.
Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu has a new Resolution Scaler, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution
yuzu, the free and open source Nintendo Switch emulator has advanced once again with the introduction of a brand new Resolution Scaler enabling you to play games at much higher resolutions.
Wine 6.20 rolls out continuing the PE module conversion
Just before the weekend landed the Wine team released Wine 6.20 as the latest development version with all the latest code.
DXVK Native 1.9.2a is out for translating Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan for Linux games
DXVK Native is the fork of the original translation layer DXVK, the part of Proton that translates Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan but this is meant for Linux native builds and a new release is out now.
PS3 emulator RPCS3 can now boot all games released for the console
An incredible milestone for RPCS3, the free and open source cross-platform PlayStation 3 emulator as their compatibility list has hit the ability to boot all known games.
Julius 1.7 is out, an open source re-implementation of the classic Caesar III
Julius is another shining example of an open source game engine re-implementation done well and a major update is out.
Proton Experimental sees another small update fixing up Fallout 76, updating VKD3D-Proton
Proton Experimental continues to see rapid development to give us more great fixes to run Windows games under Linux.
VKD3D-Proton v2.5 is out for Direct3D 12 on top of Vulkan, improving DirectX Raytracing
VKD3D-Proton is the project that translates Microsoft's Direct3D 12 to Vulkan, another big part of Steam Play Proton and there's a new release out.
Hugely popular mobile roguelike Shattered Pixel Dungeon is coming to Steam
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a free and open source roguelike RPG that originally had a focus on mobile where it's proven very popular and now it's getting upgrades to come to Steam.
Steam Play tool Luxtorpeda for running games in native Linux engines sees a major upgrade
Steam Play allows Linux gamers to use many different compatibility layers like Proton for running Windows games but Luxtorpeda instead makes games use an available native Linux game engine.
OpenTTD 12.0 is out now improving multiplayer for fans of Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, the free and open source OpenTTD has release version 12.0 as the multiplayer update.
Apple is now funding Blender development joining many big names
There's apparently absolutely no stopping the Blender train, with the developer announcing that Apple has now joined their development fund.
KDE celebrates 25 years with a big new Plasma desktop release
Has it really been 25 years? That's absolute madness. I still remember trying out the first released version of KDE. Plasma - 25th Anniversary Edition is available now.
Warzone 2100 version 4.2.0 Beta 1 is out, gets Spectators and Replays support
Looks like the next version of the free and open source strategy game Warzone 2100 is going to be a big one. Two new highlight features are coming to the game with spectators and replays.
Proton Experimental sees GreedFall, Eve Online and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl working
Another update to Proton Experimental has landed as of October 11 bringing with it more fixes and even more Windows games are now working on Linux.
Helping to keep your game library tidy Lutris 0.5.9 is out supporting Epic Games Store
The Epic Games Store comes to the game manager Lutris, giving you an even better place to deal with your game library split across many different stores.
The Epic Store on Linux continues getting easier to manage with Heroic Games Launcher
Heroic Games Launcher has a fresh update released and it comes with some mighty fine new features, all in the name of making your Epic Store library easier to manage on Linux.
- Let's Build a Dungeon sounds like such a fun idea as it hits 140,000 Steam wishlists
- Deep Dish Dungeon looks like a great co-op dungeon crawler
- Leaks again hint at Valve doing a proper Steam Machine Console
- Valheim: Call To Arms major update announced with new combat mechanics and lots of new items
- Webcam-based head & eye tracking app for gaming, LookPilot gets improved Linux compatibility
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