DXVK 1.0.2 is out with some bug fixes, d9vk seems to be progressing nicely
Two bits of Wine-related news today with both DXVK for Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 and d9vk for Vulkan-based D3D9 coming along.
Category: Vulkan
2D indie platformer fighter 'Super Powered Battle Friends' looks interesting in the new trailer
One thing we don't have enough of on Linux, is good platform fighting games and Super Powered Battle Friends is looking pretty good.
AMD have launched an update to their open source Radeon GPU Analyzer, better Vulkan support
AMD are showing off a little here, with an update to the Radeon GPU Analyzer open source project and it sounds great.
Google announce ‘Stadia’, their new cloud gaming service built on Linux and Vulkan
Google have now finally unveiled their new cloud gaming service named Stadia, offering instant access to play games in Google Chrome.
DXVK 1.0.1 is out for Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 with Wine
Today we have the first bug-fix update for DXVK since the big 1.0 last month. It's not a huge release but as always it's a good one.
Mesa 19.0 is officially out, lots of improvements for Linux open source graphics drivers
Today is the day, for those of you using open source graphics drivers (AMD/Intel and some older NVIDIA GPUs), Mesa 19.0 is now officially out.
A Vulkan renderer is in the works for GZDoom
One of the GZDoom developers, dpJudas, has been working diligently on the Vulkan renderer for GZDoom.
A new Steam Beta is up with Vulkan pipeline dumping and collection along with Steam Play improvements
Valve just put out a new Steam Client Beta with some adjustments needed for Steam Play along with Vulkan pipeline dumping and more.
Space combat sim 'ASTROKILL' updated again, now has Ultrawide res support and more
The Early Access space combat sim ASTROKILL continues to impress and this latest update should solve some issues our readers had with it before.
Steel Rats, the Unreal Engine powered 2.5D motorbike combat action game is now out for Linux using Vulkan
Tate Multimedia have today published the Linux version of their Unreal Engine powered and crazy looking Steel Rats.
d9vk, a project based on DXVK for Direct3D 9 over Vulkan
d9vk, from developer Joshua Ashton who works for both CodeWeavers and the game developer Puny Human, is a new personal project aimed at running Direct3D 9 over Vulkan.
DXVK, the project for D3D11 and D3D10 over Vulkan hits the big 1.0
The day has finally arrived for the DXVK project to put on its big boy pants, as it has hit the 1.0 release and it's full of interesting changes.
The Talos Principle has a new beta with an upgraded Serious Engine, removes OpenGL in favour of Vulkan
The Talos Principle, Croteam's fantastic first-person puzzle game has a fresh beta available to test with some major changes.
Impressive space combat sim 'ASTROKILL' has its first major update in a year
ASTROKILL, the Unreal Engine powered and impressive space combat sim is alive again, with a major update now available for this Early Access game.
NVIDIA has a new Vulkan beta driver, fixes for Hitman 2 with DXVK and Total War Warhammer II
NVIDIA have again pushed out a brand new Vulkan beta driver, with version 418.31.03 now available with game fixes and new extensions.
Another little update on Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation for Linux
While Stardock haven't managed to get Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation onto Linux just yet, they did give another small update last month.
DXVK 0.96 is now officially out with CPU & GPU overhead improvements plus plenty more
Hot on the heels of Wine 4.0, the excellent DXVK project has another fresh release available this weekend.
Some information on why Wine is not going to be using DXVK
It seems things aren't all rosy between CodeWeavers and DXVK, as developer Henri Verbeet has written into the Wine Development mailing list to give more details.
vkQuake2, the project adding Vulkan support to Quake 2 now supports Linux
At the start of this year, I gave a little mention to vkQuake2, a project which has updated the classic Quake 2 with various improvements including Vulkan support.
Quake 2 now has real-time path tracing with Vulkan
If you have one of the more recent NVIDIA RTX graphics cards, here's an interesting project for you to try. Q2VKPT from developer Christoph Schied implements some really quite advanced techniques.