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NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver 525.47.31 released
NVIDIA has released a fresh update to their Vulkan Beta Driver for developers with version 525.47.31 now available for testing.
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Microsoft wins against FTC to buy Activision Blizzard
Well, the results are here. In the USA the FTC was trying to block Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard but Microsoft has won the fight.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun now fully playable on Steam Deck
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun was updated by Auroch Digital recently, and now it should be properly fully playable on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
The Khronos Group seeking paid devs to work on OpenXR runtime Monado
The Khronos Group who oversee various standards like OpenGL, Vulkan and OpenXR announced recently they've put up a "Request for Proposals" to fund work on Monado.
Valve release new stable update for Steam Deck and desktops
Valve has bundled up all the recent Beta updates for Steam Deck and desktop Steam into a fresh stable update so here's a list of what's new.
Star Wars Dark Forces source port The Force Engine gets upgraded
Another fresh release went out recently for The Force Engine, a rebuilt game engine to play STAR WARS - Dark Forces and eventually Outlaws nicely on modern systems.
Linux hit over 3% desktop user share according to Statcounter
Do my eyes deceive me? Apparently not. According to Statcounter, the Linux share on the desktop has actually now passed 3% for the first time.
Fanatical's Platinum Collection for July has Tails of Iron, Floppy Knights and more
Fanatical put up another good looking bundle with their newest Platinum Collection for July 2023, here's all the games and what compatibility to expect on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
I've spent way too much time playing Lost for Swords
Lost for Swords is an in-development turn-based roguelike card game with a unique twist, playable in your browser via itch.io it has sucked away a fair amount of my time recently.
Amazon Games support is coming soon to Heroic Games Launcher
The Heroic Games Launcher currently supports GOG, Epic Games and manual side-loading but Amazon Games support is also being worked on.
SteamVR improves controller support in v1.26
SteamVR will now play better with various types of controllers, thanks to the release of SteamVR version 1.26 bringing with it automatic controller rebinding.
Multi-vendor RGB controller app OpenRGB v0.9 is out now
Cross-platform open source RGB controls continue getting better, with OpenRGB version 0.9 now available so here's what's new.
Free sandbox game inspired by Minecraft 'MineClone2' v0.84 is out now
MineClone2 continues getting better and better as a free and open source replacement of Minecraft, with version 0.84 out now. Here's a run over what's new and improved.
Fedora considering adding in 'privacy-preserving' telemetry
Quite a controversial topic currently floating around is that a change proposal has been made for Fedora Workstation 40 to have some "privacy-preserving" telemetry to "enable limited data collection of anonymous Fedora Workstation usage metrics".
Meta announced 'IGL', a high-performance cross-platform graphics library
Available under the MIT license, Meta (as in Facebook) have released IGL (Intermediate Graphics Library) for developers.
Proton Experimental brings fixes for Gears 5, Overwatch 2, Phasmophobia
Valve released a fresh upgrade to Proton Experimental to get more games like Gears 5, Overwatch 2 and Phasmophobia working better on Linux and Steam Deck.
Wine 8.12 brings more Wayland work and performance improvements
Another biweekly release of the compatibility layer Wine is out now! As the developers continue the progress towards getting Wine working fully with Wayland in version 8.12.
MicroProse now publishing Dying Breed a retro RTS like Command & Conquer
Announced today, Dying Breed from Sarnayer that blends together the classic style and gameplay in the original Command & Conquer but with Zombies is now being published by MicroProse.
Steam Beta improves Openbox support and fixes focus issues with AMD / Intel
A fresh Steam Beta update was put out for desktop and Steam Deck, it comes with a whole bunch of little bug fixes and improvements. Especially nice on desktop if you have AMD or Intel GPUs.
Imagination GPUs now support OpenGL 4.6 thanks to Zink
Here's a fun bit of driver and hardware news as Imagination announced their GPUs now support OpenGL 4.6 up from OpenGL 3.3 and it's thanks to the open source Zink driver.
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