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Wine 8.20 brings DirectMusic improvements and preparations for Wine 9.0

By Liam Dawe,
We're getting close to the end of 2023 now and so the preparations for the Wine 9.0 release are starting and the Wine 8.20 development release is out now.

CodeWeavers are hiring for a Wine / Proton developer

By Liam Dawe,
If you're a programmer looking for your next challenge - how about this! CodeWeavers are hiring a full-time position for a developer to work on Wine, Proton and their own CrossOver product.

Wine 8.19 out now with Mono updates and more DirectMusic work

By Liam Dawe,
The Windows compatibility later Wine version 8.19 is out now as the latest development release on the road to Wine 9.0. Here's what's changed.

Wine 8.18 brings more Wayland work

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 8.18 is the latest development release of Wine now available, bringing with it the continued work to provide full Wayland support but still plenty of work ahead on that.

Wine 8.17 is out with vkd3d v1.9 and initial Wayland window management

By Liam Dawe,
The compatibility layer Wine version 8.17 is officially out now that brings with it some exciting new features, along with some bug fixes so here's what's new.

DXVK 2.3 has game fixes for The Sims 2, Tomb Raider Anniversary, Far Cry 2

By Liam Dawe,
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.

Wine 8.15 is out now, plus more Wine Wayland work submitted

By Liam Dawe,
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.

Roblox support returns to Linux with Wine

By Liam Dawe,
After the recent news that Roblox was playable in Wine again with their special Beta channels, it seems they've now enabled Roblox to run in Wine on the stable version making it really easy to get Roblox on Linux.

Roblox support is coming back to Wine on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for Roblox fans, as the game will soon start working in Wine again as the developers have been working to update it since the big breakage with the new client.

5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Has it really been that long? Apparently so. Valve originally announced their rebranding of Steam Play with Proton back on August 21st, 2018. Seems like a good time for a quick reflection being halfway to a decade old now with the tech that gave rise to the Steam Deck.

Wine 8.14 is out now and here's what's new

By Liam Dawe,
The open source compatibility layer Wine has a brand new development release available. Here's what's new and changed in Wine 8.14.

Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition gets a GOG release and 75% off

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for fans of DRM free gaming and GOG store users, as Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition is now available although it doesn't support Creation Club.

CrossOver 23 released for Windows apps and games on Linux, ChromeOS and macOS

By Liam Dawe,
CodeWeavers, the company that works in partnership with Valve on Proton, has released CrossOver 23 - the latest version of their app to help run Windows apps and games on other platforms like Linux, ChromeOS and macOS.

My favourite Tower Defense game Bloons TD 6 is free on Epic

By Liam Dawe,
Bloons TD 6 is an absolutely wonderful family-friendly Tower Defense game, and if you don't own it already you can grab it free on Epic Games and it works great on Linux.

Homeworld Remastered Collection and Severed Steel are free on Epic Games

By Liam Dawe,
As a space-nerd, I couldn't miss telling you that you can grab the entire Homeworld Remastered Collection free on Epic Games right now.

Wine 8.13 is out now with plenty of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
The latest release in the continuous cycle of development of the Windows compatibility layer Wine is out with Wine 8.13 bringing plenty of fixes and a few new features.

After being removed from Steam, Betrayer is now free on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
After vanishing from Steam quite a while ago in 2021, Betrayer from Blackpowder Games has resurfaced on GOG and it's free to add to your account.

Wine 8.12 brings more Wayland work and performance improvements

By Liam Dawe,
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.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.8.1 improves Heroic Games Launcher support

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt is the app that allows you to install the likes of GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and more for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron.

Get a free copy of Prey with Prime Gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Want another free game? If you have Amazon Prime you can now claim a free copy of Prey from Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks with their GOG partnership.
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