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DXVK 1.5 released with D9VK merged in for D3D9 support, plus a statement on DXVK's future

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2019

With the news earlier about D9VK being merged into DXVK, to make DXVK the all-in-one solution for D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 to Vulkan - we now have a fresh release of DXVK with it all together.

Monster taming RPG 'Siralim Ultimate' announced, coming to Linux next year

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2019

Thylacine Studios have announced the next generation of their monster taming RPG games with Siralim Ultimate, what's essentially going to be Siralim 4.

Intense top-down racer 'Bloody Rally Show' now has a demo available

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2019

Now you can all join in, as the upcoming racing game Bloody Rally Show now has a demo available and it's well worth trying.

Need to make some pixel art? Pixelorama is a cross-platform FOSS tool worth looking at

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2019

It seems Godot Engine is good for more than making games, as the FOSS pixel art tool Pixelorama will show you.

Action RPG 'Last Epoch' full release delayed until Q4 2020

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2019

Eleventh Hour Games have decided to slow down their roadmap, take a little more time and get it right with Last Epoch now moving to a full release being in Q4 2020.

GemRB, the FOSS game engine for Bioware's Infinity Engine had a new release recently

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2019

Here's an open source game engine reimplementation you don't hear about much. GemRB, for Bioware's Infinity Engine games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment games had a new release recently.

D9VK is no more as it merges with DXVK, making DXVK a D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan layer

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2019

It's happened, the D9VK and DXVK projects have officially merged. This means DXVK is now the all-encompassing project to translate D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan for Wine.

Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2019, an end of year review

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2019

2019 is coming to a close, it's been a pretty wild year for Linux gaming that's for sure! Here's some thoughts on the year and what to expect for 2020.

D9VK, the Direct3D9 to Vulkan layer has a huge new 0.40 'Croakacola' release out

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2019

For use with Wine and Steam Play Proton, D9VK is the awesome project based on DXVK which translates Direct3D9 to Vulkan for better performance. A big new release just went out.

Serene naval adventure Sail Forth has a brand new trailer, coming to Linux next year

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2019

David Evans and The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild have a brand new trailer out for their upcoming naval action and adventure game Sail Forth.

Crazy typing adventure dungeon-crawler Backspace Bouken is out now

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2019

Backspace Bouken isn't your standard dungeon crawler, it mashes it together with a typing game and the end result is pretty hilarious.

Realistic gun simulation FPS 'Receiver 2' announced from Wolfire Games

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2019

Receiver is getting a much expanded sequel! Wolfire Games (Overgrowth, Lugaru) have confirmed Receiver 2 is releasing with Linux support next year.

Where there's a will there's a Wine 5.0rc1

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2019

The Wine hackers have announced the first Release Candidate for the big 5.0, marking the beginning of the code freeze period where only bug fixes make it in and no new features after this.

GNOME 3.36 and Fedora 32 to get better GPU switching with NVIDIA support

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2019

Developer Bastien Nocera has written a blog post talking about improvements coming to GNOME 3.36 and Fedora Linux, to help those of you switching between GPUs.

Steam Play Proton 4.11-10 out, mouse handling improvements and Halo: The Master Chief Collection works

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2019

A brand new update to Steam Play Proton has arrived ahead of the weekend with Proton 4.11-10, giving out of the box play for Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

Railway Empire heads to the cold North in the latest DLC, free update adds in a new Challenge Map

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2019

Railway Empire from Gaming Minds Studios and Kalypso Media Digital has expanded again with the release of the Northern Europe DLC.

WarriOrb: Prologue gives an impressive taste of what's to come in this action platformer

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2019

A once mighty demon trapped in an unusual and slightly amusing body, WarriOrb: Prologue gives us a small taste of what's to come in the full game and it's quite impressive.

Mesa 19.3 released with huge updates for Linux open source graphics drivers

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2019

Arriving in time before the holiday season, Mesa 19.3 has now been officially released giving all open source Linux graphics drivers some big boosts and new features.