Valve has pushed out what they're calling Proton 9.0 (Release Candidate 2), with a whole bunch of improvements for gaming on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.
Another chance to fill up your backlog of games? How about a couple of classics if you don't already own them. The Plaion: The Hits Humble Bundle has various Red Faction and Saints Row games.
Metro Awakening has been announced from Vertigo Games, and will be the first full VR entry into Metro. So clearly it's time to blow the dust off your VR headset and clean away the spider webs.
Need some more games that won't destroy your bank balance and will work across a lot of lower-end PCs too? GOG have what you need with the Classic Winter Sale now on.
GOG have launched their Winter Sale with tons of games discounted, and once again they will be giving away free games with the first being Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager.
Mojang has announced that Minecraft has now crossed over 300 million sales, and the Minecraft 1.21 update has been announced that will have some pretty fun additions. Here's a short round-up from 2023's Minecraft Live.
Dome Keeper was already pretty great. Giving you a mixture of mining, exploration, base-building and tower defense and now it's quite a lot bigger with a free update out now.
Hearts of Iron IV: Arms Against Tyranny is the latest main expansion for the popular historical strategy game from Paradox Interactive bringing with it plenty of new toys.
Linux gamers, it's your time to shine. Minecraft Live is coming up again on October 15th where Mojang will do another vote on what mob to add next so obviously you're going to vote for the Penguin right?
Gravity Circuit, a side-scrolling platformer that turns the action up to 11 and builds upon the legacy of popular console titles from the 1980s and 1990s has been released, and it has a native Linux version.
Sounds like a good time to pick up some classics, as GOG are doing a Good Old Games Week sale that lasts until May 8th, 10 PM UTC. Plus there's another free game.
Europa Universalis IV: Domination is the latest expansion for the popular strategy game from Paradox Interactive and there's also a free update for all players.
You just love games right? Need some more? Check out the big We Love Games Sale over on GOG to continue building up that collection. GOG are also giving away the Alien Breed Trilogy.
While we have VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 to Vulkan and DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation, what about Direct3D 8? D8VK is an upcoming in-progress project for that.