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Direct3D 12 to Vulkan project VKD3D-Proton v2.14 out now with various performance improvements

By Liam Dawe,
VKD3D-Proton v2.14 is now available bringing various improvements to the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer that's used by Valve's Proton for running Windows games on Linux.

GE-Proton 9-21 released for Linux / Steam Deck bringing more game fixes

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 9-21 has been released as the community-maintained version of the Proton compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Steam Beta for Dec 11 brings new game update options plus a new downloader style

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Steam Client Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck has been released, and Valve have given us new options for managing game updates and there's a new downloader style.

Proton Experimental adds initial speech synthesis support, lots of game fixes for Steam Deck / Linux and easier modding

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Proton Experimental has been updated from Valve with some new features like initial speech synthesis support, along with the usual assortment of fixes for specific games running on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. Plus, much easier modding!

Humble bring back the excellent Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle for a limited time

By Liam Dawe,
Humble continue bringing back some popular game bundles for a limited time that I wrote about recently, and now you can get another chance to pick up the Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle which really is a good deal.

OBS Studio 31 released with first-party YouTube Chat features, new NVIDIA filters and Linux improvements

By Liam Dawe,
OBS Studio has a brand new stable release available! The awesome free and open source video capture tool OBS Studio 31.0.0 is out now.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 gets a first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
The next major version bump is coming for the Windows compatibility layer Wine, which forms a big part of Valve's Proton, with Wine 10.0 having a first Release Candidate.

Free to play Marvel Rivals is out now on Steam and works on Steam Deck / Linux (Steam Deck has issues though)

By Liam Dawe,
Marvel Rivals is the next big multiplayer shooter and potentially the next "big thing", with a Steam free to play release now live.

Valve may be working on a new kind of Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
There's a whole bunch of hints and speculation going around right now, showing that Valve may be working towards a new kind of Steam Machine.

War Thunder is moving away from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye

By Liam Dawe,
After doing the same with their FPS, Enlisted, Gaijin have announced today that War Thunder will also be changing the anti-cheat system used.

NVIDIA 565.77 stable driver for Linux released

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have today released driver version 565.77 as their latest stable New Feature Branch build available for Linux, pulling in all the changes from the 565.57.01 Beta plus a whole bunch more improvements.

Steam Desktop and Steam Deck update fixes lots of bugs for Game Recording, Remote Play, ROG Ally X

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released the latest stable update to the Steam Client for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck today that includes a whole bunch of bug fixes.

Humble Choice for December 2024 has Old World, The Invincible, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and more gems

By Liam Dawe,
The final Humble Choice Bundle is here for 2024 with the December selection a pretty nice well-rounded collection for you.

DXVK-Sarek for old GPUs v1.10.4 released

By Liam Dawe,
With integration coming in a future release of Proton-Sarek, designed for gamers that have older GPUs, the first release of DXVK-Sarek is out now.

Looks like Discord finally fixed Linux screen and audio sharing with Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
A while ago in November, it seems I missed a post from a user in the GamingOnLinux Discord server, noting that the Discord developers finally hooked up screen and audio sharing for Linux with Wayland.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for November 2024

By Liam Dawe,
Another month down and we're closing in on the festive period, so here's a look back at what's been popular on Steam Deck during November 2024.

Latin cowboy casual farming sim Gaucho and the Grassland new demo released

By nwildner,
​Gaucho and the Grassland is a game that depicts the life of a Gaúcho, the equivalent of a Latin Cowboy from the region of the Pampas (South of Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile). A new demo is out now, here's some thoughts on it.

Mesa 24.2.8 released for Linux with bug fixes, last update for the 24.2 series

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 24.2.8 open source graphics drivers for Linux with some bug fixes.

PlaytronOS Alpha 2 brings expanded NVIDIA support, more handheld PC support and much more

By Liam Dawe,
Playtron continue building up their PlaytronOS / GameOS (they don't seem to have settled properly on a name yet) alternative to SteamOS and Windows with a second Alpha release out now.

Steam Client Beta fixes up NVIDIA bugs on Linux with Game Recording and Remote Play

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux, as the latest Steam Client Beta has a couple of nice sounding improvements for you.
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