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NVIDIA continue advancing their special Vulkan Beta driver, the one that gets all the upcoming features that need a little extra time to brew.
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Looks like EA might be banning Linux gamers using Wine to play Battlefield V
A heads up: there's been reports of people being banned by EA and having EA claim their ban will stay, for playing Battlefield V with Wine + DXVK.
Steam Play Proton gets turned up to 11 in the latest update
Steam Play Proton has been updated once again, dealing with a mouse issue from the last update and other improvements.
DXVK 1.5 released with D9VK merged in for D3D9 support, plus a statement on DXVK's future
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.
D9VK is no more as it merges with DXVK, making DXVK a D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan layer
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
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
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.
Steam Play Proton 4.11-10 out, mouse handling improvements and Halo: The Master Chief Collection works
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.
D3D10/11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.4.6 released
Another cleanup point-release is out for the Direct3D 10/11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK, with 1.4.6 bringing in some bug fixes.
The Linux and gaming Sunday round-up paper is here
Your Sunday paper has arrived, come pick up a copy and see what you might have missed out on lately.
Steam Play Proton 4.11-9 is out with a few fixes, plus a new release of Proton GE
Two Steam Play updates to share this morning! The official Proton was updated to Proton 4.11-9 and Proton GE 4.20-1 is also up.
DXVK 1.4.5 released bringing further performance improvements for D3D11 and D3D10 to Vulkan
DXVK continues maturing with another exciting sounding release now available with DXVK 1.4.5, bringing in some performance improvements and plenty of bug fixes.
D9VK developer is working on allowing DXVK to help Linux ports for Direct3D to Vulkan
You have a fancy game using Direct3D 11 and you want to port it to Linux? In future, DXVK may be able to help with that.
Steam Play Proton 4.11-8 is out with vkd3d for Direct3D 12 support
Another update to Steam Play Proton has been released this evening, which should bring with it plenty of improvements for playing Windows games on Linux.
Seven years ago today, Steam for Linux went into limited Beta
Sometimes it only feels like it was a year or two ago but no, it has been seven years to the date since the valve was opened a little to let some Linux users get some Steam.
NVIDIA have released the stable 440.31 driver update for Linux, plus a new Vulkan beta driver
Following on from the 440.26 beta released last month, NVIDIA have today added a few more changes to it and pushed it out as a stable driver update with version 440.31.
Proton GE has another new release out with patches for GTA V and lots of updates
Proton GE, the unofficial and updated build of Proton for Steam Play has another big new release out. To help those who can't wait for Valve/CodeWeavers to update the official Proton or you need some extra fixes.
D9VK 0.30 'Froglet' is blowing out the cobwebs ready for Halloween
Joshua Ashton has pushed out a large update to D9VK, the DXVK-based layer that translates Direct3D9 to Vulkan for use with Wine.
D3D11 and D3D10 to Vulkan layer DXVK version 1.4.4 is out
One missed from the weekend, developer Philip Rebohle released a fresh update to the Vulkan layer DXVK with version 1.4.4.
Odds and ends, the Linux and gaming Sunday Section
Sunday is a day mostly of rest, relaxation and kicking butt in some games. Before that though, let's have a little look at a few bits and pieces of missing news and what was interesting recently.
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