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Path of Exile adds a Vulkan Beta, another step closer to Linux support

By Liam Dawe, May 29, 2020

Path of Exile, the free to play online action RPG just recently released a huge update that adds in a Beta version of their new Vulkan API rendering system.

Denuvo Anti-Cheat to support Steam Play Proton, being removed from DOOM Eternal

By Liam Dawe, May 21, 2020

Some really good news for PC gamers everywhere, as it seems one small battle against invasive anti-cheat has been won.

Beautiful puzzle game Lumote plans to support Linux through Proton

By Liam Dawe, May 18, 2020

Released back in February, Lumote is an incredibly vibrant and quite beautiful looking puzzle game and it seems Luminawesome Games plan to support Linux with Steam Play Proton.

Deep Rock Galactic leaves Early Access, works well with Steam Play on Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 14, 2020

Deep Rock Galactic from Ghost Ship Games has now left Early Access and thankfully it continues working very well on Linux when played with the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play.

Halo 2: Anniversary on Linux with Steam Play Proton, single-player works well

By Liam Dawe, May 13, 2020

Halo 2 is out on Steam now and much like Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and Halo: Reach, the single-player works nicely on Linux thanks to the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play.

Steam Play Proton 5.0-7 is officially out - Street Fighter V and more now playable on Linux

By Liam Dawe, May 1, 2020

Valve and CodeWeavers have released the latest version of the Proton compatibility layer for Steam Play today.

Streets of Rage 4 to be playable on Linux at release with Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe, Apr 30, 2020

Streets of Rage 4 is a classic beat 'em up series revived thanks to Dotemu, Guard Crush Games and Lizardcube that releases today. It's also going to be playable on Linux.

Steam Play Proton 5.0-7 up for testing with a Release Candidate - Street Fighter V playable

By Liam Dawe, Apr 28, 2020

Valve and CodeWeavers continuing the long task of improving the Proton compatibility layer (based on Wine) for Steam Play, and today a new Release Candidate went up for some testing.

Steam Play Proton 5.0-6 is out to help DOOM Eternal, Rockstar Launcher and more on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Apr 15, 2020

After a short Beta period to help find issues, today Valve / CodeWeavers have release the latest version of Steam Play Proton.

Valve and CodeWeavers now offering test builds of Proton before release with Proton 5.0-6 RC1 up

By Liam Dawe, Apr 3, 2020

Looks like Valve and CodeWeavers are switching up how Proton is released, with a series of test builds now being provided before a new stable release in the hopes of seeing fewer issues.

New SteamVR Beta has some essential Half-Life: Alyx fixes for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Mar 25, 2020

While Half-Life: Alyx isn't on Linux (yet—it's coming), Valve are still trying to get it working as good as possible with Steam Play Proton and a new update for SteamVR is up.

Steam Play Proton 5.0-5 is out with updated OpenVR, Vulkan and fixes

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21, 2020

Valve published Proton 5.0-5 for Steam Play which includes some helpful additions and bug fixes, should help you play those Windows-only games while quarantined.

New Steam Client Beta up with Linux updates, Valve prepping Proton 5.0-5

By Liam Dawe, Mar 20, 2020

Valve have released a new Steam Client Beta which pulls in a couple of Linux improvements and they appear to be preparing a new Proton version with a tweak for Half-Life: Alyx.

Proton GE 5.4 released for Steam Play on Linux with Warframe gamepad fixes

By Liam Dawe, Mar 16, 2020

Proton GE, the custom-built fork of Proton for Steam Play that adds in numerous extra tweaks and fixes has another release now available.

Steam Play Proton 5.0-4 is up fixing Origin, GTA V, Denuvo and more

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

Another new release of Steam Play's Proton software is up and while small in number of changes, it's quite a mighty update overall.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary single-player works fine on Linux with Steam Play Proton

By Liam Dawe, Mar 3, 2020

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary on Linux? Yes. It just today released on Steam, and thanks to Proton with Steam Play you can play this first-person shooter on Linux easily.

Proton 5.0-3 for Steam Play released, Direct3D 12 support for Metro Exodus

By Liam Dawe, Feb 21, 2020

Another small release in terms of noted changes but still an interested one, with today seeing Proton 5.0-3 for Steam Play being made available.

Steam Play Proton is correctly tracking Linux sales, a statement from Valve

By Liam Dawe, Feb 19, 2020

Recently we put up an article highlighting a possible issue with how Valve were counting Steam Play Proton sales, here's a full correction and more information.

A note on using Steam Play Proton and counting the sales for Linux (updated)

By Liam Dawe, Feb 10, 2020

Back in August 2018, Valve announced their new Steam Play feature with the Proton software in the Linux Steam client to play Windows-only Steam games on Linux. A little note about what platform is counted for sales.