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Metro Exodus for Linux to run better on AMD GPUs soon with a Mesa fix now merged
The new Linux port of Metro Exodus sadly came with a rough launch but for AMD GPU owners it's set to get more playable, with a fix in the Mesa RADV driver now merged.
Category: Vulkan
Vulkan 1.2.176 spec update with VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2, new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta
The Khronos Group continues tweaking and expanding Vulkan with the 1.2.176 specification update out, which includes a new extension and NVIDIA have already hooked up support.
NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 455.50.12 rolls out with new Vulkan Video extensions
As expected, NVIDIA continue to be at the forefront of new and improved Vulkan support as they've today rolled out the 455.50.12 Vulkan Beta Driver.
Vulkan Video announced with new provisional extensions along with Vulkan 1.2.175 released
Vulkan, the graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs expands further with Vulkan Video and some provisional extensions.
Portal Stories: Mel gets Vulkan support on Linux in a new Beta
Portal Stories: Mel, an extremely popular and highly rated mod for Portal 2 just had a new Beta pushed out which adds in Vulkan support for Linux.
Warzone 2100 4.0 is officially out now with the Vulkan renderer
A big day for the free and open source Warzone 2100 as the team have officially released Warzone 2100 4.0, which brings in some modern enhancements to their rendering including Vulkan API support.
Quake II RTX patched to expand the Vulkan Ray Tracing support
Quake II RTX from Lightspeed Studios and NVIDIA continues expanding with a brand new update out now. It's not a huge one but it does continue to expand the Ray Tracing support for Vulkan.
Collabora announce PanVk, an open source Vulkan driver for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost
Open source consulting firm Collabora are certainly busy. While they work with Steam owner Valve on various things, they also work in other areas of Linux like driver development - their latest being PanVk.
Warzone 2100 4.0 gets a second Beta to polish up the huge release with Vulkan
Warzone 2100 is getting an absolutely massive 4.0 release soon and a second Beta is out now with plenty of bug fixes to polish up this excellent free and open source RTS.
V3DV Vulkan driver for the Raspberry Pi 4 keeps on improving
Soon, the Raspberry Pi 4 will become even better with the constant improvements being made to the V3DV Vulkan driver.
NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 455.50.10 rolls out for Linux
Need the absolute latest special fixes? The developer-focused NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 455.50.10 has rolled out and it includes quite a few fixes - including some just for Linux.
Portal 2 gets more DXVK Vulkan improvements with another update
Valve's fantastic first-person puzzle game Portal 2 recently had a huge upgrade that pulled in DXVK giving it Vulkan support, with another update out now to further improve it.
Direct3D 9-10-11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.8.1 is out now
After the 1.8 release of DXVK on February 19, a small 1.8.1 release just went out for this Direct3D 9-10-11 to Vulkan translation layer.
Team Cherry upgrade the excellent Hollow Knight with Vulkan for Linux
Team Cherry have given their excellent action-platformer metroidvania Hollow Knight a bit of an upgrade, which you can test out on Steam in a fresh Beta test.
Jupiter Hell 0.9.7 'Expanse' is out, full release planned for August 5
After being in Early Access for 18 months following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the brutal and brilliant roguelike Jupiter Hell will leave Early Access on August 5.
Transport Fever 2 gets a huge upgrade with Vulkan API support
Urban Games are showing their dedication to Transport Fever 2, as they just today release a massive overhaul to the rendering system along with adding support for the Vulkan API.
Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation lib VKD3D-Proton 2.2 is out, prepares DirectX Raytracing
We just recently had the DXVK 1.8 release for Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan and now we also have the VKD3D-Proton 2.2 release landing as well.
Portal 2 from Valve gets a big update with Vulkan support from DXVK
Portal 2, the classic first-person puzzle game from Valve available on Steam, just had a huge upgrade come out of nowhere along with Vulkan API support powered by the DXVK project.
D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.8 is out now
Usually used for Wine and Steam Play Proton, the translation DXVK layer that moves Direct3D 9, Direct3D 10 and Direct3D 11 to Vulkan has a new release available with DXVK 1.8.
OpenGL on top of Vulkan with Zink to work with NVIDIA drivers on Linux
Here's a short and sweet update on the work for Zink, the upcoming OpenGL on top of Vulkan implementation announced by Collabora which has been progressing steadily.
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