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Steam Play Proton 6.3-5 has a first Release Candidate out with lots of changes

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2021

Time for a weekend of testing as the next version of Steam Play Proton is closing in with Proton 6.3-5 having a first Release Candidate now available.

Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.9 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2021

After a while between major releases, the DXVK project has splashed onto the scene again with a juicy new release ripe for picking with DXVK 1.9 out now.

Collabora continue enhancing Wine for Wayland, now with Vulkan and multi-monitor support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jun 2021

Currently in the experimental stages, Collabora continue hacking away at the code for Wine to enable full Wayland support and they've reached some big new milestones with Vulkan and multiple monitor support.

Proton 6.10 GE is out as a recommended upgrade for users of this community-built version

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jun 2021

Proton GE, the community-built version of Proton has a fresh major upgrade with Proton-6.10-GE-1 out now. This is also a recommended upgrade by the developer.

Valve need more testing of the latest Proton Experimental for input latency improvements

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jun 2021

Recently we highlighted another upgrade of Proton Experimental, the special testing area of Steam Play Proton that pulls in new and advanced features - well it needs a lot more testing.

Git yourself some Wine with the new 6.10 development release

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

Another Friday, another two weeks and so a fresh development release is out of the compatibility layer Wine.

Proton Experimental prepares for NVIDIA DLSS, optional NVAPI and more game fixes

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jun 2021

Valve and CodeWeavers have released another fresh Proton Experimental build for testing upcoming features of the Proton compatibility layer for Linux gaming with Steam Play.

Get ready for a busy weekend testing as Wine 6.9 is out now - nice

By Liam Dawe, 22 May 2021

The latest and greatest from the Wine hackers is out now with the nice Wine 6.9 development release going out.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition now playable on Linux with Proton GE

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2021

The big new release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition from BioWare and EA is only supported for Windows on PC, but with Proton GE you should now be able to play it on Linux.

Proton GE gets some big updates but you may need to remove old Wine prefixes

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2021

Proton GE (GloriousEggroll) is a community-built version of the Proton compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux through Steam Play.

Resident Evil Village gets better on Linux with the latest Proton Experimental

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2021

Valve and CodeWeavers have once again updated Proton Experimental, bringing with it a needed fix for Resident Evil Village running on Linux.

Time for a brewed awakening with the Wine 6.8 release out now

By Liam Dawe, 8 May 2021

Wine, that glorious bit of tasty open source software has a new 6.8 development release now available.

Steam Play Proton 6.3-3 is out now with Origin Overlay working, vkd3d-proton v2.3.1

By Liam Dawe, 4 May 2021

Ready for another fun week testing out more games? Valve have you covered with the latest update to Proton.

It's your time to Wine with the 6.7 release out now

By Liam Dawe, 23 Apr 2021

It's Friday and it's been two weeks so that can only mean one thing! We get to have a little Wine, as a treat.

Grape times ahead with the release of Wine 6.6 noting plenty of fixes

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2021

No wine-ing about the puns please. Jokes aside, the tasty compatibility tech that is Wine has a new development release available today with Wine 6.6.

Steam Play Proton 6.3 is out now plus a Proton Experimental update (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2021

Ready for a long weekend testing out the latest Steam Play Proton compatibility layer? Good news! Valve announced the release of Proton 6.3-1 along with a Proton Experimental update. UPDATED: 07/04/21.

Windows compatibility tool Wine 6.5 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 29 Mar 2021

Not an emulator but a compatibility tool that translates Windows calls into language Linux can understand, Wine 6.5 is officially out now as the latest development release.

Windows 'not an emulator' compatibility tool Wine 6.4 out now

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2021

Not an emulator but a compatibility tool that translates Windows calls into language Linux can understand, Wine 6.4 is officially out now as the latest development release.

Another Proton Experimental update is out improving VR and controllers

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2021

Proton Experimental is the extra special testing area where new fixes and features enter the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer before going out to everyone and there's a new update out.