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ProtonUp-Qt v2.8.1 improves Heroic Games Launcher support

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jul 2023

ProtonUp-Qt is the app that allows you to install the likes of GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and more for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron.

Get a free copy of Prey with Prime Gaming

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jul 2023

Want another free game? If you have Amazon Prime you can now claim a free copy of Prey from Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks with their GOG partnership.

Part 4 of the Wine work for Wayland is now merged

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jun 2023

The fourth part of an ongoing series of submission to Wine to get full Wayland support has been merged in.

Wine 8.11 and vkd3d 1.8 are out now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jun 2023

Two bits of Wine news here for you as not only has the latest Wine development release been made with Wine 8.11 but vkd3d 1.8 is out now too.

Wine 8.10 brings mouse cursor clipping improvements

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jun 2023

Another development release has landed for the compatibility layer Wine with 8.10 out now, here's a run over what's new and improved in the latest.

Wine 8.9 released with more PE work, Mono 8.0 and more Wayland updates

By Liam Dawe, 29 May 2023

The latest biweekly development release for the Windows translation tool Wine is out, Wine 8.9 as usual brings new features and fixes that will eventually make their way into Steam Play Proton.

Wine and Wayland take another step closer with more code merged

By Liam Dawe, 25 May 2023

The ongoing work bit by bit to get Wine and Wayland to fully work together on Linux has taken another step, with a third big merge request accepted.

CodeWeavers partners of Valve on Proton move to an Employee Ownership Trust

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2023

After 27 years, Jeremy White is leaving CodeWeavers, the company who oversee and fund Wine development and also work on Proton with Valve for the Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Roblox still plan to make it work with Wine on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2023

The situation is currently a bit messy, with conflicting statements but it appears that Roblox should work again on Linux / Steam Deck with Wine eventually.

Wine 8.8 is out now with more PE work, initial support for ARM64EC modules

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2023

Time for a bit of weekend Wine? The translation layer for running Windows games and apps on Linux and other platforms development release v8.8 is out now.

DXVK 2.2 released supporting D3D11On12, plus improvements for game launchers

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2023

DXVK translates Direct3D 9 / 10 and 11 into Vulkan for Proton and Wine, used on Linux desktop and Steam Deck for gaming.

Direct3D 8 to Vulkan translator D8VK 'production-ready' 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 10 May 2023

D8VK translates Direct3D 8 to Vulkan, just like DXVK for Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 and VKD3D-Proton for Direct3D 12 used with Wine and Proton on Linux and Steam Deck. Fantastic to see the progress on this.

Goodbye to Roblox on Linux with their new anti-cheat and Wine blocking

By Liam Dawe, 9 May 2023

You might have seen recently that I covered the upcoming updates for Roblox, and now it's here blocking Wine with their new anti-cheat.

Compatibility layer Wine release v8.7 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 29 Apr 2023

Wine, the compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux has a fresh development release up with version 8.7.

Roblox intentionally blocking Linux with Wine in their new update

By Liam Dawe, 22 Apr 2023

It seems the days of using workarounds to play Roblox on Linux may be coming to an abrupt end, with the upcoming launch of their new client blocking Linux intentionally.

Wine 8.6 out now with bundled Musl math library

By Liam Dawe, 15 Apr 2023

After another ~2 weeks, the latest development release is out for the Windows translation layer with Wine 8.6.

Linux and Steam Deck compatibility tool helper ProtonUp-Qt v2.8.0 out now

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2023

ProtonUp-Qt gives you a hassle-free way to install various compatibility tools like GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and others for Steam, Lutris and the Heroic Games Launcher.