Games: AMD, Valve, Godot, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 08, 2023

• AMD Processor Use in Linux Gaming Surpasses 70% Market Share

  AMD has taken the lead in the Linux CPU market share, surpassing Intel, marking a significant shift in the longstanding rivalry between the two companies. Intel has traditionally held a dominant position in the CPU market, but recent data indicates that AMD has surpassed Intel in market share, specifically within the Linux system.

• Valve is Accelerating the Validation of Games From 2023 for the Steam Deck Like Never Before… Including Games Not Even Released Yet

  So a few days ago the Steam Deck passed another milestone with 10 000 titles now in the category of Playable and Verified.

• Pepper & Carrot Gamejam 2023 Recap - 10 games in less than 5 minutes.

• Godot 4.1 Released With More Improvements To This Open-Source Game Engine

  Following the release of Godot 4.0 earlier this year, Godot 4.1 has been released today as an incremental update to this incredibly powerful, open-source game engine...

• Godot 4.1 is here, smoother, more reliable, and with plenty of new features

  Four months after the release of Godot 4.0, we are excited to bring you Godot 4.1 — an update with a focus on stability, performance, and polish.

• Days ago: Release candidate: Godot 4.1 RC 3

  A few more critical regressions were fixed, and the milestone is now 100% complete. Let's confirm that 4.1 is ready with a (final?) RC.

• Godot Engine 4.1 brings a detachable script editor, Vulkan pipeline cache

  Godot 4.1 has been released today for game developers who want a cross-platform free and open source game engine. Bringing with it plenty of new features. This is part of their commitment to more regular releases to work on stability, performance, and polish.

• ChimeraOS 43 out now adding ASUS ROG Ally support

  ChimeraOS 43 has been released today adding in support for running this SteamOS inspired Linux distribution on the ASUS ROG Ally handheld. Quite an exciting release, since Linux projects like this can help extend the lifespan of devices like the ROG Ally well past when the original vendor moves on.

• Imagination GPUs now support OpenGL 4.6 thanks to Zink

  Here's a fun bit of driver and hardware news as Imagination announced their GPUs now support OpenGL 4.6 up from OpenGL 3.3 and it's thanks to the open source Zink driver. In their announcement they mentioned how they worked with Collabora to make this happen, the open source consulting firm that has many developers working all across Linux including the kernel, graphics drivers and much more.

• Steam Beta improves Openbox support and fixes focus issues with AMD / Intel

  A fresh Steam Beta update was put out for desktop and Steam Deck, it comes with a whole bunch of little bug fixes and improvements. Especially nice on desktop if you have AMD or Intel GPUs.

• MicroProse now publishing Dying Breed a retro RTS like Command & Conquer

  Announced today, Dying Breed from Sarnayer that blends together the classic style and gameplay in the original Command & Conquer but with Zombies is now being published by MicroProse. Seems quite fitting to have a name like MicroProse attached to it.