Gaming: Roblox, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Bazzite, Proton, Wine, and More
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Roblox on Linux Returns With Wine Support: Rejoice, Gamers! ⚡
Roblox is making a comeback to Linux!
Just a few months prior, we reported that Roblox's new anti-cheat software, 'Hyperion' was all set to block Wine usage by default, a bummer indeed.
However, that is all set to change in light of recent developments. Allow me to take you through the situation.
What's Happening: You see, back in May, Roblox introduced a new anti-cheat software that blocked Wine usage by default, and the change was not a mistake but intentional.
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New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients with Draft of Darkness, Whisker Squadron: Survivor and Lawgivers II – 2023-08-23 Edition
Between 2023-08-16 and 2023-08-23 there were 23 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 308 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 7.5 % of total...
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Bazzite is a SteamOS Clone That Supports Gaming PCs and the Steam Deck
The Linux community has created a clone of SteamOS 3, called Bazzite in an effort to bring the SteamOS 3 desktop experience and Linux gaming experience to desktop gaming PCs.
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5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming
Has it really been that long? Apparently so. Valve originally announced their rebranding of Steam Play with Proton back on August 21st, 2018. Seems like a good time for a quick reflection being halfway to a decade old now.
The problem: before, during and just after the original Steam Machine push developers just weren't porting many games to Linux, and on the whole really when you look back Linux gaming was in a period of mostly stagnation. Nothing much was happening. A lot of the early porting work that came along was slowly dying off since the Steam Machines didn't provide the boost Valve and Linux gamers were hoping for.
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Wine development release 8.14 is now available for Linux FreeBSD and macOS
The Wine development release 8.14 is now available.What's new in this release: [...]
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Qualcomm Is Taking Another Shot at Gaming Chips for Android Handhelds (Update)
Qualcomm's Snapdragon G3x Gen 2, G2 Gen 1, and G1 Gen 1 are meant to power devices that stream games from PCs and consoles – and play Android games.