Valve Releases Proton 8.0-5 with HDR Support for Multiple Video Games
The biggest change in Proton 8.0-5 is that Valve added new HDR options on compatible hardware, including Steam Deck OLED, for several video games, including Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Resident Evil Village, Hogwarts Legacy, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Injustice 2, Alan Wake 2, and Devil May Cry 5.
On top of that, Proton 8.0-5 adds official support for more Windows games to play on Linux, including Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes, Welcome to Princeland, Red Tie Runner, Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition, and Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
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Valve: Proton 8.0-5 introduces HDR support for Linux and the Steam Deck OLED
Proton is Valve's own compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux and the Linux-based Steam Deck. The open source tool for Steam has now been released in version 8.0-5, bringing many new features from Proton Experimental to the stable version of Proton.
The most notable new feature is support for HDR display options for the following games: Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Resident Evil Village, Hogwarts Legacy, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Injustice 2, Alan Wake 2 and Devil May Cry 5. So if you have an HDR monitor and a recent Linux distribution or the Steam Deck OLED, you can now enjoy the aforementioned Windows games in HDR on Linux.