It’s been a while since we have seen a new actor in video games, and this time it’s none other than Google which enters the battlefield. However, they take a very different approach from everyone else, by launching a service… Continue Reading
Just like in last month, after yesterday’s quick overview of what the ProtonDB larger trends look like in January 2019, here’s a more detailed look at the new games that had never appeared in ProtonDB until January. So, here goes!… Continue Reading
Valve has just updated Steam’s client (at least the beta one) to introduce some very welcome changes for Linux gamers. There are two major ones. First, Steam on Linux now allows users to force the use of Proton even for… Continue Reading
Yep, I am still busy looking at the data from ProtonDB. Why? Well… that’s the stuff I like to look at, and there’s always new ways to look at data that provide new findings. This time around, I checked what… Continue Reading
Following my last post on the December 2018 analysis of the ProtonDB data, I went through the free text comments (i.e. what people actually wrote about the performance of the game they tried with Proton), and based on 3541 comments,… Continue Reading
Happy New Year 2019 to everyone! Now it’s time to look forward instead of back at 2018. I saw that on GOL they posted an article about their “Top Linux games” of 2018. The wording, and the underlying idea seem… Continue Reading
If you are following the Linux Gaming market closely you are probably aware of ProtonDB by now. This site lets Linux users contribute reports regarding the state of Windows games running on Linux via SteamPlay. There’s a wealth of reports… Continue Reading
The real Santa this year is Valve and Co. To be honest they have spoiled us so much since Q3 2018 with Proton that it’s almost like we were on a never-ending Christmas since then. In December they doubled down… Continue Reading
Time to catch up with some news. Feral has unveiled very recently that they are working to port two major AAA titles to Linux (and Mac I guess…). One thing to note, none of them is frankly surprising. I would… Continue Reading
I don’t think anybody expected that the Steam Play/Proton initiative would grow that fast. Yet it’s happening. Just 2 days ago, Valve has updated their Steam Play White-List package, and here’s what new games (39!) are part of the pack… Continue Reading