Author: Jack Slater
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How-To Geek: “Why You Should Use Proton Instead of the Steam Linux Runtime”
You should really just go play Escape Goat 2
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Quake 1’s Re-Release on Modern Platforms
At QuakeCon 2021, Bethesda and id software re-released Quake 1 for Windows, and put it out for the first time on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One & Series S/X. The Windows version is free to anyone who already owned it on Bethesda’s launcher or Steam. The re-release embeds the original game…
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Frozenbyte Developer Says Proton Better Than Older Linux Ports, Native Ports Not Worth Doing Yet
In a few threads on the Steam forums for an upcoming game called Starbase from Frozenbyte, the developer have spelled out that they believe Valve’s Proton Windows emulation compatibility layer is better than the older ports their games (Trine, Shadowgrounds) had: Currently it’s probably a better idea to play the Windows versions of our old…
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Feral Cites Proton for Cancelling Linux Ports
Feral Interactive has a long history of bringing games to Linux and macOS, ironically Feral often (if not always?) use an abstraction layer to bring the games over, basically plugging some level of Windows emulation into the finished product. Yesterday, Feral announced ports for A Total War Saga: TROY and MYTHOS DLC for macOS and…