Proton 7.0-5 Gets More Games Running On Linux & The Steam Deck
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Proton 7.0-5 has been officially released and makes a number of additional Windows games now playable on Linux. Now considered playable with Proton 7.0-5 include Rift, Unravel 2, Re-Volt, Indiana Jones and the Emperor Tomb, and several more. There are also fixes helping out games like Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year, Spider-Man Remastered, GTA V, Tekken 7, and more.
Proton 7.0-5 also updates its integrated DXVK build for Direct3D 9/10/11 atop Vulkan. There is also now network video support for VRChat.
The full list of Proton 7.0-5 changes can be found via GitHub. The changes overall are similar to last month's 7.0-5 RC.
We just added a new Proton flavor: Proton Next. It will be available whenever there is a new major stable update of Proton to test. Currently live with Proton 7.0-5, containing the following changes: https://t.co/tG3FNuN0r1 pic.twitter.com/cl6rFoZPW7
— Pierre-Loup Griffais (@Plagman2) November 23, 2022
Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais also shared overnight that "Proton Next" is their new flavor of Proton that will be used whenever a new major stable update to Proton is available for testing.