🥇Valve has released Proton 5.0-8, a package for running Windows games on Linux

Valve Corporation released project release Proton 5.0-8, which is based on the developments of the Wine project and aims to enable the launch of gaming applications created for Windows on Linux, available in the Steam catalog. The project's developments is distributed under the BSD license.

Proton allows the direct launch of gaming applications supplied only for Windows in the Linux Steam client. The package includes an implementation of DirectX 9/10/11 (based on the package DXVK) and DirectX 12 (based on vkd3d), which operates through DirectX call translation to the Vulkan API, provides enhanced support for game controllers and the ability to use fullscreen mode regardless of the resolutions supported in the games. To improve performance for multithreaded games, mechanisms likeesync(Eventfd Synchronization) andfutex/fsync«.

In new version:

The load time of the game 'Streets of Rage 4' has been significantly reduced;
Crashes have been fixed in the games 'Detroit: Become Human', 'Planet Zoo', 'Jurassic World: Evolution', 'Unity of Command II', and 'Splinter Cell Blacklist';
Optimizations have been made to improve game performance in 'DOOM Eternal', 'Detroit: Become Human', and 'We Happy Few';
Support for the latest Steam SDK has been added, resolving issues in the game Scrap Mechanic and the 'Mod and Play' package;
Errors during the launch of Rockstar Launcher that occurred on some systems have been fixed;
The implementation of DirectX sound libraries (API XAudio2, X3DAudio, XAPO, and XACT3) has been updated to release 20.06;
The DXVK layer for Direct3D 9/10/11 over the Vulkan API has been updated to the release 1.7;
Components FAudio Recent developments related to vkd3d (the implementation of DirectX 12 based on API Vulkan) have been transferred;
In KDE, an issue preventing the use of Alt+Tab to switch to other applications in fullscreen mode has been resolved;
A problem with network ping not working in some multiplayer games, such as 'Path of Exile' and 'Wolcen', has been fixed;
An issue with external links not working in 'Lords Mobile' has been resolved;
A crash in TOXIKK has been fixed;
Performance of gstreamer has been improved;
A crash in the game 'WRC 7' (FIA World Rally Championship) when using a gaming wheel has been fixed (correct operation of some feedback effects requires using Linux kernel 5.7).
🥇Valve has released Proton 5.0-8, a package for running Windows games on Linux | ProHoster

Source: opennet.ru