We’re on the road to the release of Wine 11 early next year with the first Release Candidate now available for the Windows compatibility layer. This is what Valve’s Proton is originally based on, and so eventually next year we’ll see Proton 11 too.

Now that this release is out, they will move onto a feature-freeze to focus on fixing up bugs.

The highlights of this Wine 11 RC 1 release include:

• Mono engine updated to version 10.4.0.
• Locale data updated to Unicode CLDR 48.
• TWAINDSM module for scanner support on 64-bit.
• Various bug fixes.

A few game fixes were noted for the likes of Oblivion, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, King’s Quest: Mask of Eternity and various others.

Oh no, it’s going to pull me back in isn’t it? War Thunder is finally adding infantry combat to its roster of war games in a future update. Testing is due to begin this month, being spread across stages for an eventual full roll-out during next year as the mode is still under development.

Interestingly, they’re taking some elements from another game they publish called Enlisted, with you controlling a squad. They said you control a single soldier, but you have “full tactical control over the entire squad” and they will automatically follow you and assist in all combat situations.

A lovely blast from the past of 2015, Nuclear Throne from the revived Vlambeer has update #100 out now with some major additions and improvements. Originally founded by Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman, nowadays Nijman owns 100% of the company after Ismail sold their part in it back in 2024.

Going back 10 years ago, Nuclear Throne was easily one of the most popular games in its genre. To this day, it’s easily still one of the best too. Valve have also now given it a re-test and they’ve given it the green tick of Steam Deck Verified approval. It does have a Native Linux version, but Valve set it to use Proton 10.