https://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1696055855739350561
There's been a lot of rumours about this lately. A number of gaming compatibility projects have been getting funded from undisclosed sources and many speculated it was Valve.
Looks like Valve is using their own version of WINE to make Windows-only games run in Linux.
I've never messed around with WINE. I still dual-boot and that's pretty much exclusively for gaming. So this would be one step closer to not having to use Windows.
There's been a lot of rumours about this lately. A number of gaming compatibility projects have been getting funded from undisclosed sources and many speculated it was Valve.
Looks like Valve is using their own version of WINE to make Windows-only games run in Linux.
I've never messed around with WINE. I still dual-boot and that's pretty much exclusively for gaming. So this would be one step closer to not having to use Windows.
Our goal for this work is to let Linux Steam users enjoy easy access to a larger back catalog. We think it will also allow future developers to easily leverage their work from other platforms to target Linux. This would give them the option of focusing on areas that would make a meaningful experience difference for all users instead, such as supporting Vulkan
The initial set of supported games that we are enabling with this initial Beta release is as follows:
Beat Saber
Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
Doki Doki Literature Club!
DOOM
DOOM II: Hell on Earth
DOOM VFR
Fallout Shelter
FATE
FINAL FANTASY VI
Geometry Dash
Google Earth VR
Into The Breach
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Mount & Blade
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword
NieR: Automata
PAYDAY: The Heist
QUAKE
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Star Wars: Battlefront 2
Tekken 7
The Last Remnant
Tropico 4
Ultimate Doom
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Dark Crusade
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm