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New DirectX7 emulation tool brings more games to Steam Deck, SteamOS, and other Linux distros through Vulkan, with caveats

DirectX emulation is the way Linux gamers are running Windows-only games on Linux OSes, thanks to tools such as DXVK. But up until now, DXVK has only supported DirectX 8 and newer. That is now ...
Android Authority

Here's how Google is making it easier for developers to port PC games to Android

Google announced a bevy of new features, tools, and programs ahead of the latest Game Developers Conference (GDC) to make bringing PC games to Android easier than ever. These include first-class ...
GameDev.net

The State of Vulkan on Apple – Oct. 2026

LunarG says Vulkan on Apple is now practical across macOS and iOS, with MoltenVK for broad compatibility and KosmicKrisp for ...
gamedev

New Vulkan Game Engine Tutorial: Build Your Own Production-Ready Rendering Engine

This new tutorial series, Building a Simple Game Engine, is a significant step for developers aiming to enhance their Vulkan skills. It builds on the foundational Core Vulkan Tutorial and introduces ...
Android Authority

Google will require new Android 16 devices to support this game-changing graphics feature

The latest version of the Vulkan graphics API, Vulkan 1.4, makes the Host Image Copy feature a core feature. A Google engineer says games using Host Image Copy can remove stutter during texture data ...
9to5google.com

PC games coming to Android, Google Play Games on Windows exiting beta soon

Google has a number of announcements at the 2025 Games Developer Conference (GDC) next week across Android and Play Games on PC. Google is launching a pilot program to “simplify the process of ...