Wine Staging Now Lets Linux Users Play DOOM 2016 on Their Computers

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

The team behind Wine Staging, a special version of the Wine (Wine is Not an Emulator) software that lets Linux users play Windows games and use Windows apps on their PCs, released Wine Staging 1.9.11.

Coming hot on the heels of Wine 1.9.11, which introduced more Direct3D 11 improvements, down-mixing support in DirectSound, a few enhancements to the desktop mode, and updated the WinInet component to support long URLs, Wine Staging 1.9.11 appears to be a small update that fixes issues with various apps.

According to the release notes, the most important change implemented in Wine Staging 1.9.11 is a fix for the recently launched DOOM 2016 game, which is only available for the Microsoft Windows platform. The fix m… (read more)

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