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Playnite 8 is now available!

Added 2020-09-30 08:39:23 +0000 UTC

Hello everyone!

Playnite 8 is finally available for download. Public release is scheduled on the 14th of October. Polls for Playnite 9 prioritization should be available in couple days.

Thanks to everyone for continued support!

Josef

Note about extension support:

Playnite 8 contains changes to protect itself from extensions crashing the application or causing other issues. This means that some extensions (mainly those using workarounds to inject new functionality) won't be loaded in Playnite 8 and will need to be updated by its author.

Installer

Portable

New:

Software tools menus and configuration
Library statistics view
Show selection dialog when downloading conflicting metadata
PlayStation library integration
Option to only display used fields on Explorer/Filter panels
Discord Rich Presence support
All game fields can now be edited in bulk
Safe Mode startup support
Various SDK improvements
Option to shutdown Playnite instance from cmdline
Option to prioritize PEGI or ESRB ratings
Option to force application mode from cmdline
Option to cancel game media downloads
Support for Steam user reviews score
Removed option to start games without Epic client
Option to specify game manual path
Option to specify custom command to open directory location
Option to set number of recent games in Jump List and tray menu
Option to not show hidden games in Jump List and tray menu
Option to disable global script execution on per game basis
Option to collapse/expand all groups
Option to assign game script to execute after game is started
Option to add game to import exclusion list when removing it
Grouping by Name (Letter)
Game variables can be used in game links
Game menu item for changing completion status (by V0idhead)
Better UI for management of installed extensions and themes
Better support for games on removable disk drives (by MopsiMauser)
Better prevention from extensions causing application crashes
Age rating, Region, Series and Platform fields supported by metadata downloads
Added notes game field #766
.pthm and .pext extensions can be installed by executing them
Include .lnk and .bat files when scanning directory for executables
Ask before shutting down system from Fullscreen mode

Fixed:

Optimizations to application startup and library load times
Various improvements to IGDB integration
Window size is not saved when set to minimal allowed size
Updated web view (CefSharp) component
Some installed Xbox PC games not being imported properly
Slow filtering of some game fields
Playnite not detecting when Source mod games are running (by psychonic)
Playnite is not opened properly after being minimized to tray
Play time tracking not working properly if game is installed in path with unicode characters
Play time is not recorded if game tracking is cancelled manually
Official metadata for Epic games are not being downloaded properly
Metadata download priority doesn't work if a plugin fails
Installed Epic games not being detected on non-English Windows installations
Increased maximum limits of various application settings
Improved Humble game import
Images in description field don't fit properly (by darklinkpower)
IGDB game links have wrong descriptions
Humble game import fails in some cases
Game menu icons can't be changed via theme
Game import fails on slower computers
Freeze when removing unused companies
Epic plugin is not loaded if Epic client installation is damaged
Dialog boxes not accepting Enter and Esc keys properly
Descriptions are not formatted properly for EGS games
Category names are not displayed properly on category assignment window
Battle.net authentication is invalidated very often
Application window is off screen when using high DPI scaling with certain desktop resolutions
Added date time is only accurate down to a day
Clearing web cache doesn't work properly in some cases
Adjusted min/max zoom values on Grid view
Various fixes to Google Image seach download
Update logic for checking if Humble games have keys for another service (by awbooze)
Various crash fixes