Path tracing can make a game look absolutely astonishing, and although it will still hammer GPUs like nothing else for a good ...

Let me hit pause on how Ray Reconstruction enhances Grace's nightmare, as Requiem plays with genres a little. When playing as ...

Although Mojang has not provided a precise timeline for transitioning Minecraft to Vulkan, players and modders can begin testing the new renderer in Java Edition in ...

In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release. By Kashmir Hill Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac Kashmir Hill reported ...

The Saturn was Sega's fifth generation fully-3D console, launched in 1994 to compete with the PlayStation 1 and Nintendo 64—and all these years later, homebrew developer XL2 has managed to create a ...

Ray-traced global illumination, reflections, and shadows are some of the most visually stunning effects you could ask for in a racing game, especially one so gorgeous as Forza Horizon 6. However, it ...

Born in the 8-bit era, raised by the 16-bit era, and perfected by the 32-bit era, Cory's roots grew from the likes Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man to the world of Resident Evil and Castlevania. Owning ...

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Hardware A fraction of the most popular PC games over the past year use hardware-level ray tracing, which is far fewer than I'd predict just 24 months ago Graphics Cards 'Credible and reliable ...

AMD says it's about to adopt a "brand-new rendering approach" when it comes to ray tracing, and specifically path tracing, in the latest games, thanks to a new dedicated hardware block in its next-gen ...

The End has been in need of an update for a very long time. It’s arguably the most exciting place in Minecraft, but it’s hardly worth going to. Once you’ve defeated the Ender Dragon, there’s not much ...

The gaming industry has been a forefront for technology since its early days, pushing the expectations of things like handheld computing, online communication, and of course, graphics. For the last ...