Now, with Vulkan on the horizon, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally stepping into a modern graphics era. For a title that continues to thrive years after launch, the Vulkan upgrade signals that even ...

Minecraft developer Mojang is switching the Java Edition's graphics API from OpenGL to Vulkan ahead of its Vibrant Visuals update.

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Minecraft is known to introduce continuous changes that strive to improve the gameplay experience for players and offer a seamless way to yearn for the mines. Vibrant Visuals for Bedrock was the ...

PC gaming is wonderful. You can customize games as much as you desire, run them at high framerates, and enjoy all sorts of other useful advantages. But one really annoying part of gaming on a PC in ...

The engineers on Microsoft's DirectX team are always busy bees, constantly working on one improvement or another. Today, the team announced that it's taking initial steps to get rid of a perennial ...

Microsoft is creating a new "advanced shader delivery" feature for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handhelds that might make loading games faster and more stutter-free. The company teased the upcoming feature ...

The first and most important thing is to make sure you are actually stuck and not just stalled on a particular value. When I was installing the game, I stalled at 77% for a good five minutes or so.

Jack Peachey is a features writer who's worked at Dualshockers and Game Rant. An animation nerd, his favourite games don't have a genre in common as much as they all have pretty pictures. When not ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While you may be limited to which version of Minecraft you can play based on the device you're using, there are some important differences between ...

The new performance setting lets you spend less time compiling shaders and more time bringing the beatdown on some baddies in Marvel's hero shooter. Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops and ...