Ray tracing used to be the thing you toggled on just to see your rig sweat. Back in 2019, flipping it on in Metro Exodus or Battlefield V meant sacrificing half of your frame rate in exchange for ...

Ahead of launch on Xbox Game Pass this May, Playground Games has detailed the key PC specs required for Forza Horizon 6, including confirmation of ray tracing features and ROG Xbox Ally compatibility ...

Discover how ray tracing technology transforms graphics rendering in modern games, delivering realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections that enhance immersion, clarity, and overall visual impact.

Pearl Abyss has shared details on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of Crimson Desert ahead of its launch next week, revealing the game is able to run at 4K 60 FPS + with ‘high’ ray tracing ...

Capcom could have let players choose to toggle ray tracing. Capcom has made a choice to the detriment of Resident Evil Requiem players on PS5 Pro, but it will take a while to explain what it is. As ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s new DirectX ray tracing updates could deliver performance boosts of 40-90% through Shader Execution Reordering technology. Intel Arc B-Series GPUs showed remarkable 90 ...

After more than 16 years, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally moving away from the aging OpenGL graphics system and upgrading to Vulkan, a modern multi-threaded rendering API. The change, announced by ...

Looking ahead: The first official visual upgrade in Minecraft's 16-year history was released last June for Bedrock Edition players. However, the original Java version has a long road ahead of it ...

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

Minecraft Java Edition is replacing OpenGL with Vulkan as its graphics API. Vulkan is going to enable better performance, better graphics, and a solid backbone for the Vibrant Visuals. Moreover, it ...