Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a ...

After months of teases and previews, the biggest advancement in visual effects in years is finally coming to the biggest PC game ever. Real-time ray tracing is coming to Minecraft for Windows 10 this ...

Microsoft is bringing support for NVIDIA's ray tracing tech to Minecraft. The addition of real-time ray tracing will bring realistic lighting and shadows, giving a game known for its simple blocky ...

Minecraft is pretty simple, and there’s not a whole lot going on visually — most enemies are blocks, and even 11 years ago the game could run on low-end computers. But the Dec. 8 update changes that ...

If you’re interested in learning more about the Minecraft Stratum 2K Texture Pack & Ray Tracing Shaders, you will be pleased to know that YouTube’s member ‘hodilton’ has shared a video, showing off a ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Minecraft is about to lighten up a bit. An upgrade to Microsoft's popular building ...

Ramon has been an avid gamer since the era of the original PlayStation. He is captivated by video games and how they serve as an escape from real life. His love for gaming transcends genres, as he ...

Andrew is a freelance writer from UK who specialises in video game news. He has written for What Culture, Rock Paper Shotgun, and PCGamesN. In 2023, he finally caved and bought an Xbox Series X. If ...

A few months ago I wrote a story about ray tracing-style effects through the use of path tracing in Minecraft with incredible results, but I feel like the game has taken another gigantic leap in the ...

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