Loading screens in classic games like Too Human and World of Warcraft were excruciatingly long, making gameplay frustrating. Even acclaimed games like Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Bloodborne suffer ...

Gabriel has been playing games since he was a kid. Loves most RPG games, platformers, and innovative indie games, and can talk for hours about how the first Fallout is the greatest game ever. He ...

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster has been everything fans of the original could have hoped for. Old mods work surprisingly well and muhc of the fondly remembered quirkiness of the game is still ...

Jay (He/They) is a fiction writer and high school teacher. He has a Bachelor's degree majoring in English and a Master's in Creative Writing. When he's not writing, he's either gaming (on the Destiny ...

Load PC Games Faster: How to Use DirectStorage in Windows 11 Microsoft's DirectStorage API promises fast load times for supported PC games. Here's what you need to know and how to get started.

Upgrading to NVMe SSDs transforms PC storage performance, slashing Windows boot times from 45 seconds on traditional HDDs to just 8–12 seconds. Game load screens also see dramatic reductions, with ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A surprise addition to Microsoft’s DirectStorage API will speed up slower hard drives. We still need to see ...

In games, nothing breaks player flow like a loading screen, and in virtual reality this problem is amplified tenfold. ‘Presence’ or ‘immersion’, the magical yet fragile feeling of ‘being there’, is ...

Roblox Builds Open-Source 3D AI Model, Adds Tech for Faster Game Loading Roblox already uses over 250 different AI models, and players may soon get another one that can create just about anything from ...