Microsoft announced the Xbox Next at E3 yesterday, and while we still don't actually know what the next-generation system will be branded, we do finally know something about what kind of specs it will ...

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 ...

NVIDIA has moved the Minecraft ray tracing technology from its beta testing phase, and has now made available Minecraft with RTX available for all windows 10 players. Earlier this year, NVIDIA, Mojang ...

Spider-Man: Miles Morales is already a smooth-looking game, but a new update allows PlayStation 5 owners to push the graphics up. Released overnight, the patch introduces a third graphics setting ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Ray tracing is usually used to make games look more realistic by simulating the way light bounces off of surfaces ...

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. At launch, Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PlayStation 5 was able to run at ...

During my review playthrough of Spider-Man: Miles Morales, I opted for the Fidelity Mode at 30 fps because too much detail was lost using the Performance Mode at 60 fps, most notably a lack of ray ...

Although benchmarks are never perfect, they’re a useful tool for judging comparative performance. Basemark has just such a tool in its new In Vitro GPU test suite and kindly provided a copy to Android ...

Unless you're a physicist, you probably don't pay too much mind to the function of light in your daily life. Light is light, right? When there is light, we see, and when there isn't, we don't. But ...

FPGA board adds real-time RT effects, “sticks to the broad spirit of ’90s technology.” If you’ve ever wondered exactly how far a Super Nintendo could be pushed, today’s surprise reveal of a brand-new ...

Chris Birsner is a writer and journalist who most recently worked as an editor at Anton Media Group on Long Island. He is a 2018 graduate of Hofstra University. He enjoys playing Nintendo Switch, ...

Ray tracing and path tracing are two of the most exciting and demanding dynamic lighting techniques available to gamers and game developers in 2024. They both represent a massive leap in realism over ...