DirectStorage is a technology that Microsoft has developed for the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. The main goal of this technology is to reduce game loading times as much as possible. Microsoft has ...

That’s great news, especially considering Sony’s last PC port was such a disaster. The Last of Us Part 1 released in a dire state on PC, and although it has gotten better after a series of patches, it ...

Next week on July 26, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart releases on PC, and to get you up to speed, Sony and Nixxes Software have provided details about the technologies ...

Your Windows gaming PC may soon be able to load games up to 40% faster, thanks to Microsoft's upcoming DirectStorage 1.1 API. Using asset compression, the algorithm benefits modern storage hardware, ...

What just happened? With two weeks remaining until the PC release of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, developers Insomniac and Nixxes have unveiled the complete hardware specifications. Of particular ...

DirectStorage is Microsoft's way of speeding up load times in games and allowing developers to better take advantage of speedy SSDs. It's sure to be one of the biggest steps towards even more ...

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition has been confirmed to be launching on PC in just a couple of months. The port of the sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn lands on March 21 as announced by Sony on the ...

DirectStorage 1.1 is now available on Windows 11 and Windows 10. The new version of DirectStorage supports GPU decompression, which shifts the workload of decompressing files from a system's CPU to ...

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, which is soon to arrive on PC, has had its hardware requirements aired, and we've also discovered that it'll support DirectStorage on PC. DirectStorage offers speedier ...

Update: PC Games Hardware incorrectly used the third-party tool CapFrameX to measure its results, including metrics captured during the longer (and higher-performing) black loading screens for the ...

Could this be the vanguard of a whole slew of SSDs designed for Microsoft's API, or just a bit of overzealous marketing? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

What just happened? Forspoken, the action-RPG from Square Enix that was used to show off Microsoft's DirectStorage technology back in March, won't be arriving this year. The game has been delayed for ...