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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you're wondering what DirectStorage is, just think of it as a software toolkit that when used ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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We’re still waiting for game developers to incorporate DirectStorage 1.0, Microsoft’s effort to reduce PC game load times. But that isn’t stopping the company from preparing a new version of ...

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 ...