In brief: Nvidia launched its push toward hardware-accelerated ray tracing in 2018 with its GeForce RTX 20 series graphics cards, promoting the technology as a defining feature of next-gen gaming.

TL;DR: Microsoft's Project Helix Xbox will support both PC and console games, featuring a custom AMD SoC with advanced DirectX and FSR Diamond technology. This enables real-time path tracing and ...

IO Interactive's 007 First Light and Remedy's Control Resonant are the two next big 2026 games to launch with path tracing support on PC.

The recently released Shader Model 6.9 brings Microsoft's official take on Shader Execution Reordering (SER) out of preview. Nvidia and a few game developers have already ...

Mega Geometry is providing the next steps towards more detailed and efficient path tracing in large, open worlds.

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s new DirectX ray tracing updates could deliver performance boosts of 40-90% through Shader ...

I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine. Running GTA 5 Enhanced with Ray Tracing. Currently running at 3 ...

Capcom has reportedly removed ray tracing in Resident Evil Requiem for the PS5 Pro in the latest patch, as opposed to letting players choose.

Digital Foundry praises Crimson Desert for strong native 4K performance with ray tracing and surprisingly reasonable PC requirements.

Eric Warner is a Journalist and Multimedia Producer based in New England with over seven years of experience producing stories for multiple print, online, radio, and video publications. Eric has been ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

First-person shooters are still one of the easiest genres to fall into because they cover every mood: sweaty ranked nights, chill co-op sessions, and campaign runs that feel like a weekend movie. This ...