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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The next iteration of DirectStorage shifts decompression from a system's CPU to its GPU, which can dramatically reduce load times. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Square-Enix's Forspoken is out now, meaning that you can actually test DirectStorage in a real game. Forspoken even includes a built-in benchmark that not only shows framerates but also tracks load ...

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 ...