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Last week, Mojang announced that the Minecraft Super Duper Graphics Pack (SDGP) that Microsoft had promised back in 2017 was canceled, permanently. No additional information was offered on why the ...

TL;DR: The NVIDIA and ModDB RTX Remix Mod Contest winners were announced at Gamescom 2025, highlighting innovative remasters like Painkiller RTX with ray-traced visuals and DLSS support. RTX Remix ...

Minecraft is one of the largest and best-selling games of all time. This notoriety means that companies are very eager to use it to advertise themselves and their products. One of the best examples of ...

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A Minecraft player compared different textures of the blocky game (Image via Mojang Studios) Minecraft’s visuals have always been one of the most limiting factors of the game. It came out more than 15 ...

Hardware A fraction of the most popular PC games over the past year use hardware-level ray tracing, which is far fewer than I'd predict just 24 months ago Graphics Cards Best graphics cards in 2026: I ...

Once upon a time, Microsoft announced a massive 4K update for Minecraft. Then the company canceled it. Then Nvidia announced its massive ray-tracing update for Minecraft and didn't cancel it. The ...

Ray Tracing is a feature in Minecraft that when enabled amplifies the graphics of the game. It is developed by NVIDIA in order to increase lighting, shadows, and more in the game. However, not ...

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After months of teases and previews, the biggest advancement in visual effects in years is finally coming to the biggest PC game ever. Real-time ray tracing is coming to Minecraft for Windows 10 this ...