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Arkadiusz Strzala, 30 March 2022, 12:37

DirectStorage known from Xbox consoles could speed up PCs as well. Up to 40% less CPU load and faster loading games are possible. The API has some requirements, though.

Adrian Werner, 03 August 2021, 16:27

The devs of Farming Simulator 22 discussed the improvements offered by the GIANTS Engine 9 graphics engine and showed the build mode in action.

Adrian Werner, 23 July 2021, 13:16

Dead Space remake creators revealed new details about the project. We found out, among others, that the game will have no microtransactions and the changes the remake will offer.

Adrian Werner, 17 March 2021, 10:58

The promised update for Grand Theft Auto Online has been released, improving load times based on solutions developed for a fan-made mod. Unfortunately, the patch simultaneously broke GTA Online on Xbox One.

Jacob Blazewicz, 16 March 2021, 09:40

Rockstar has thanked the creator of a fix for loading time in the PC edition of Grand Theft Auto Online. The publisher has also announced that the fix will be made available as official update.

Adrian Piotrowski, 04 March 2021, 17:14

An internet user known as T0ST has found a way to reduce the loading time of GTA V's online mode by almost 70%. On his website, he also explained why GTA Online takes so long to load.

Bart Swiatek, 03 November 2020, 13:51

Youtuber, who received a copy of the Xbox Series X from Microsoft, published a gameplay from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Interestingly, when using fast travel, the game loads so fast that no loading screens are displayed.

Bart Swiatek, 26 October 2020, 10:30

Naughty Dog released another update for The Last of Us Remastered. Patch 1.11 has significantly reduced loading times.

Paul Musiolik, 09 October 2020, 19:31

With the new Wasteland 3 update, we won't have to wait that long for the game to load. The developers have reduced the loading times by up to 60%.

Bart Swiatek, 02 September 2020, 19:59

Nvidia has developed a new RTX IO technology to enable much faster loading of data from SSD. The process will be done without the processor - the files will go directly from the media to the GPU memory, which will increase performance and reduce the size of games.

Bart Swiatek, 04 August 2020, 14:59

Digital Foundry experts have looked at what can be gained by installing a high-speed SSD into our PlayStation 4 Pro. As it turns out, quite a lot - this type of storage not only significantly reduces loading times, but also improves visuals in some games.

Paul Wozniak, 17 July 2020, 20:40

In an interview for Kotaku, Sucker Punch's main game engine programmer, Adrian Bentley, revealed that the developers had to slightly extend the time of loading screens after the player's death to give players a chance to read the texts appearing on them.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 04 June 2020, 11:37

The speeds provided by the SSD on the PS5 required changes to Unreal Engine 5's code. Epic Games has modified the I/O areas to allow for faster data transfer.

Krooox, 09 May 2019, 14:13

It looks like Sony is already revealing what will be the most important point in its upcoming marketing campaign for PlayStation 5. This is indicated by another statement about SSD and loading screens.

Adrian Werner, 20 February 2019, 09:44

BioWare revealed what can be expected from Anthem's day one patch. The update will e.g. improve loading times, provide clear equipment stats, and fix numerous bugs.

Frozen, 11 January 2019, 00:54

Choosing the right hard drive shouldn't be limited only to its capacity. As the tests show, the different types of drives may differ much more (or much less) than we would expect.