Although Mojang has not provided a precise timeline for transitioning Minecraft to Vulkan, players and modders can begin testing the new renderer in Java Edition in ...

After 17 years, Minecraft Java Edition starts replacing OpenGL with a Vulkan multi-threaded renderer — update will prove a boon for performance and modding | Tom's ...

Minecraft Java recently announced a series of changes, including a much-needed transition from OpenGL to Vulkan. However, the new graphics API will significantly improve performance and graphical ...

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

The first Minecraft Live presentation of 2026 is kicking off next week with information on the upcoming Tiny Takeover content update and other reveals.

NVIDIA job listings point to deeper Linux investment, with Vulkan and Proton performance now clearly part of the company’s broader graphics strategy.

The following demos run directly in the browser. Chrome is highly recommended because it's still the only browser with WebGPU support. Other browsers should work as well but use the WebGL backend, ...

A recently released preview build of OptiScaler, a popular third-party upscaling tool, is the first publicly available method ...

Windows 10 is finally here! Before reading any further, do yourself a favour and grab your free copy. Done? Fantastic. Windows 10 is not just a UI spruce-up. It’s not even mobile-desktop convergence ...

How a game looks is one of its most important factors, especially in an age of photo-realism and ray-tracing. So, even if you're playing one of the most aesthetically uncomplicated videogames to come ...

Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan. Announced today (February 18th) by Mojang developers ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached its second release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...