Players can now buy games via Robot Cache and play them 'almost instantly' as they download. The PC games retailer is using DACS Laboratories' ROCKITPLAY FastStart Technology on more than 50 games to ...

Load PC Games Faster: How to Use DirectStorage in Windows 11 Microsoft's DirectStorage API promises fast load times for supported PC games. Here's what you need to know and how to get started.

Your Windows gaming PC may soon be able to load games up to 40% faster, thanks to Microsoft's upcoming DirectStorage 1.1 API. Using asset compression, the algorithm benefits modern storage hardware, ...

For the past year we've been hearing about how Microsoft's DirectStorage API will supercharge PC gaming with faster load times, and facilitate "virtual worlds that are more expansive and detailed than ...