After more than 16 years, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally moving away from the aging OpenGL graphics system and upgrading to Vulkan, a modern multi-threaded rendering API. The change, announced by ...

Looking ahead: The first official visual upgrade in Minecraft's 16-year history was released last June for Bedrock Edition players. However, the original Java version has a long road ahead of it ...

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 ...

Minecraft Java Edition is replacing OpenGL with Vulkan as its graphics API. Vulkan is going to enable better performance, better graphics, and a solid backbone for the Vibrant Visuals. Moreover, it ...

Torch Electronics gaming machines are seen Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at a restaurant and bar in Florissant. ST. LOUIS — Thousands of slot machines that have proliferated in Missouri gas stations and bars ...

Slots have been popular since the late 1800s, in large part because the basic idea behind playing slot machines hasn’t changed. You give the dials a spin, hit the right symbols and get paid. Sure, the ...

A Torch Electronics slot and gaming machine is photographed on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at a north St. Louis County-area establishment. JEFFERSON CITY — County prosecutors in Missouri could benefit from ...

A Las Vegas university found the average slot machine hold in the state has grown over the last 20 years, though regulators say the lower payback percentages fall within legal limits. A study from the ...

The January blues got you looking for an easy win? Fancy gambling on bitcoin (BTC) risk-free? GitHub user Coinables’ webpage Mnemonic Slots lets you spin a seed-phrase slot machine, and checks if the ...

There’s a theory — maybe call it a conspiracy theory? — that the reason Nevada gaming win is up despite visitation being down is that the state’s slot machines are taking more money than they’re ...

Santa Anita’s “Racing On Demand” gaming machines were confiscated by state officials two days after they were installed. A short-lived experiment involving betting kiosks and a California horse racing ...

Two days after first being quietly unveiled at Santa Anita, the Racing on Demand slot machine-style parimutuel games—with distinct similarities to Historic Horse Racing—were removed from the track by ...