Nvidia and Microsoft have finally announced a beta for Minecraft’s gorgeous RTX ray-tracing update. It will be available on Thursday, April 16. I had a chance to play the beta over the weekend.

It was seven months ago that NVIDIA announced it was working to give Minecraft a makeover, thanks to the ray tracing hardware acceleration hardware built into its GeForce RTX line of graphics cards.

Guess what, Minecraft fans? The iconic sandbox game's about to get the option for a huge visual overhaul - Nvidia and Microsoft have announced support for Minecraft with RTX hits open beta later this ...

Nvidia releases new screenshots and tutorials for Minecraft's upcoming ray tracing update. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Nvidia ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Minecraft with RTX is now available for all Windows 10 players. You can download it and still play games with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marco Chiappetta is a technologist who covers semiconductors and AI. To date, NVIDIA’s RTX Ray Tracing technology has been ...

There's no finer example of ray tracing today, but that comes at the cost of Minecraft's greatest asset. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Earlier this year, Minecraft developer Mojang and gaming tech company Nvidia announced that the sandbox game was getting a new feature allowing for a huge visual overhaul. Called Minecraft with RTX, ...

The original test releases of Minecraft manage to whip up a small, dedicated community of players who marveled at the simplicity and freedom that the block-based game provided. As development ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Update: The Minecraft RTX open beta is now live. It is only available on the Windows 10 Bedrock version of the game. Coming soon to Windows versions ...

Minecraft with RTX is an evolution of Minecraft's graphics with real-time ray tracing powered by NVIDIA GPUs. To celebrate the public launch of Minecraft with RTX, NVIDIA is hosting a Minecraft with ...

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 ...