In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...

In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...

When we spoke of Steam for Linux yesterday, many of our readers were wondering just how competitive OpenGL is these days when compared against Direct3D. This can be quite the tricky question as, when ...

The Khronos Group today released OpenGL 4.5, the newest version of the industry standard 3D programming API. The new version contains a mix of features designed to make developers’ lives easier and to ...

The broad industry support Apple is building around OpenCL will help increase the critical mass behind OpenGL, the 2D and 3D graphics language Apple uses extensively in Mac OS X. Since the mid 90s, ...

Two new implementations is expected to come soon that will be a boon for PC gamers. Following Mantle API, DirectX and OpenGL will start offering low-level access to provide more efficient ways of ...

The Valve Linux team has found improved performance in OpenGL and Linux as it works to bring Left 4 Dead 2 to the platform. The team detailed their work in a post on the official Valve Linux team blog ...

At some point, probably soon, AMD is going to release a beta driver that will enable support for its new Mantle API on video cards and systems-on-chips using its Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture.

The time’s are a-changing, and the graphics technology games have used for decades are changing right along. Khronos Group is throwing out nearly 25 years of OpenGL and starting fresh with a powerful ...