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Mar 13, 2026

🚀 Faster Game Tech & Tools

DirectStorage 1.4 Brings Zstd & GACL to Turbocharge Game Asset Loading

Microsoft’s DirectStorage 1.4 preview adds native support for Zstandard (Zstd) compression plus a new Game Asset Conditioning Library to speed up asset-heavy games on Windows. Zstd slots into DirectStorage’s CPU and GPU decompression paths, promising better compression ratios, faster load times, and smoother streaming. GACL integrates into existing content pipelines and can boost Zstd compression ratios by up to 50% while keeping runtime...

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