Today at its Build conference, Microsoft detailed the new DirectX 11.2 for Windows 8.1. The various visual enhancements will be available to developers, and will be available for both PC and Xbox One ...

Microsoft announced the arrival of Direct X12 in early 2014 In its Game Developer Conference, Microsoft (MSFT) announced its DirectX 12 that will be built into Windows 10. DirectX 12 is the latest ...

Microsoft's new DirectX 10 graphics API will run on the aging Windows XP operating system. This is the bold claim being made by a 19-year-old software developer today. If successful, the Alky Project ...

Microsoft is playing to one of its core strengths in Windows Phone 8: gaming. The next version of the mobile platform will bring support for Microsoft’s DirectX. DirectX is a set of proprietary APIs ...

Microsoft has long said, and we have reminded users, that DirectX 11 is not just a Windows 7 technology. The company promised that DirectX 11 will be availalbe for ...

The latest flavor of the API suite that enables 3D animation and other multimedia effects remains exclusive to Windows 8 as Microsoft has no plans to port it over to Windows 7. Lance Whitney is a ...

If you’re a Windows 7 gamer refusing to upgrade to Windows 10, Microsoft has some exciting DirectX 12 news for you. The company announced that DirectX 12 is finally making the jump from Windows 10 to ...

Microsoft and partners from Nvidia, AMD, Intel and Qualcomm showed off the next version of the DirectX gaming API, DirectX 12, at the 2014 Game Developers Conference today. According to Microsoft ...