Microsoft has announced that DirectX 8.0 is complete and available for download. This is the latest in the software company's yearly enhancements to the DirectX API, which standardizes the way that ...

Microsoft has announced DirectX 11.2, which will be exclusive to Windows 8.1 and Xbox One. According to the video below, courtesy of Evil Avatar, one of the new features touted is called "tiled ...

Early last year, some developers were worried Microsoft planned to retire its DirectX-- the gaming/graphics programming interfaces that the company has baked into Windows for years. Given the company ...

What is now the foundation of most PC games began almost 30 years ago as a desperate act of self-defence. A look at technology, triumphs and failures. What is now the foundation for most PC games ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is making a very surprising addition to Windows 7 this week, ...

Microsoft is making Windows 10 friendlier to gaming developers like Valve and Steam, after its Windows 8 "catastrophe" left the gaming world in the lurch. The Redmond company has announced a new ...