If all goes to plan, Microsoft’s next-gen API will usher in a new standard for visuals and performance across a whole range of devices, from high-end PCs, to modest laptops, to even the Xbox One. But ...

Just in time for Windows 7 to die, Microsoft is porting DirectX 12 to it — on a game-by-game basis. The first game to deliver will be World of Warcraft, with others to follow. Microsoft’s latest ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft just made it easier for developers to get DX12 features and technologies into their games, for gamers to enjoy, much easier than ever before with ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. We've seen Project Scorpio push games like Forza 6 to native 4K 60FPS at only 66% GPU power, but Forza is Xbox's cream of the crop. What about other games?

DirectX 12 is a Windows 10 exclusive and up until today that’s meant…nothing. We’ve heard about DirectX 12. We’ve tested DirectX 12. But there hasn’t been any upshot to your home rig yet, because ...

Microsoft has historically helped push adoption of new OSes along by locking gaming features - like new version of DirectX - to the latest version of Windows. DirectX 12 and Windows 10 have been no ...

Earlier this week, I linked to Tom Warren’s story on The Verge about Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit and gamers’ early experiments with running Windows games on Apple silicon Macs running macOS Sonoma.

Hey, Microsoft! Where’s all that graphical excellence you promised us with Windows Vista and DirectX 10? That’s probably what a lot of us are wondering after we eagerly snapped up copies of Windows ...

Quite a number of you pointed me to a post on Phoronixabout how Gallium3D developers have managed to get Microsoft's DirectX 10/11 onto Linux. Surely game support ...

Microsoft demonstrates DirectX 12 doubling the framerate of games at Build 2014 which will help push the Xbox One deeper into next generation gaming and will enhance the user experience. This week at ...

Microsoft has historically helped push adoption of new OSes along by locking gaming features - like new version of DirectX - to the latest version of Windows. DirectX 12 and Windows 10 have been no ...

Gamers who remain on Windows 7 can now play World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth with the added boost of DirectX 12. Microsoft announced that Blizzard would be the first game developer to offer ...