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 stubbornly hanging on to Windows 7 and refusing to upgrade to Windows 10 may soon be able to play ray tracing-enabled titles on Microsoft’s older platform. The company is expanding its efforts ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Aero desktop effect in Windows 7 (or, more specifically, the Desktop Windows Manager, also known as the Desktop Windows Manager) will make use of the DirectX 10.1 API in order to improve ...

Even as Windows 7 is gearing up to lose official support from Microsoft in January, the company is adding a new feature to lend a hand to game developers. In a post on the DirectX blog this week, ...

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 ...

The company’s chief gaming scientist says players will need a newer OS. Update: AMD has provided an official statement to us clarifying the matter. “There have been reports based on a video of Richard ...

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 ...

Talk about sending mixed messages. Microsoft has recently reminded its customers that Windows 7 support is ending next year and is going to start nagging them to upgrade to Windows 10. At GDC 2019, ...