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 ...

PC-centric developer Stardock has struggled thanks to Microsoft's failure to implement DirectX 10 in still-popular 2001 OS Windows XP. In Stardock's 20912 consumer report, as reported by Develop, CEO ...

Strategy games have struggled in the last few years because of Microsoft’s “catastrophic” decision not to implement DirectX 10 on Windows XP as a standard, says the CEO of Stardock In the company’s ...

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 ...

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 ...