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What DirectX 12 means for gamers and developers

Other31.03.2016

The Modern Game Development Ecosystem Of course, moving all these responsibilities from the API and driver level to the game itself will increase the code size and development effort for the latter. In fact, a common argument in favor of higher-level interfaces in all areas of computing is shielding the programmer from dealing with all...

Why PC games should never become universal ‘apps’

Games07.03.2016

Peter “Durante” Thoman is the creator of PC downsampling tool GeDoSaTo and the modder behind Dark Souls’ DSfix. He has previously analyzed PC ports like The Witcher 3, written about why broken PC ports are unacceptable, and written an open letter to game developers about the features PC gamers want. Microsoft’s vision for the future of application development...