Windows 11 auto-updates DirectX via Windows Update—you're likely already on the latest version. To force an update, open ...

What’s in a name? Plenty when it comes to some of the most recognizable and popular brands. But it turns out there was a strong push at Microsoft to name the Xbox 11-X or Eleven-X before original Xbox ...

Microsoft, a long-standing software developer with a history in video game production, launched the Xbox brand in 2001.

If Monday's announcement of SteamOS was greeted with a great deal of interest and speculation, Wednesday's announcement that Valve was getting into living room PCs with broad compatibility and a full ...

In the late ‘90s, a group of Microsoft engineers started tinkering with old Dell laptops in the hopes of creating a console based on Microsoft’s DirectX technology. The idea was to create a gaming box ...