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History repeats itself, as the newest DirectX only works on Windows 8
A heads-up to any developers looking forward to the new features Microsoft is introducing with DirectX 11.1: your players won’t be seeing them unless they’re running Windows 8. As is being widely reported on the internet this week, Microsoft developer Daniel Moth offhandedly revealed that the DirectX 11.1 API shipping with Windows 8 will not be retrofitted for any prior operating systems, including Windows 7. It’s the latest chapter in a familiar story for Windows …



