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DirectX 12: Shipping with Windows 10, supported by Unreal Engine 4

Microsoft has said that DirectX 12 will ship alongside Windows 10, and that the Unreal Engine 4 will support DX12.

Mike Rose, Blogger

October 3, 2014

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Newsbrief: Microsoft has said that DirectX 12 will ship alongside Windows 10, and that the Unreal Engine 4 will support DX12. The company previously said that the aim of DirectX 12 is to provide an API that works across all platforms and devices, and provides a lower level of hardware abstraction than seen before. Windows 10 is due to launch in the latter half of 2015.

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