Games for Windows and the DirectX SDK blog

Since the deprecation of the original DirectX SDK back in ~2011, I’ve been developing and maintaining a number of Open Source projects to fill the gaps left behind when the core DirectX components moved to the Windows SDK.

Visual Studio 2026 Update 6 is now available.

Visual Studio 2026 (a.k.a. 18.0) released late last year, so I’ve been meaning to make a post about it.

Over the past few years, I’ve been working more with the vcpkg Package Manager, including support for all my GitHub projects, development of xbox community triplets, and adopting VCPKG for a number of game develompent workflows.

Visual Studio 2022 Update 14 (a.k.a. 17.14) is now available for download, including the updated Community edition.

I’ve completed my first releases of 2025 for my various GitHub projects, and there are some changes I felt were worth highlighting.

Visual Studio 2022 Update 13 (a.k.a. 17.13) is now available for download, including the updated Community edition.

Visual Studio 2022 Update 12 (a.k.a. 17.12) is now available for download, including the updated Community edition.

Windows 11 “2024 Update” (Version 24H2, Build 26100) was widely released this month.

Visual Studio 2022 Update 11 (a.k.a. 17.11) is now available for download, including the updated Community edition.