I dont actually know if i'm a bit late but Micro$oft has released the much hyped DirectX 8, a collection of APIs that also will be used in the Xbox, develloped by MS.
This is a must have for everyone daring to call himself a gamer.
You can download it <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=25685' target=new>here[/URL]. Let's just hope it's worth all the hype...

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