Microsoft has confirmed, in case there was any doubt, that its next-generation DirectX 12 application programming interface (API) bundle will ship with Windows 10 next year, but has yet to say ...

David Braben, founder and chief executive of Frontier Developments, has announced that space-'em-up Elite Dangerous is to drop support for 32-bit Windows installs and DirectX 10 in a future update.

Elite: Dangerous is dropping support for Win32 and DirectX 10, meaning people with older cards and operating systems will no longer be able to play the space sim.

DirectX 12 is one of the key features Microsoft hopes will woo PC gamers—a stronghold of the PC ecosystem, but one largely encamped in Windows 7—towards Windows 10.

VMware's latest release packs in 64-bit support with up to 16 virtual CPUs, 64GB of RAM and 8TB worth of space dedicated to the Windows 10 virtual machine.