Samuel Willetts Latest articles by Samuel Willetts How DirectX defined PC gaming... with help from a shotgun-toting Bill Gates By Samuel Willetts published 27 July 20 Origin story 25 years ago, Windows began to do what DOS didn’t and changed the face of videogame development. Origin story The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware dealsKeep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors HARDWARE BUYING GUIDESLATEST GAME REVIEWS1Best Hall effect keyboards in 2025: the fastest, most customizable keyboards for competitive gaming2Best PCIe 5.0 SSD for gaming in 2025: the only Gen 5 drives I will allow in my PC3Best graphics cards in 2025: I've tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today's top cards4Best gaming laptop in 2025: I've put the best of this new generation head-to-head and we have a winner5Best gaming chair in 2025: I've tested a ton of gaming chairs and these are the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer1Alienware 16 Area-51 review2Herdling review3The Rogue Prince of Persia review4Corsair Xeneon Edge review5KTC H27T22C-3 gaming monitor review
How DirectX defined PC gaming... with help from a shotgun-toting Bill Gates By Samuel Willetts published 27 July 20 Origin story 25 years ago, Windows began to do what DOS didn’t and changed the face of videogame development.
