DirectX 6.0 Released to Manufacturing

This one is moving from rumor and preview talk into something players can actually get their hands on.

now Microsoft has announced that it has finished development of DirectX 6.0, the announcement can be read here on the official DirectX site. has dozens of new features which include single-pass multitexturing, bump mapping, texture compression, stencil buffers, and much more.

Plus it has a performance improvements in Direct3D, DirectDraw and DirectSound, and enhancements to overall stability.

Now the only real question is whether it earns shelf space, because PC gamers are getting buried in boxes this year.