Still hoarse from his keynote speech this morning, Microsoft Illuminati Colin McCartney went on to the first of many discussions on the new features of DX8. Starting with the announcement that DirectDraw has ceased to be (as an independent API), he explained that the new DXGraphics (DXG) now encapsulates both DirectDraw and Direct3D - previously the 2D and 3D elements of the DX API suite.

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