Microsoft are doing it strangely, too, as they won't be offering DirectX 11.2 to Windows 8 - so it looks like Windows 8 is done and dusted for if you're a gamer.

However, the new version of DirectX 11.2 will only work with Windows 8.1 and will not support Windows 7 or even Windows 8 users. Microsoft has confirmed that the new DirectX 11.2 software will be ...

AMD's graphics cards based on their first-generation Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, the Radeon HD 7000 series and the OEM-rebadged HD 8000 series, aren't currently compatible with DirectX ...

This exclusivity isn't something new, however, as Microsoft pulled a similar move when transitioning to DirectX 11.1 as that update requires the use of Windows 8.