"Midway" was also considered, designed to be a bridge between PC and console. "DirectX Box," a nod to the company's gaming APIs, was another code name that ended up being "shortened to xbox in ...

What's in a name? Plenty when it comes to some of the most recognizable and popular brands. But it turns out there was a strong push at Microsoft to name the Xbox 11-X or Eleven-X before original ...

If DirectX 11.2 is the high-level API that the Xbox One and PC share, Mantle is the low-level API that's designed to give both sides direct access to the GPU hardware.

Microsoft, a long-standing software developer with a history in video game production, launched the Xbox brand in 2001. Originally conceived as the DirectX Box, Microsoft developed the Xbox series ...

He added: "Finally, we told them no, but still had to decide: X-Box, xBox, XboX, Xbox, X-box." The original Xbox launched throughout North America in 2001 and Europe the following year. It was ...