Huddy said that Windows 7 is Microsoft's most popular operating system, making up 52% of all Windows users. Despite those numbers, DirectX 12 will not be supported by Windows 7.

Though the addition of DirectX 12 support to Windows 7 will benefit gamers on the operating system, gamers on the platform will want to explore upgrade paths to Windows 10 in the future.

The company is expanding its efforts to support DirectX 12 on the aging operating system, which means that game developers will soon be able to port DirectX Ray tracing, or DXR, titles to Windows 7.

Cloud Imperium Games has announced it will move from DirectX 12 to Vulkan to simplify the API implementation across Linux and various versions of Windows.

Cloud Imperium Games has announced it will move from DirectX 12 to Vulkan to simplify the API implementation across Linux and various versions of Windows.

Microsoft is making a very surprising addition to Windows 7 this week, with the support of DirectX 12 for the nearly 10-year-old operating system.