February 24, 2014

• DirectXHelper: new utility header with MapGuard and public version of SetDebugObjectName template
• DDSTextureLoader: Optional support for auto-gen mipmaps
• DDSTextureLoader/ScreenGrab: support for Direct3D 11 video formats including legacy "YUY2" DDS files
• GeometricPrimtive: Handedness fix for tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron
• SpriteBatch::SetRotation(DXGI_MODE_ROTATION_UNSPECIFIED) to disable viewport matrix
• XboxDDSTextureLoader: optional forceSRGB parameter

February 22, 2013

• Added SimpleMath header
• Fixed bug that prevented properly overriding EffectFactory::CreateTexture
• Fixed forceSRGB logic in DDSTextureLoader and WICTextureLoader
• Break circular reference chains when using SpriteBatch with a setCustomShaders lambda
• Updated projects with /fp:fast for all configs, /arch:SSE2 for Win32 configs
• Sensibly named .pdb output files
• Added WIC_USE_FACTORY_PROXY build option (uses WindowsCodecs.dll entrypoint rather than CoCreateInstance)

Note: This is also available via the NuGet package manager as version 2.22.13.23

December 24, 2013

• Added DirectX Tool Kit for Audio using XAudio2
• Xbox One platform support
• MakeSpriteFont tool updated with more progress feedback when capturing large fonts
• Minor updates for .SDKMESH Model loader
• Fixed bug in .CMO Model loader when handling multiple textures
• Improved debugging output

December 11, 2012

• Ex versions of DDSTextureLoader and WICTextureLoader
• Removed use of ATL's CComPtr in favor of WRL's ComPtr for all platforms to support VS Express editions
• Updated VS 2010 project for official 'property sheet' integration for Windows 8.0 SDK
• Minor fix to CommonStates for Feature Level 9.1
• Tweaked AlphaTestEffect.cpp to work around ARM NEON compiler codegen bug
• Added dxguid.lib as a default library for Debug builds to resolve GUID link issues

April 3, 2014

Windows phone 8.1 platform support