microsoft/DirectXTK oct2025

October 2025

Repository: microsoft/DirectXTK

Tag: oct2025

Published: 2025-10-28T23:18:02Z

Prerelease: no

Release notes:

• GamePad, Keyboard, and Mouse _GameInput_ implementation now supports v0 - v3 of the API
• Code review, particularly for invalid args validation
• CMake project update to use 3.21 minimum

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2025.10.28

• Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022 on Windows 8.1 or later
• Windows desktop app using VS 2022 for Windows 10/Windows 11 *includes ARM64*
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2022

This version is available via vcpkg.

The tools are also available via winget:

winget install Microsoft.DirectX.ToolKit.MakeSpriteFont
winget install Microsoft.DirectX.ToolKit.XWBTool

> This is the last release to support VS 2019