The gaming world recently lost one of its most quiet influential figures. The The Wall Street Journal It is learned that Microsoft engineer Eric Engstrோம்m died on December 1 at the age of 55 from complications caused by injury. Engstrom, along with Alex St. John and Craig Easler, played a key role in the development of DirectX – a programming interface that enabled extreme Windows gaming and paved the way for Xbox.
St. John hit Engstrom in 1994, helping to implement gaming in the upcoming Windows 95 operating system. At the time, developers wanted a lower overhead and higher control dose offered in Windows 3.1. In addition to working on the project, Engstrom eventually assisted St. John’s Advocate for the DirectX operating system, despite Microsoft’s lack of support. Windows President Brad Silverberg had to fight to hire Engstrom, St. John and Eisler.