Reluctant to upgrade to Windows Vista for DirectX 10 support? Well, this will tide you over till you’re ready: according to this blog post by Cody Broious, a “19 year old reverse-engineer”, it could soon be possible to play DX10 games on Windows XP without having to upgrade to Vista.

A preview can be downloaded from his blog, allowing gamers to play the Microsoft DX10 tech-demos on Windows XP. Microsoft has explicitly stated that the graphics API is exclusive to Windows Vista, but this may change things in the future, given that Cody’s work isn’t shut down by the company as it is illegal to reverse-engineer any Microsoft software.