N15: gfx (#322)

Author: kvark

content/posts/newsletter-015/bve-reborn-dx11.jpg

@@ -126,6 +126,23 @@ that is written in Rust.
 [Mun]: https://mun-lang.org
 [mun-october]: https://mun-lang.org/blog/2020/10/31/this-month-october
 
+### [gfx-rs]
+
+gfx-rs support for D3D has been improved. [@kvark] landed a few critical fixes
+in the DX12 backend, including the proper handle freeing, compressed textures
+support, blend factors, and debug markers.
+
+[@cwfitzerald] brought DX11 backend practically to the 1st tier with titanic
+work spread over a dozen of pull requests.
+It is now able to run [bve-reborn] correctly:
+
+![bve-reborn on dx11](bve-reborn-dx11.jpg)
+
+[gfx-rs]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
+[@kvark]: https://github.com/kvark
+[@cwfitzerald]: https://github.com/cwfitzgerald
+[bve-reborn]: https://github.com/BVE-Reborn/bve-reborn
+
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