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Microsoft's budget Windows VR headsets roll out to developers soon
A lucky few developers will be able to get their hands on a low-cost Windows virtual reality headset starting this month. Microsoft announced Wednesday that the Acer Mixed Reality Developer Edition headset will start rolling out to a...
Windows VR headset shows promise, needs polish
Microsoft unveiled the first Windows Mixed Reality headset Wednesday, and an early look at a prototype version of the hardware shows promise, along with room for improvement.
Blizzard's ending Windows XP, Vista support for Warcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, and more games
Blizzard's killing Windows XP and Vista support for its highly popular games, following in the footsteps of Chrome, Dropbox, Gmail, and Microsoft itself.
Intel now supports Vulkan on Windows 10 PCs
Intel is bringing more options to improve gaming and virtual reality experiences on Windows PCs with official support for Vulkan.
Kodi's coming home to Xbox to play your music and movies as a universal Windows app
Kodi began life as the Xbox Media Center, an unofficial app for the original Xbox. Now it's coming to the Xbox One as a Windows Store app.
Windows 10 Build 15019 may be about games, but its many bugs could spoil the fun
Irony: Microsoft's Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15019 for the PC offers some much-anticipated gaming features, but a small horde of bugs could make some games unplayable. From Microsoft's perspective, it's all part of the...
Gears of War 4 adds multiplayer crossplay for Windows 10, Xbox One gamers
Gears of War 4 expands crossplay to Social Quickplay, giving Windows 10 and Xbox One gamers the ability to face off, just not in ranked competition.
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New Windows 10 preview build focuses on PC gaming with Game Mode, Beam, Game Settings
Microsoft says that big updates will drop later this week for Xbox One and Windows 10 Insiders, with PC gamers receiving the new Game Mode, Beam streaming, and improved Settings, among others.
How Windows 10's Game Mode will make your PC games run better
The Game Mode coming in this spring's Windows 10 Creators Update is designed to help your games run faster and smoother. Here's how.
How to create Live Tiles for your Steam games in Windows
It's not easy to turn your Steam games into Live Tiles, but this Windows Store app can help.
Resident Evil 7 joins Microsoft's ambitious Play Anywhere program for PCs and Xbox One
Microsoft just snagged a major title from Capcom to join the company's Xbox Play Anywhere program.
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Microsoft halts Minecraft updates for Windows 10 phones, as W10M consumer apps slowly die
Microsoft's decision to stop development of Minecraft: Pocket Edition means there is no Minecraft game for Windows phones under active development.
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Performance-boosting Game Mode discovered in new Windows 10 preview build, confirmed by Microsoft
An early version of Windows 10's expected Game Mode has made an appearance in Build 15007, and Microsoft executives have confirmed it will formally roll out soon.
Windows 10 Creators Update will have a Game Mode that shifts resources to gameplay
Game Mode, hidden within the upcoming Build 14997 of Windows 10, looks like it will prioritize resources to enhance gameplay—a welcome turnaround after years of neglecting PC gaming.
Hearthstone fans now have a dedicated Skype chat room to challenge its best players
Microsoft has teamed up with Blizzard for the Skype Hearthstone Academy, bringing back the concept of a digital chat room for fans.
50-plus jaw-dropping Black Friday 2016 tech deals
Some have begun referring to this month as Black November since pre-Black Friday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales have all blended together. Not all the supposed deals are actually deals at all – in many cases, the retailers are...
Best Black Friday 2016 Windows deals
Microsoft, Best Buy, Staples and other retailers roll out the Windows laptop and tablet offers for Black Friday 2016
Windows 10 Creators Update adds easy-peasy PC game streaming over Xbox Live
Microsoft puts Twitch on notice, announcing one-click game streaming over Xbox Live via Beam technology.
The Xbox One's first email app is here, and it's not Outlook
MailOnX is the Xbox One's first email app, because nothing says gaming like productivity software.
Xbox One Summer Update rolls out with even deeper Windows 10 ties
The Xbox One Summer Update recently began landing on consoles packed with more Windows 10 features.