Nvidia has retired its GeForce Control Panel app after 20 years
…Nvidia also released a new Game Ready driver today, optimized just in time for the launch of 007 First Light. The latest 610.47 driver also includes support for Lego Batman: Legacy…
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Inside the return of Xbox
…Microsoft still hasn’t answered exactly how Project Helix will run both Xbox console games and PC titles. Is it a PC underneath? Does it still use the Xbox OS? It feels…
What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
…Microsoft hand-delivered its Surface Studio all-in-one PC to me, and I was hooked from the moment I switched it on. It had a beautiful floating touchscreen that you could…
Valve says it’s ready to launch the Steam Machine this summer
Valve now says that the delayed Steam Machine PC and Steam Frame VR headset are set to launch sometime this summer. In a Thursday blog post detailing its Verified programs for both…
With GTA looming, consoles are getting expensive at the worst possible time
The release of Grand Theft Auto VI is a singular moment, the kind of massive cultural phenomenon that makes people want to go out and buy a console to play it. It…
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
…Today we operate across dozens of surfaces, pipelines, and release models without a shared code repository or common data foundation. As a result, quality and speed too often depends on heroics instead…
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
…Microsoft just added its Xbox mode to the Release Preview version of Windows 11. That means the Xbox mode, which adds a full-screen interface to the Xbox PC app, is just…
Xbox fans want exclusives, more backward compatibility, and free online multiplayer
…Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has already promised that she’s “reevaluating” the approach to Xbox-exclusive games and windowed releases of titles, but there has been no firm commitment to reverse the…
Valve confirms it’s working with Intel and Nvidia on SteamOS for more GPUs
…up has to deal with the crusty experience that is Windows on a handheld gaming PC. But now, both Valve and Intel tell The Verge that they’re working with each other…
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
…You can play where you want, and your games, progress, friends, and identity stay with you across console, PC, mobile, and cloud. > Xbox will be built to be affordable, personal…