Minecraft, one of the most popular modern games, is celebrating its 15th birthday. To mark the occasion, Microsoft put the game on sale, allowing you to save up to 70% on different platforms.
Gaming, Microsoft, News, Tags RSS
AMD's latest WHQL-certified driver, 24.5.1, lands with support for Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, and F1 24, as well as AI acceleration and development support.
Tomorrow is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and Microsoft is using the occasion to officially reveal the Proteus Controller, a third-party modular Xbox game controller that's coming this fall.
Ubisoft has canceled the 2021-announced The Division spin-off entry Heartland. The development resources from the free-to-play survival game are being diverted to Rainbow Six Siege and XDefiant.
Microsoft has announced that PowerPoint for the web, which you can access from a browser, will allow users to auto-generate captions for videos in slides using speech recognition in June.
There are several third-party apps and utilities out there that promise to make the Windows experience better. One such tiny app will help you hide the Windows 11 Search bar if you hate it.
Starfield 1.11.36 update is now live across PC and Xbox, bringing updated local maps, ship interior customization much like on outposts, frame rate targeting and graphics options on Xbox, and more.
Microsoft has released the latest version of Windows 11 for members of the Insider program in the Canary Channel. The new 26217 build is a minor update with unnamed general improvements and two fixes.
Intel has announced Thunderbolt Share, a new way to share files and monitors for select Windows PCs with Thunderbolt 4 and 5 ports. The new software is available now for select PCs.
Assassin's Creed is returning this November with a brand-new entry focused on feudal Japan. Shadows will feature two protagonists, letting players take the roles of being shinobi or samurai.
Microsoft has announced that users of the new Outlook for Windows app and the web version can now embed and play Microsoft Stream videos in emails, along with OneDrive videos as well.
Microsoft's latest Xbox software update for May concentrates on the PC platform, as it officially adds support for playing certain Xbox Cloud Gaming titles with a mouse and keyboard.
Tango Gameworks will release one more and final patch for its acclaimed action game Hi-Fi Rush later today. The game's physical editions from Limited Run Games are also still in the works.
If you need a virtual machine to experiment with Windows 11 and its dev tools, Microsoft has just released a new version of its official and available for free virtual machines with Moment 5 features.
Microsoft has released its latest Xbox Transparency Report, which claims that the company has seen the online safety of its gamers improve with the use of new tools and reporting features.
Microsoft is rolling out another Edge update in the Stable and Extended Stable channels to fix one more Chromium security vulnerability, CVE-2024-4761, which is exploited in the wild.
The latest VMware Workstation Pro is free as it doesn't require a license for personal use. Aside from that, the new release also finally fixes a high CPU usage issue related to the NAT device.
Microsoft Edge will soon stop receiving updates on certain computers. Microsoft has updated its official documentation to warn users that Edge will be out of support on PCs without SSE3 in version 126
VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are now free for personal use. Alongside that announcement, a senior executive has also published a couple of guides on how to get them or switch.
Microsoft released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 10, 11, and Server earlier today. The one for the Server fixes an NTLM high-traffic bug. But there is no word on the accompanying LSASS crashes.
Microsoft Edge is a free web browser based on the Chromium Open Source project and other Open Source software.
Microsoft has released the latest update for its Windows Holographic software platform. The new version 24H1 includes a way for people to share a Microsoft Entra ID account for one HoloLens 2 device.
Over 100 games on the Xbox 360 store just received discounts of up to 90% off. Microsoft says it is working with publishers to offer sales on the classic titles before the store's closure.
Microsoft is rolling out new updates for Windows 11. The good thing is that they fix bugs and improve security. The bad thing is that they introduce more ads, namely in the Start menu.
Last month, Microsoft confirmed that cumulative updates for Windows 10 and 11 had broken VPN connections. Now, affected customers can download the latest cumulative updates to resolve the problem.
Microsoft has released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 (KB5037771, KB5037770). You can download them from Windows Update or get them from MIcrosoft Catalog if installing on an offline machine.
Microsoft has released May 2024 Patch Tuesday cumulative updates for Windows 10 version 21H2 and version 22H2 under KB5037768. There are also new updates for older Windows 10 versions too.
Games Workshop will stream the 2024 Warhammer Skulls event on May 23. This will reveal news and updates for current and upcoming video games in the Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000 franchise.
Microsoft has announced it is making changes and improvements for its Teams channels, such as making it easier to create a channel, along with changes in retiring channels that are no longer needed.
The second half of May will carry 11 fresh titles for Xbox Game Pass membership holders. This includes Xbox's Hellblade II, EA's Immortals of Aveum, CI Games' Lords of the Fallen, and more.
Helldivers 2 sets a new PlayStation sales record with 12 million copies sold, making it the fastest-selling PS title ever. While server issues affected the launch, over 458k played on Steam alone.
Microsoft has announced that GPT-4o, the latest AI large language model from OpenAI, is now available to access from its Azure OpenAI Service in a preview version with text and image support.
Microsoft has announced that Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is now available in the Azure Marketplace so that you can use it in an Azure Virtual Machine. This version will be supported for up to 12 years.
There have been some interesting statements, plus a trademark filing, that suggest a reveal of the next game in id Software's Doom first-person shooter series could happen at the Xbox Games Showcase.
Sony has announced that Hideaki Nishino and Hermen Hulst will be the two CEOs of its Sony Interactive Entertainment business, which covers its PlayStation division, to replace former CEO Jim Ryan.
Members of Microsoft's Xbox Insider Program in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring can get a new update that will let them test out a way to get updates for some games before they become generally available.
Linux is about to get a huge performance boost in AES-XTS or AES encryption performance thanks to new improvements. This could tip people over to make the switch from Windows 11 24H2 over to Linux.
Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven have split up due to the parties not reaching a "commercial agreement". This means a new developer is taking over development of Prison Architect 2.
Square Enix has reportedly decided to lay off a number of team members in North America and Europe. It will also launch a new business plan that will involve launching AAA games for multiple platforms
Ubisoft is preparing to unveil its next mainline Assassin's Creed entry this week. Assassin's Creed Shadows, originally Codename RED, is getting its cinematic world premiere trailer on May 15.