As Linux (and SteamOS) makes inroads among gamers, Microsoft tips updates to power management and system scheduling in Windows, among other things.

In a new post on the Windows Experience Blog, Microsoft revealed it is optimizing several key Windows 11 components for faster gaming performance. As part of ...

Microsoft seems a little hot under the collar over the upcoming Steam Machine, but a year-end summary says it will keep ...

As a child, I would often describe myself as being imaginative, but fairly talentless. I enjoyed drawing, but wasn’t a very good artist. I enjoyed reading, but I wasn’t particularly good at writing. I ...

On the desktop, in your hands, even on an Arm chip, Windows wants to be best.

Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5072033 and KB5071417 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security ...

Xbox full-screen interface on Windows 11 arrives through the Insider Hub, freeing about 2 GB of RAM for smoother play on ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 for PlayStation 5 and Gekisou! BAND STAR for Switch are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.

The Microsoft Excel World Championship recently took to the stage, shining a light on a bunch of organization-obsessed dorks ...

Many of us in the esports community are guilty of gatekeeping. Maybe as a form of protection. But Excel is an esport, and ...

Theo Wait was studying at University College London in 2011 when he rediscovered chess. He had been taught the game by his grandfather, but he never really continued with it. Wait’s best friend at ...

Last year, Qualcomm sold Snapdragon X Elite laptops with a simple line. Games would just work on them. That sounded fair. These were premium Windows machines, and Windows is Windows, right. But the ...