anti-cheat

Microsoft’s long-running experiment with bringing the Xbox PC app to Arm-based Windows machines has moved out of the preview lab and into the hands of mainstream users, delivering a meaningful widening of the Windows gaming ecosystem that will reshape how gamers and OEMs approach Arm-powered...

Linux’s moment of plausibility for mainstream PC gaming didn’t arrive as a sudden coup — it emerged from a sequence of engineering wins, commercial signals, and calendar pressure that together made gaming on Linux a realistic choice for far more players than ever before. e we were, and what...

Linux’s moment of plausibility for mainstream PC gaming has arrived not because one hero fixed every problem, but because a handful of engineering wins, ecosystem signals and market forces have removed many of the old, practical barriers that kept most gamers tethered to Windows. The question...

Highguard’s PC launch is already stirring debate: the free‑to‑play PvP raid shooter requires platform‑level security—Secure Boot and TPM 2.0—and won’t launch unless those features are present and properly configured. That requirement is driven by the game’s use of kernel‑level anti‑cheat (Easy...

Microsoft has quietly closed one of the longest-standing gaps in the Windows-on-Arm story: the Xbox PC app now runs natively on Arm-based Windows 11 systems, enabling local installs for a large portion of the Game Pass library while keeping cloud streaming as a seamless fallback. Background...

Microsoft’s long-running bet on Windows on Arm reached a conspicuous milestone this week: the Xbox PC app is now available as a native client on Arm-based Windows 11 devices, enabling Game Pass downloads and local play on Snapdragon X-series hardware while keeping Xbox Cloud Gaming as a seamless...

Season 01 Reloaded’s win‑streak camos have suddenly become one of Warzone’s most talked‑about cosmetics — not because they’re flashy, but because Raven Software’s own leaderboard snapshot shows one of them has been claimed by just 17 players so far, and that number has exposed a tangle of...

Microsoft’s move to bring the official Xbox app to Arm-based Windows 11 machines is the clearest sign yet that the company intends to make Windows on Arm a first-class gaming platform — not merely a power-efficient curiosity — but the reality for players will be shaped as much by emulator...

Intel’s Core Ultra 200V family is being positioned as the x86 answer to Microsoft’s Copilot+ ambitions — a silicon platform that combines CPU, GPU and a beefed‑up Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to deliver local AI features in Windows 11 — and OEMs and Microsoft now say those processors will unlock...

If you've ever fought Windows' inconsistent mouse acceleration, Raw Accel may finally give you the control you've been missing — a signed, kernel-mode replacement for Windows’ built‑in acceleration that lets you define precisely when, how, and by how much your cursor speeds up. Background...

Microsoft's latest push to broaden and accelerate the Windows gaming story on Arm represents a clear inflection point: the company is not merely tinkering at the edges, but actively changing the platform stack — from emulator capabilities and anti-cheat to graphics delivery and the Xbox app — to...

Windows on Arm has taken a concrete step toward becoming a genuine gaming platform rather than a hopeful experiment, after a coordinated push from Microsoft and Qualcomm that pairs improved emulation, updated GPU drivers and a new Snapdragon Control Panel with the Xbox app’s ability to download...

The push to make PC multiplayer fairer has shifted from server-side bans and heuristic detection to locking the integrity of the machine itself — and the industry’s newest salvo is clear: modern hardware-backed protections like TPM 2.0, UEFI Secure Boot, Virtualization‑based Security (VBS) and...

Microsoft’s newest push to harden gaming environments puts hardware-rooted trust squarely in the center of the fair‑play conversation, urging players, OEMs and anti‑cheat vendors to treat TPM 2.0, UEFI Secure Boot, Virtualization‑based Security (VBS) and remote attestation not as optional extras...

Microsoft’s latest push to harden gaming ecosystems puts familiar platform-level building blocks — TPM 2.0, UEFI Secure Boot, Virtualization‑based Security (VBS) and remote attestation — at the center of its fair‑play story, asking players, OEMs and anti‑cheat vendors to rely on hardware-rooted...

Valve’s new Steam Machine promises console‑style convenience with PC performance, but the one‑line truth for multiplayer fans is blunt: the Steam Machine will inherit the Steam Deck’s anti‑cheat problem unless publishers, anti‑cheat vendors and Valve change course — and right now the technical...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 lands with clear, tiered PC system requirements — and a notable security caveat that will matter to many Windows desktop players: the publisher has published Minimum, Recommended, and Competitive/Ultra 4K hardware targets, requires TPM 2.0 and UEFI Secure Boot for...

Activision’s pre-launch notes for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 confirm a tightly choreographed digital rollout: timed preloads, platform‑specific unlock windows, and a clear three‑tier PC hardware roadmap that ranges from modest entry‑level support to a demanding Competitive / Ultra 4K target. The...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 lands on Xbox Game Pass this week, arriving as the biggest headline in a jam‑packed slate that pairs blockbuster first‑person action with a surprising number of cozy indies and strategy staples — and the week’s mix underscores the highs and limits of a...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 lands with a clear, tiered PC roadmap, an enforced anti‑cheat posture that now reaches into the firmware layer, and a timed preload window for players who bought digitally — all designed to reduce day‑one friction but also to raise the minimum bar for many older Windows...