cloud gaming

Microsoft’s pitch for Windows 11 promised more than a new skin — it promised a gaming OS that would feel like it was built from the ground up for modern play: Auto HDR to breathe new life into older titles, DirectStorage to make load screens and texture pop-in fade into memory, and tighter Xbox...

Microsoft has quietly reworked the Xbox app on Windows 11 into a genuine one‑stop hub for PC gaming, and the implications reach well beyond a refreshed launcher: the app now aggregates installed titles from multiple storefronts, lets you launch non‑Microsoft games without opening third‑party...

Microsoft’s latest Xbox app update for Windows 11 and handhelds finally stitches scattered PC game libraries into a single, controller‑friendly hub that promises smoother launches, cross‑device continuity, and a new “My apps” launcher — but it also raises important questions about DRM handoffs...

Microsoft’s latest update to the Xbox app for Windows 11 and handhelds stitches your scattered PC game libraries into a single, searchable hub — showing installed titles from Xbox, Game Pass, Battle.net and leading third‑party storefronts like Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG, plus a new “My...

Microsoft’s Xbox app on Windows 11 has quietly evolved from a Game Pass storefront into a genuine, controller-friendly gaming hub capable of listing and launching installed titles from Steam, Epic, GOG, Battle.net and more — and the company is now rolling key pieces of that work out to wider...

Paul Thurrott’s Windows Weekly episode continues the show’s long-running mix of practical Windows tips, industry gossip, and ecosystem-level analysis — this week touching off from Patch Tuesday and a surprise Windows 11 ISO release, then threading through Microsoft’s return‑to‑office policy...

Xbox’s latest move with LG pulls cloud gaming out of the living room and into the passenger seat, bringing a native Xbox app to internet‑connected cars that run LG’s webOS‑based Automotive Content Platform so passengers can stream Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) titles via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate while...

Windows 11 gives enthusiasts a stronger baseline, but a Virtual Private Network (VPN) remains the most practical way to extend that protection across networks, locations, and services—turning a secure machine into a truly private and travel‑ready workspace. Overview Microsoft has repeatedly...

The moment many long-time Windows users dread — waking up one morning and realizing you barely notice the other OS on your machine — is the story behind a quiet, relatable confession: a user who dual-booted Fedora KDE and forgot Windows was even installed. That admission, recounted in a recent...

Xbox Game Pass has quietly become one of the most consequential subscription services in modern gaming — not because it’s perfect, but because it keeps expanding like a Swiss Army knife for players who want choice, cross‑device continuity, and an alternative to buying every title outright. What...

The last Windows Weekly episode landed like a mixtape of outrage, optimism, and technical quibbling — a brisk tour through Microsoft’s week that touched on a campus lockdown, Windows 11 change-management headaches, Microsoft 365 and OneNote transitions, a sweep of AI news, several...

Microsoft is widening the testing ring for Xbox Cloud Gaming: Xbox Insiders who subscribe to Game Pass Core and Game Pass Standard can now stream cloud-playable titles — including a selection of owned games and, for the first time on those tiers, select PC versions — through Xbox Cloud Gaming...

Samsung and Microsoft have agreed to bring Microsoft Copilot — the company’s generative AI assistant — to Samsung’s 2025 TVs and Smart Monitors, folding natural‑language AI into large displays via Samsung’s new Vision AI framework and a Copilot web experience built into the screens. This move...

This week’s Xbox calendar (August 25–29) reads like a high-stakes festival for players: a canonical remaster of a defining shooter, a long-awaited console arrival for a runaway multiplayer hit, a faithful -- and controversial -- remake of a PlayStation-era classic, and a stylish Shinobi revival...

Microsoft’s weekly week-in-review reads like a study in contrast: a steady drip of interesting concepts for what Windows could become, juxtaposed with another heavy round of real-world reliability problems in the Windows 11 update pipeline that are inconveniencing administrators, streamers, and...

NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW is getting its biggest upgrade yet: Blackwell-powered, RTX 5080-class servers begin rolling out in September, bringing DLSS 4 Multi‑Frame Generation, a new Cinematic‑Quality Streaming mode, dramatically higher peak streaming resolutions and frame rates, and an...

Paul Thurrott’s latest Windows Weekly episode—titled “Backing Up the Intel Truck”—is a compact but consequential briefing on where Microsoft’s Windows strategy is headed, and it reads like a roadmap: AI-first user experiences, multimodal interactions that make voice and vision first-class...

Windows Weekly’s latest episode landed like a speedboat through the shallow end of Microsoft’s current strategy pool — equal parts product update, platform pivot, and cultural commentary — and its most consequential thread is simple: Microsoft is barreling hard into on‑device AI, multimodal...

Microsoft and ASUS’ ROG Xbox Ally gives the clearest look yet at what a purpose‑built, console‑inspired Windows gaming UI feels like on a handheld — a full‑screen Xbox experience that boots into a game‑first shell, ties deeply into Game Pass and Xbox services, and pairs with ASUS’ Armoury Crate...

Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service is officially being discussed as a candidate for a lower‑cost, more widely available tier — possibly ad‑supported — even as Microsoft simultaneously pushes forward on next‑generation hardware, AI features, and a deeper partnership with AMD that will shape...