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Windows 11’s gaming story in 2025 stopped being incremental and started feeling strategic: Microsoft and partners focused less on single‑title gimmicks and more on solving long‑standing platform problems — shader stutter, inconsistent handheld performance, and sparse Arm support — by changing...

Microsoft’s work with the ROG Xbox Ally has done more than spawn a pair of attention-grabbing Windows handhelds — according to the company, the collaboration has accelerated a string of operating‑system, driver and DirectX improvements that make gaming on Windows faster, more portable and more...