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    Windows 11 25H2 Enablement and Game Pass Price Hike: Impact on Windows and Gaming

    Windows Weekly’s latest episode landed like a double‑barreled jolt: Microsoft quietly flipped the switch on Windows 11 version 25H2 while the Xbox division rewrote Game Pass’s value proposition — and both moves exposed the familiar tension that powers Redmond’s strategy: incremental platform...
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    Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Reaches 5 Million Sales with Free Update

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has officially crossed the five‑million‑copies sold mark, and the Montpellier studio behind it is answering that milestone with a surprise free update that adds a whole new region, late‑game challenges, cosmetics, and substantial localization support. Background Clair...
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    October 2025 Game Pass Wave: Day-One Hits, Tier Changes, and Price Hikes

    October’s first Game Pass wave lands like a reminder: Xbox’s subscription still knows how to surprise players with day‑one hits, smaller indie curios and a little churn to keep wallets alert. This October update — highlighted in recent coverage and hands‑on reporting — mixes three Xbox‑published...
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    Battlefield 6 Not on Game Pass at Launch; EA Play Pro PC Access

    Battlefield 6 will not be available on Xbox Game Pass at launch, but subscribers are not permanently locked out: the game ships day one on EA’s premium subscription tier for PC, and the staggered relationship between EA Play and Microsoft’s Game Pass means Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members should...
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    Microsoft Plans Free Ad Supported Xbox Cloud Gaming to Expand Access

    Microsoft’s plan to offer a free, ad-supported version of Xbox Cloud Gaming marks a pivotal shift in the company’s cloud strategy — one that could widen access to streaming games while reshaping how Microsoft monetizes playtime across devices. Background Microsoft has spent years positioning...
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    Xbox Game Pass Price Hike and Tier Overhaul Explained

    Xbox’s Game Pass shake-up is dramatic by design: the company has restructured tiers, rolled cloud access into lower plans, bundled partner services, promised a surge of day‑one releases — and bumped Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $19.99 to $29.99 a month, a 50% increase that landed with immediate...
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    ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X: Windows Handheld Gaming with Game Pass

    ASUS and Xbox have opened pre-orders for two new handheld Windows gaming PCs — the ROG Xbox Ally and the higher‑end ROG Xbox Ally X — promising a console‑like, controller‑first experience built on Windows 11 and tuned jointly by ASUS and Microsoft to bring Game Pass, installed PC libraries, and...
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    Game Pass Expands with 150+ Partners in Largest Investment Yet

    Microsoft’s Game Pass strategy moved from aggressive growth to an unmistakable consolidation play this week as ID@Xbox head Chris Charla confirmed the company has struck deals with more than 150 partner studios in what he described as Microsoft’s “largest investment in Game Pass to date.” That...
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    Xbox Mode on Windows Handhelds: Console‑First UX Arrives with ROG Ally

    Microsoft’s handheld push has taken a new turn: the Xbox-style, full‑screen “Xbox Mode” that will ship as the default experience on the ROG Xbox Ally family is already appearing on other Windows 11 handhelds — in community builds and hacks — ahead of the Ally’s retail launch, forcing a rapid...
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    Gears of War: Reloaded - Fixing Motion Sickness with Camera Shake Toggle

    Gears of War: Reloaded landed as a high‑polish remaster that aims to modernize visuals and frame‑rates, but for some players the experience was undermined by aggressive camera motion — a problem the Windows Central reviewer solved by turning off a single setting: camera shake. Background /...
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    Gears of War: Reloaded – Fix Motion Sickness with One Toggle (Camera Shake Off)

    Gears of War: Reloaded hit my PC with all the polish and performance of a modern remaster — and also with a nasty, unexpected side effect: I felt nauseous within minutes until one toggle in the game settings changed everything. Background / Overview Gears of War: Reloaded is the newest remaster...
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    Windows 11 Gaming Reality: Auto HDR, DirectStorage, and Xbox Integration

    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...
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    Xbox PC App: Aggregated Library, My Apps, and Cross‑Device Play History

    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...
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    Xbox PC App Becomes an Aggregated Gaming Hub for Windows 11

    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...
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    Xbox Play Anywhere: Can Cross-Device Gaming Be Truly Unified?

    Microsoft’s push to make Xbox the gaming platform that follows players across consoles, PCs, and handhelds is now measurable—and exposed by a practical problem: some of the biggest publishers still aren’t playing ball with Xbox Play Anywhere, and that gap risks turning Microsoft’s cross-device...
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    Legion Go 2: Premium Windows handheld to get Xbox full-screen in 2026

    Lenovo’s newly announced Legion Go 2 will ship this October as a bigger, more expensive flagship handheld and — crucially for Windows handheld gamers — Lenovo says it will be able to run Microsoft’s new Xbox full‑screen experience starting in spring 2026, making the Legion Go 2 the first...
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    Windows Weekly Recap: AI Push, 25H2, OneNote EOL, Xbox & Game Pass

    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...
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    ROG Xbox Ally: ASUS-Microsoft Windows Handhelds Redefining Portable PC Gaming

    Asus and Microsoft have taken the wraps off the ROG Xbox Ally family — two Windows 11 handhelds that marry ASUS’ ROG hardware design with an Xbox‑layered, controller‑first Windows experience — and they arrive on store shelves on October 16, 2025, positioning themselves as direct rivals to...
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    Gears Reloaded, Helldivers 2, Metal Gear Δ, Shinobi: Xbox Late August Lineup

    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...
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    ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X: The New Era of Windows Handheld Gaming

    The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X arrive as a decisive pivot for handheld PC gaming: ASUS hardware meets Xbox branding and a newly consolized Windows 11 experience, with both devices slated to reach stores on October 16, 2025. Background / Overview The ROG Xbox Ally family is the product of...
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