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IO Interactive’s long-anticipated James Bond prequel, 007 First Light, has finally surfaced with official PC system requirements — and the headline is as much about what the studio confirmed as what it left out. Background IO Interactive announced a firm launch window shift for 007 First Light...

January's first big Xbox event is now official: Microsoft will host the Xbox Developer_Direct 2026 livestream on Thursday, January 22 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern (6:00 p.m. GMT), and the broadcast will deliver extended gameplay and developer-led deep dives for several of the...

Xbox’s 25th anniversary arrives under heavy expectations: a blockbuster-first-party year, a pivot toward Windows-powered hardware, and a services strategy that needs to prove it can both make money and keep players happy. Microsoft enters 2026 with a stacked release calendar — Playground’s...

Microsoft’s plan to fold a console‑style Xbox shell into a Windows 11 core is no longer just rumor — it’s a visible program of work, preview builds, and executive signals that point to a deliberate strategy: build the next Xbox as a high‑end, Windows‑powered, console‑like device that can also...

A low‑level storage change quietly arriving in Windows Server 2025 has opened a backdoor for enthusiasts to unlock a dramatic boost for NVMe SSDs on Windows 11 — by switching on a native NVMe I/O path that bypasses decades of SCSI emulation. The capability is real and measurable in Microsoft’s...

CES 2026 opened with a familiar kind of hardware headline: 8BitDo has pushed its customization-first strategy into the premium Xbox‑licensed space with the new 8BitDo Ultimate 3E Controller for Xbox, a fully modular, pro‑grade gamepad that pairs TMR magnetic sticks, Hall‑effect impulse triggers...

LG’s return to the Wallpaper concept at CES with a 9mm‑class, True Wireless OLED — the LG OLED evo W6 — reintroduces one of the most design‑forward TV ideas of the last decade while packing modern brightness, AI smarts and a wireless “Zero Connect Box” that promises visually lossless 4K video up...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 commercial — a short, high‑tempo spot billed as “Windows 11: The Home of Gaming” — does exactly what it set out to do on paper: push Windows as the platform for gamers. But a tiny detail in the video has become the internet’s favorite eyebrow‑raiser: the Windows...

Steam’s final Hardware & Software Survey of 2025 produced a decisive pair of storylines that set the tone for PC gaming in 2026: AMD closed significant ground on Intel in the CPU race among Steam users, and Windows 11 expanded its lead over Windows 10 inside Valve’s gamer‑centric...

Windows 11 has quietly — and then not so quietly — become the dominant desktop operating system among Steam users, a shift that marks a dramatic reversal of the Windows 10-era balance and signals real consequences for gamers, PC builders, and IT managers alike. Valve’s monthly Hardware &...

Microsoft’s engineering teams are laying out a two‑year plan to make Windows 11 behave like a console for gaming: tighter session control, precompiled shaders delivered at install time, OS‑level AI upscaling, and better Arm compatibility promise dramatically faster cold launches, fewer...

Windows 11 arrived with bold promises — a modern UI, new workflows, and an AI-driven future — but 2025 exposed a stubborn truth: a major release can’t coast on vision alone. Instead, everyday reliability and performance matter more than ever. Over the last 18 months users, IT teams and gamers...

AI’s appetite for memory and storage has reshaped the PC market faster than many hobbyists expected, and the idea that this is a coordinated plot to “kill local PCs” is seductive—but misleading. What’s actually happening is a mix of market concentration, prioritization of higher‑margin AI...

The short version: despite repeated listings and enthusiast articles that treat Fight Night as a downloadable PC title, EA never released the modern Fight Night trilogy as a native Windows PC game — the last entry, Fight Night Champion, was a PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 release and only reached...

PUBG remains one of the defining battle‑royale experiences on PC, and getting it running well on a Windows 11 machine is straightforward — but there are a few important facts every Windows user should know before they click “Download.” This guide cuts through the marketing copy, verifies the...

Microsoft’s recent public roadmap for Windows 11 gaming makes a clear bet: turning platform-level engineering, DirectX advances, and partner hardware into visible gains for players — but those gains will be uneven, dependent on driver support, developer adoption and whether OEMs push validated...

The handheld-PC showdown that began in earnest with Valve’s Steam Deck has matured into a far more complicated contest: Valve’s focus on efficiency and polish versus ASUS and Microsoft’s push for raw Windows-powered performance and ecosystem flexibility, with the ROG Ally family—especially the...

A recent leak and multiple platform signals suggest Microsoft may be testing a plan to bring original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles to Windows PCs and handhelds such as ASUS’ ROG Ally by extending Xbox backwards compatibility (BC) beyond consoles — an initiative that, if real, would reshape how Xbox...

Hogwarts Legacy is available to claim for free on the Epic Games Store for a limited window tied to The Game Awards — but a surge of demand and intermittent storefront glitches has left some PC players unable to add the game to their Epic libraries immediately, so anyone who wants it should act...