Microsoft is making significant strides towards consolidating the gaming experience on Windows 11 by introducing an aggregated gaming library within the Xbox PC app, an ambitious feature previewed for all Windows 11 users and soon to arrive on novel handheld devices like the ROG Xbox Ally and...
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For years, Microsoft’s approach to gaming seemed locked within the familiar rectangle of the Xbox console, a proprietary ecosystem designed to challenge Sony’s PlayStation and, to a lesser extent, Nintendo’s quirky innovations. Now, as articulated by Xbox president Sarah Bond in a recent video...
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The convergence of Windows and Xbox has never felt more inevitable—or more deliberate—than it does today. Microsoft’s most recent high-profile teaser, framed as a strategic partnership announcement with AMD, didn’t just lay the groundwork for what’s coming in Xbox hardware. Instead, it...
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Here's a summary of the recent news and rumors about Microsoft allegedly testing Steam integration within the Microsoft Store, and what this could mean for Xbox and PC gaming:
Rumor Origin:
The source of the rumor is a known industry insider, eXtas1s, who claims that Microsoft is internally...
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