gaming on arm

Windows Weekly’s latest show distilled a year of Windows 11 change into a brisk, opinionated hour: from practical AI tools that actually help you get work done to hardware- and platform-level moves that reshape PC gaming and raise fresh privacy and product‑management questions. The episode’s...

Microsoft's latest push to broaden and accelerate the Windows gaming story on Arm represents a clear inflection point: the company is not merely tinkering at the edges, but actively changing the platform stack — from emulator capabilities and anti-cheat to graphics delivery and the Xbox app — to...

Valve’s quiet, long-running bet on Arm just turned public: the company is funding and integrating open-source translation tools so that Windows (x86/x64) games can run on Arm-based SteamOS devices, and it’s actively porting Proton and SteamOS to Arm to make that future practical for handhelds...

Qualcomm’s late-2025 course correction for Windows on Arm gaming transforms a long-standing pain point into a workable, if still imperfect, platform for PC players — downloadable GPU drivers, a fully released Snapdragon Control Panel, and AVX2 emulation together address the practical blockers...

Windows on Arm just crossed a threshold: after years of fits and starts, a coordinated set of updates from Qualcomm and Microsoft — from a new Snapdragon Control Panel and accelerated Adreno driver delivery to a major Prism emulator upgrade and Xbox app changes — has materially improved the...

Windows on Arm has taken a concrete step toward becoming a genuine gaming platform rather than a hopeful experiment, after a coordinated push from Microsoft and Qualcomm that pairs improved emulation, updated GPU drivers and a new Snapdragon Control Panel with the Xbox app’s ability to download...

This year’s hands‑on experience with three Snapdragon‑powered Windows laptops delivers a simple, uncomfortable verdict: for mainstream productivity the new Qualcomm X‑series machines are compelling — but three structural compatibility problems remain that can break real‑world workflows for power...

When mainstream Windows laptops started shipping with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X family, reviewers praised their battery life, cool running and on‑device AI acceleration — but real‑world, hands‑on testing has exposed three structural compatibility problems that buyers and IT teams can’t ignore...

Microsoft’s latest push to move Windows 10 users onto new Copilot+ PCs has a fresh twist: Arm silicon is front and center. The company’s messaging now leans heavily into claims that the Arm ecosystem is mature — most apps people use today run natively on Arm — and positions Arm-powered Copilot+...

Microsoft’s latest push to make Windows on Arm not just possible but practical has given Redmond a concrete, timed reason for users and IT teams to move off Windows 10: the combination of Windows 10’s scheduled end of support and major Windows 11 on Arm improvements (notably the Prism emulator...

Confusion between “Windows on ARM” and “Copilot+ PC” has become a real buyer’s trap, especially now that sleek Snapdragon laptops share shelf space with new Intel and AMD systems carrying the Copilot+ badge. If you care about software compatibility, battery life, and performance, you need to...

Microsoft has begun rolling out an Insider-stage update to the Xbox PC app that finally lets eligible Arm‑based Windows 11 PCs download and run selected PC titles locally instead of being restricted to cloud streaming — a practical, incremental shift that ties new Xbox app behavior to deeper...

Microsoft’s Canary-channel Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27744 brings a consequential update to Prism — the Windows-on-Arm x86/x64 emulator — expanding the set of x86 CPU features exposed to emulated applications so Arm-based devices can run significantly more legacy software and games. This...

Microsoft’s latest moves on two fronts — making Windows 11 more playable on Arm hardware and publishing a lab-grade video AI called StreamMind — mark a sustained effort to reshape the platform story for both consumers and enterprise customers, but the practical benefits will arrive unevenly and...

Microsoft’s staged rollout that lets Arm-based Windows 11 PCs download and run compatible games locally marks a decisive inflection point for the platform: it’s the first time Microsoft has tied visible storefront changes to deep platform work — a modernized x86→Arm translation layer, OS-level...

Epic Games’ Easy Anti‑Cheat (EAC) is finally landing on ARM platforms — a technical and ecosystem milestone that removes one of the largest obstacles keeping multiplayer PC games off Snapdragon‑powered Copilot+ laptops and Linux ARM devices. The company shipped updated Epic Online Services (EOS)...

Microsoft’s Xbox PC app is beginning to let Windows on Arm devices do something they’ve long been denied: download and run select PC games locally instead of being forced to stream everything from Xbox Cloud Gaming — a staged Insider preview that signals a practical shift in Microsoft’s approach...

Microsoft is starting a staged Insider preview that finally lets some Windows on Arm systems download and run compatible games locally from the Xbox PC app — a practical, incremental shift away from the cloud-only model that has dominated Arm-powered Surface and Snapdragon devices until now...

Microsoft’s latest move to let Arm-based Windows machines download and run compatible PC games locally marks a meaningful shift for Windows on Arm gaming — not a revolution, but an important, practical step that widens the gap between cloud-only play and a genuinely usable native gaming...

Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) has finally been made compatible with Windows on Arm, removing a major technical barrier that has kept many multiplayer PC games—including Fortnite—off Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ laptops and other Snapdragon X Series machines; Epic delivered the compatibility through...