Larian explains why Baldur's Gate 3 hit Xbox Play Anywhere, as the service is seemingly growing faster than ever. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... 💬 More than half of new Xbox games are supporting Xbox Play Anywhere, and more and more devs are adding it retroactively too. ☝️

Larian explains why Baldur's Gate 3 started supporting Xbox's best feature

Xbox Play Anywhere is one of my favorite features of the Xbox ecosystem, as the service hits something of a watershed moment.

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No, Xbox is not ditching Steam, but it is doubling down on its own PC gaming ecosystem in a big way. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... 💻 🕹️ Here's what we know about how Xbox plans to show up on PC now and in the future. 🔽

No, Xbox isn't quitting Steam — but it IS doubling down on PC gaming

Xbox's PC offering has improved immeasurably over the last few years. It isn't indicative of a shift away from Steam, but how is Microsoft planning to grow?

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No, Xbox is not ditching Steam, but it is doubling down on its own PC gaming ecosystem in a big way. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... 💻 🕹️ Here's what we know about how Xbox plans to show up on PC now and in the future. 🔽

No, Xbox isn't quitting Steam — but it IS doubling down on PC gaming

Xbox's PC offering has improved immeasurably over the last few years. It isn't indicative of a shift away from Steam, but how is Microsoft planning to grow?

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im so , so , SO over summer. praying for a nuclear winter.

Completely agree wity @jezcorden.com here. MS has run a once-great franchise into a ditch. XBOX’s inability to establish a culture to ship games in the 90th percentile of the quality bar undoes all of their corporate strategies. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/halo/...

Halo Campaign Evolved performed well on Xbox, but PS5 gamers shrugged

Halo Campaign Evolved has been an abject failure on PS5 according to new data, heaping on evidence that Xbox's rush to PS5 publishing has been a huge mistake.

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Xbox Play Anywhere is gradually hitting a 50% support ratio, which is a HUGE win for Microsoft's ecosystem. But big gaps remain, as indies and AAA devs alike often don't seem to see the value: buff.ly/oD41sH5 📈 Here's the analysis.

Xbox Play Anywhere report card: Microsoft's most-underrated gaming feature is steadily gaining traction, but big gaps remain

New data shows Xbox Game Pass adoption has improved in recent months, but big app gaps remain. Can Microsoft do more to boost it?

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Really enjoying Mortal Shell II. Combat is super satisfying in motion, still learning the fundamentals but man, game could be something really special. Been trying out the open beta on Xbox.

Another Banger Article from @jezcorden.com I think Asha is doing a great job & is doing as well as anyone can in her situation, there’s no silver bullets here www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma promises Xbox will "return to growth" by FY28 — how?

Xbox declined for four straight quarters this year. What went wrong? Here's what Microsoft insiders and analysts tell me about the numbers.

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Microsoft stock rips 18%, a new world record market cap increase by $450 billion in 1 day, a total of $3.4 trillion. Wall Street rewarded Microsoft's Azure AI performance, which saw accelerated growth. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/mi... 📈 Microsoft is also laying off thousands this year ...

Microsoft stock price rips on earnings, jumping a rather insane 18%

Microsoft's FY26 earnings report came in, and it has been taken extremely well on Wall Street, as investors reward $MSFT stock with a 20% bounce.

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PREVIEW: Gears of War: E-Day's 'Horde Siege' is the most fun I've *ever* had in the entire history of the Gears franchise. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... ⚙️

Gears of War: E-Day's 'Siege' is the most fun I've *ever* had in Gears

Last week I went hands on with Gears of War: E-Day and its new "Horde Siege" mode, which is far more chaotic and cinematic than I expected.

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Gaming in a heatwave is brutal when you can't rely on air conditioning. My whole house turns into an oven, and booting up my PC certainly doesn't help. Now, this DIY "PC chimney" from Reddit is looking seriously tempting. Could I pull it off? Debatable.

I'm so tired of my gaming room turning into an oven, and this DIY "PC chimney" could finally save me

Heatwaves had made it nearly unbearable to play video games due to excess heat, but a Reddit user managed to circumvent that with a crazy method every PC gamer should pay attention to.

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Gamescom 2026 is just a month away, and it's already stacked with excitement around sequels 👀 I've waited years for these games, and I'm hoping they'll be there with some well-timed surprises.. or even just a shred of new information.

I've waited years for these game sequels — and Gamescom 2026 would be the best moment to deliver some Xbox surprises

Gamescom is around the corner, and I'm hoping for any shred of information about these sequels, if they appear at all.

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DISCUSSION 💬: What are your top 5 most anticipated games right now? Hard mode: No GTA 6. August and September are absolutely stacked as we head into the Fall, and we want to hear from you: www.windowscentral.com/gaming/discu... 👇

Discussion: What are the top 5 upcoming games you're most excited for?

It dawned on me this morning just how many amazing games are on the horizon, so I thought I'd ask: what are you most excited to play this year?

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What's a game everyone seemed to hate that you actually loved?

"This is an unacceptable situation, and we must do better." Xbox CTO Scott Van Vilet posts a lengthy explanation of what went wrong today with the Xbox online network, and promises new redundancies to prevent future issues. READ MORE: www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... ☝️

"This is unacceptable," Xbox CTO apologizes for its huge 16-hour outage

Xbox CTO Scott Van Vilet recently posted an explanation on X explaining what triggered Microsoft's biggest gaming services outage in recent history.

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A year ago, I spent $30 on the "XBOX Adaptive Joystick", and I'm hoping it survives the coming months to help others. Cuts have already impacted Microsoft's accessible gaming sector, so if there's a chance the right person at XBOX is willing to fight for more hardware like this — it's worth it.

This $30 adaptive joystick changed our accessible gaming life for the better

Replacing a keyboard with a compact controller worked better than I had imagined, and I hope others get the chance to try it.

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Thanks for the book recommendations, picked up these to start with

A BIG elephant in the room with Xbox Helix: An "open" console means BIG price point. ANALYSIS: www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... (with Xbox Ally user behavior info.) With the RAMpocalypse, PlayStation quitting Steam, and younger gamers choosing mobile ... does Steam on Helix even make sense?

Xbox Helix and Steam — and why it no longer makes sense

One of the coolest new features of the next-gen Xbox is the promise of PC-like openness. But ... does it still make sense from a strategic point of view?

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God of War Laufey launches 1 day before Fable early access on PS5. It's a sad reminder of how dumb Xbox's multiplat strategy was long term. Xbox is inadvertently advertising that PS5 has more content, and that Xbox customers are not important to MSFT. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

PS5 makes a mockery of Xbox's multi-plat push with God of War launch date

Sony confirms a tentpole exclusive will go head to head with Xbox's own contribution to PS5, reminding Xbox players that they're getting less.

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If you're an Xbox Ally / Xbox Ally X owner, you absolutely should consider this JSAUX ModCase for protection. Reduce plastic creak, add a kickstand, and boost protection (at far better value than competitors). REVIEW: buff.ly/R7iDZLS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

JSAUX Xbox Ally ModCase review: I used scissors to cut off my dbrand Killswitch case to replace it with this — ZERO regrets ✂️

The dbrand Killswitch case for the Xbox Ally isn't bad, but the JSAUX Mod Case absolutely blows it away — better feel, features, and value.

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I need horror book recommendations pls. I just read this. It was fun.

BREAKING: Xbox reveals its FREE Xbox Cloud Gaming tier, supported by ads, in a new test run. Here's how Xbox is planning to handle ads, its policies, and more: www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... #Xbox #Gaming

Xbox finally reveals its free Xbox Cloud Gaming tier — ad-powered streams

Here are the details of Xbox's initial ad-powered Xbox Cloud Gaming service, set to go live soon in an early testing phase.

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Xbox is FINALLY fixing download speeds on Xbox Series X|S (and Xbox PC?). Seems Faster™️ www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... "Users will experience a new feature to optimize game install and update speeds by introducing a smart download client." #Xbox

Xbox is FINALLY boosting download speeds on console and PC

One thing that has bugged Xbox fans for years at this point is finally getting fixed, as Microsoft improves download logic across its gaming network.

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This took me several weeks to make because I went through several years worth of corporate/investor/earnings reports but... here it is! The actual, long-term reason Sony killed physical discs, and why they can't go back. youtu.be/_Znc7MVsSlg?...

everyone is missing the point

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BREAKING: Xbox has brought its back-compat program to Windows PC for the first time. Four OG Xbox games are now Xbox Play Anywhere and will also soon get ACHIEVEMENTS on top. DETAILS: www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... 🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️

Xbox brings back compat to PC, and upgrades OG Xbox games with achievements

Conker, Crimson Skies, Fuzion Frenzy, and Blinx head to Xbox PC for the first time, complete with Xbox achievements, and more are on the way.

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Xbox Series X|S consoles see positive growth for the first time in months, with an 86% upward swing, as PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 slide. DETAILS: www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/... 👇

Xbox Series X|S consoles U.S. sales see a massive 86% jump in June 2026

Xbox is seeing positive momentum in console sales for the first time in a long time, although it remains to be see if it can hold on.

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BREAKING: Xbox brings back compat to Windows / Xbox Play Anywhere: Microsoft pledges 4 games on PC for the first time, soon with achievements too — with more to come! www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

Xbox brings back compat to PC, and upgrades OG Xbox games with achievements

Conker, Crimson Skies, Fuzion Frenzy, and Blinx head to Xbox PC for the first time, complete with Xbox achievements, and more are on the way.

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