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Valve has begun rolling out the latest version of the Steam client, which users will receive the next time they launch the application. While the update ...

TL;DR: Valve's new Steam Machine poses a significant threat to Microsoft's Xbox strategy by potentially dominating the PC-console hybrid market. As Microsoft aims to merge Xbox and Windows for gaming, ...

Windows gaming saw notable improvements in 2025, and Microsoft plans to go even further in 2026. In a blog post, the software ...

Microsoft's new Windows 11 app store will allow other companies to embed their app stores, like Amazon. In an interview with Microsoft CPO Panos Panay, Panay said he "welcomed" the possibility of ...

E3 2016 - Microsoft promises that it will ship some of its games on Steam's mighty PC gaming storefront, but also retain its focus on its own first-party Windows Store. "We will ship games on Steam ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator is coming back. To the delight of flight-sim fans, Dovetail Games has licensed the exclusive rights to make all-new flight games using tech from Microsoft’s series. A new ...

Halo, Gears 5, and Microsoft Flight Simulator X aren’t supported Halo, Gears 5, and Microsoft Flight Simulator X aren’t supported is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all ...

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Microsoft is having a good time on Steam right now, with a number of its game in the top-sellers list. Obsidian's Grounded is in fact the top-selling game on Steam's platform - at the time of this ...

While some of Microsoft's older game titles, such as Age of Empires II HD (a 2013 update of a 1999 game) are found on Valve's Steam platform, its latest high-profile titles, such as Forza 6 Apex and ...

Once again, Microsoft is jealous of another company’s success in a sector adjacent to their own, and is setting their crosshairs accordingly. Unfortunately this is one company that can’t be bought or ...