Tag Archives: Microsoft

Xbox’s Phil Spencer: There will be more PC exclusive games, more details coming in the future

We’ve heard countless times that Microsoft is committed to PC gaming. And while the team has indeed made some efforts to win back PC gamers, it has also made some really stupid mistakes (UWP and Win10 Store exclusives anyone?). In his latest interview with Major Nelson, Xbox’s Phil Spencer stated that Microsoft will release some exclusives games to the PC in the future. Continue reading Xbox’s Phil Spencer: There will be more PC exclusive games, more details coming in the future

Gears of War 4 offers crossplay MP support between Xbox One & PC in social quickplay

Back in December 2016, The Coalition launched a a crossplay test weekend that enabled Xbox One and PC players to play against each others. And yesterday, The Coalition announced that Gears of War 4 officially supports crossplay MP between Xbox One and the PC in Social Quickplay. Continue reading Gears of War 4 offers crossplay MP support between Xbox One & PC in social quickplay

Windows 10 – Game mode is now available with the latest insider build, works with a select number of games

Microsoft has released the latest insider build of Windows 10 and with it comes its new Game Mode. According to Microsoft, this mode targets performance enhancements in two ways, and it is currently supporting only a select number of games. Continue reading Windows 10 – Game mode is now available with the latest insider build, works with a select number of games

Microsoft introduces tool that analyzes the performance of DX12 games, may improve DX12 optimization

As you may already know, we are kind of disappointed with the current state of DX12. This new low-level API has not managed – at least yet – to offer better performance than its DX11 counterpart, something that really puzzled us. However, things may change as Microsoft has introduced a new performance and debugging tool for developers that analyzes the performance of DX12 games. Continue reading Microsoft introduces tool that analyzes the performance of DX12 games, may improve DX12 optimization

Windows 10 – Game mode appears in the latest Insider Preview build, not functional yet [UPDATE]

In December, we informed you about a new Game Mode that was coming to Windows 10. And today, we are happy to report that this mode has found its way to the latest Insider Preview build, although it’s not functional as of yet. Continue reading Windows 10 – Game mode appears in the latest Insider Preview build, not functional yet [UPDATE]