Microsoft has announced that the Windows 10 Creators Update will be made available to all customers on April 11th. According to Microsoft, this update is designed to spark and unleash creativity, bringing 3D and mixed reality to everyone and enabling every gamer to be a broadcaster. Continue reading Windows 10 Creators Update will be available to everyone on April 11th, will feature Windows 10 Game Mode
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Halo Wars: Definitive Edition may be coming to Steam
It appears that the Definitive Edition of Halo Wars will be coming to Valve’s distribution service, Steam. Gamecheat13, the man behind some really interesting Halo leaks in the past, has revealed that Halo Wars: Definitive Edition will be released on Steam, and will feature Steam achievements. Continue reading Halo Wars: Definitive Edition may be coming to Steam
Microsoft blocks Windows Update from being used in Windows 7/8.1 on AMD’s & Intel’s newest CPUs
A few months ago, Microsoft announced that it would not support AMD’s Ryzen and Intel’s Kaby Lake CPUs in both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. However, we did not expect the company to block the complete usage of its Windows Update tool on those particular systems. Continue reading Microsoft blocks Windows Update from being used in Windows 7/8.1 on AMD’s & Intel’s newest CPUs
Halo Wars 2 – Free demo available for download on Windows Store
Microsoft has just released a free demo for its new strategy game, Halo Wars 2. This demo is 17GB in size and features the opening mission of the single-player campaign, as well as the Blitz Firefight mode. Continue reading Halo Wars 2 – Free demo available for download on Windows Store
New patch for Halo Wars 2 will bring performance improvements, will fix several issues
343 Industries and Creative Assembly are currently working on a new patch for Halo Wars 2. According to the release notes, this patch comes with performance improvements on various hardware, overall multiplayer performance improvements, and fixes a number of crashes. Continue reading New patch for Halo Wars 2 will bring performance improvements, will fix several issues
Halo Wars 2 – PC Performance Analysis
While the first Halo Wars was not originally released for the PC (it arrived however as a pre-order bonus for its sequel), Halo Wars 2 was made available on the PC immediately and alongside its Xbox One brother (thanks to Microsoft’s Xbox Play Anywhere program). Halo Wars 2 only supports DX12 and while Microsoft declined sending us a review code, it’s time to see how this new strategy game performs on the PC platform. Continue reading Halo Wars 2 – PC Performance Analysis
Halo 5: Forge – New patch will fix mouse acceleration issues, will improve rendering performance
343 Industries has announced that the next patch for Halo 5: Forge, that will be released on March 7th, will fix the mouse acceleration issues with Spartan/vehicle/turret movement on Windows 10. In addition, this patch will greatly improve rendering performance on Forge objects with material swap. Continue reading Halo 5: Forge – New patch will fix mouse acceleration issues, will improve rendering performance
Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide, has 55 million monthly players
Microsoft has announced that Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide across all platforms. In addition, the publisher revealed that there are 55 monthly players, which is more than 15 million monthly players since last June. Continue reading Minecraft has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide, has 55 million monthly players
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
Forza Horizon 3 has sold 2.5 million units
Microsoft has announced that Forza Horizon 3 has sold 2.5 units worldwide. Forza Horizon 3 is an Xbox Play Anywhere title, meaning that those sales numbers are for both the Xbox One and the PC platforms. Continue reading Forza Horizon 3 has sold 2.5 million units