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'Xbox Play Anywhere' capabilities arrive for one of this year's most anticipated games — as others leave Xbox PC in the dust

One step forward, a few steps backwards. Microsoft's occasional wins with Xbox PC often come with caveats, highlighting the work still required.

Crimson Desert with Xbox Play Anywhere logo

If the next Xbox is a PC, Microsoft needs to prove it can avoid Windows’ biggest problems

I've been using Windows almost daily for 30 years. I know my way around its idiosyncrasies and foibles. But is that what the average Xbox gamer wants to have to deal with?

Xbox controller on a Razer Blade laptop with the Xbox app open

Microsoft adds a ton of new Xbox "Stream Your Own Game" titles to cloud gaming — Rimworld, Blasphemous, Divinity: Original Sin 2, and more

Xbox Cloud Gaming just got a whole lot better, especially if you want to punish yourself and your sanity.

Xbox Cloud Gaming Stream Your Own Game feature

NVIDIA CEO denies reports he was 'unhappy' with OpenAI — reiterates plans for a "huge investment," but how much will it be?

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joins in with other companies floating investment to save OpenAI from imploding.

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO in Taipei

Microsoft loses a massive $440 billion in market cap as shares tank — investors get increasingly sceptical of its AI strategy

Microsoft investors didn't enjoy the company's FY26 Q2 report, as fears of its AI strategy begin to unravel into despair.

Satya Nadella

'World of Warcraft' expansion roadmap detailed, goes free until Feb 1st — Midnight includes mega solo dungeon Labyrinths, mini raids, and more

At the World of Warcraft "State of Azeroth" event, Blizzard detailed the future of the Midnight expansion, touted as the dark middle act of the Worldsoul saga.

Trailer screenshot of The March on Quel'Danas Raid in World of Warcraft: Midnight

This decade's best horror game picks up "Xbox Play Anywhere" support on PC and Xbox Ally — but ... don't download it yet

Resident Evil Village hits Xbox Game Pass on Jan 20. The landmark horror title concludes Ethan Winters' story, and sets the scene for Resident Evil Requiem.

Resident Evil Village Review

Microsoft claims "Community First" AI data center infrastructure — also known as maximum corpo-washing

Microsoft has begun to realize the backlash to its AI infrastructure push is serious enough to create an entire "Community First" data center plan.

Microslop logo on a Microsoft Azure data center

One of the best Xbox Play Anywhere games just got its notorious save bug fixed for Xbox Ally and Xbox PC

We complained and moaned, and Xbox listened. Kojima Productions, Xbox, and 505 Games collaborate on a strange bug preventing save files from working correctly for Death Stranding on Xbox PC / Xbox Ally.

Death Stranding running on an Xbox Ally X

Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud

Amazon's Jeff Bezos once revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options. Will DRAM prices make it come true?

Amazon founder and current chairman, Jeff Bezos, at the American Business Forum, January 2026.

POLL: Is anyone out there actually using Microsoft Copilot? 📊

Windows Central readers, I'm curious if you're actively using Microsoft Copilot. If so, what are you using it for? If not, why not? Are you using an alternative AI? Let us know.

In this photo illustration, 'Microsoft Copilot' logo is displayed on mobile phone screen in front of a screen displaying the inscription of 'Copilot' in Ankara, Turkiye on March 14, 2025.

Where's the Spotify-style Xbox Wrapped for 2025? It's not coming this year, but there might be a good reason.

Some of you have been asking if Xbox is doing its own "Wrapped" this year, akin to Spotify. The answer is no, but there is good stuff on the horizon.

Xbox controller on a sparkly Christmassy background

"Imagine if Microsoft did this" — Fortnite has been blocked on iOS in Japan by Apple, leveraging new "junk fees"

Apple is once again arbitrarily blocking Fortnite with a wave of new "junk fees" in iOS, and Epic CEO Tim Sweeney raised a good point ... imagine the uproar if Microsoft tried to do this with Windows.

"Free Fortnite" Apple parody meme

Xbox's next Starfield DLC was shown off behind closed doors recently — detailing big upgrades to space travel, a PS5 version, and more

Next year, Starfield is going to get a big upgrade. What exactly will be in this update? Here's what we know so far.

Starfield player with creature.

Quiz: How well do you know Fallout? — See if you can get all of these questions correct

Fallout Season 2 is here on Amazon Prime, and we're celebrating with a quick quiz to test your general Fallout knowledge. How well do you know Fallout?

A Power Armor helmet from Fallout on a dirt floor. A square badge in the upper right corner shows the Windows Central logo and says, "Quiz.

Final Fantasy 7 producer Yoshinori Kitase shares his top 3 Xbox games right now — as FF7 free demo hits Xbox Series X|S and Xbox PC

Final Fantasy VII is finally coming to Xbox in a few weeks. To celebrate, Square Enix shared a video with us detailing some of the producer's favorite Xbox games.

Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy 7 remake

Microsoft is building an actually good Copilot AI integration for one of the best Windows 11 tools — and you can try it right now

Has Microsoft found an actually USEFUL way to integrate Microsoft Copilot into Windows? Say it ain't so.

Advanced Paste on Windows 11 PowerToys

The Best Games of 2025 — The Windows Central team ranks our favorite titles across Xbox and Windows PC

The Windows Central team has come together to vote and rank on our favorite games of 2025 launching on Xbox and PC, with a few honorable mentions on top!

Windows Central: The Best Games of 2025

Fortnite for Xbox PC and Xbox Ally devices is currently broken for many — but a fix is on the way

Epic Games' big Xbox PC store debut has hit something of a snag, with the download button only offering a 10MB broken executable rather than the full game.

Fortnite PC

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