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- June 12
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- The Steam store just got a big update with great new features — here's what was added
- "I wish everybody could play my game." The Outer Worlds 2 director doesn't like its $80 price tag either, and says it was an Xbox decision
- Ninja Gaiden 4 is bloody, stylish, and pure fun — I cannot wait for the full release of this Xbox, Team Ninja, and PlatinumGames team-up
- Backbone Pro review: This is the most expensive Xbox Cloud and NVIDIA GFN controllers you can buy right now — is it worth it?
- Silent Hill 1 remake in development at Konami and Bloober Team, but will it come to Xbox?
- Copilot Vision just launched — and Microsoft already added new features
- With WH40K Boltgun and Dungeons of Hinterberg, this month's Humble Choice lineup is stacked for less than $12
- I've been loving the upgrade to my favorite mobile controller, and there's even a version for large tablets
- Surface Pro 11 with Snapdragon X Elite drops to lowest price ever
- I've covered AI since the days of Bing Chat, and this is the first AI feature I consider a must-have
- I played Capcom's Pragmata, and it's not what you expect
- Steam Deck OLED falls out of stock in US & Canada due to "supply chain constraints" presumably triggered by tariffs — but the price won't increase
- The Alters PC review: I'm rethinking my own life paths after falling in love with a sci-fi game
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 now lets you rematch the game's most brutal boss
- OpenAI shifts to Google for cloud computing support as Microsoft partnership falters, despite Sam Altman's "compute-sufficient" claim
- NVIDIA chief rebuffs Anthropic's AI slashing 50% of entry-level white collar jobs from Gen Z claim: "He thinks AI is so scary, but only they should do it."
- June 11
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- This one Elden Ring Nightreign feature saved the day when I needed it most
- This Dell PC was “possibly the best value for its price range of any Windows laptop” — now it’s $350 off
- This dev launched his game on Xbox Game Pass, but warns that others shouldn't — here's why
- As game prices rise, this excellent Hall Effect controller just dropped in price
- I saw Resident Evil Requiem gameplay, and Capcom is cooking up some impressive horror
- Of course you can already play WWE 2K25 as Mr. Iguana
- Epic crossover: Age of Empires joins forces with the world's most popular museum for a historic exhibit
- Windows 10 is dead: Here's why it makes sense to buy a Snapdragon X PC for an upgrade to Windows 11
- This tiny SSD can have up to 8TB of storage, and I could fit a dozen of them in my pockets
- I've been wanting an Android-powered iPad Mini for years, and this tablet is easily the best I've found
- Microsoft Build says goodbye to Seattle — drugs, crime, and homelessness allegedly to blame
- Maingear's new 18-inch powerhouse has one feature I've never seen on another gaming laptop
- I took my ROG Ally X to Taiwan in this magnetic case, and going zipperless went better than I thought it would
- Apple Intelligence delay: A clash of two architectures and trivial AI features fell short of standards and expectations
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims "ChatGPT is already more powerful than any human who has ever lived"
- Windows 11's Start menu gets a bigger, new look: Get it today with these simple steps
- 3 secrets of PowerToys on Windows 11 that you'll wish you already knew
- Ambrosia Sky is a gorgeous science-fiction game that's all about death, and I can't wait to play more
- June 10
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- "I want to give players something new": The Outer Worlds 2 game director says the sequel will have a "darker tone," and I'm all for it
- Xbox's Call of Duty devs say "we're committed" to Nintendo Switch 2 releases, but what about Black Ops 7?
- How I deleted 10,767 emails in one week with Outlook
- 9 things I wish I knew before starting Dune: Awakening
- My favorite band and my favorite game studio are both weirdly taking me to the same fictional place this year
- The Xbox Ally gaming handheld would be perfect to me, if it wasn't for this one thing
- I played Gears of War: Reloaded on the ROG Xbox Ally X, and it's a fantastic experience that blew me away
- "Ad blockers are not allowed": Google escalates its battle against ad-blockers to push YouTube Premium’s $14/month subscriptions
- Everything I know about Intel Nova Lake: The future of Core Ultra Series 4
- PSA: I need people to know the ROG 'Xbox Ally' is Xbox by name and software experience only — It is a full Windows PC, you can install *anything* you want on it
- Windows Mixed Reality is being resurrected by a lone Microsoft employee
- Xbox is the only console that can play all mainline Final Fantasy games
- Apple researchers claim OpenAI's o3 model is an "illusion of thinking", inconsistent with a human's thought process
- Windows 11's new Start menu is ready for testing, and it's a massive upgrade
- Apple unveils Liquid Glass at WWDC, but all I see is a sorry imitation of Windows Vista's Aero Glass
- ChatGPT is back (mostly)! OpenAI outage ends as services recover. (Update)
- Xbox Ally vs Steam Deck: Which is the better gaming handheld?
- I had a blast playing LEGO Party! at Summer Game Fest 2025, and I'm looking forward to this zany family game later this year
- Windows 11 on Arm now has enough native apps that most users are spending the majority of their time in them, says Arm
- June 9
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- I can't believe we're already getting a sequel to one of the best survival games ever, and I doubly can't believe how much it'll cost
- "Everyone knows we have to do it." The FAA shockingly still uses Windows 95 and floppy disks for air traffic control, but now that's changing
- The OLED AI laptop I can't recommend enough just hit its lowest price ever
- "We are not tied to a console release." We got Hollow Knight: Silksong release date news after all, but it had nothing to do with Xbox Ally
- Microsoft Copilot will soon help you prioritize emails in Outlook
- Xbox wins "Not-E3" again, the new king of consistency
- ChatGPT resurrects bricked Android tablet with Windows 10 — Is AI the future of DIY tech repair?
- Your Xbox can now store everything — if you sell a kidney first
- The Xbox Ally handheld REALLY needs to be priced competitively with the Steam Deck, otherwise it might be hard to recommend
- Microsoft wants AI to read your browser history — but there's one reason not to worry
- 6 essential steps that Windows 11 users often miss after a fresh install
- How to disable AI in Notepad on Windows 11 for a classic experience
- Google CEO says AGI is impossible with today's tech, but Sam Altman claims "you'll be happy to have a new device"
- "We were too confident": Steve Ballmer says Microsoft's paranoia and overconfidence fumbled $400 billion in Windows Phone
- Dune: Awakening hits a concurrent player milestone before the game officially launches — overtaking DOOM, Veilguard, Assassin's Creed, and other major titles
- June 8
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- "Celebrate 25 years of Xbox with ... a classic that's been with us since the beginning." Did Phil Spencer just tease a new Halo game for 2026?
- 7 things you need to know from Xbox's The Outer Worlds 2 Direct, plus juicy Grounded 2 details for Obsidian's other sequel
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide unleashes a violent gameplay reveal for the new upcoming Arbites Class
- Berserk or Die is a new game published by Poncle, creators of Vampire Survivors
- The era of $80 Xbox games has officially arrived, there's no hiding from it now
- You can get a Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 themed reward in Black Ops 6 right now, but you have to be quick
- Double Fine announced its new game, and I'm so ready to play as a sentient lighthouse
- A new game from the team behind Spiritfarer was just unveiled during the Xbox Games Showcase
- Gears of War: E-Day is coming in 2026, as Phil Spencer shares an update during Xbox Games Showcase 2025
- There is no Forza Horizon 6 this year, but Phil Spencer did tease it for the Xbox 25th anniversary in 2026
- All 17 Xbox Game Pass games shown at the Xbox Games Showcase 2025
- The rumored Persona 4 Remake has now been officially announced for Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, and PC Game Pass as 'Persona 4 Revival'
- Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy XVI are FINALLY launching for Xbox consoles — One of which is available right now!
- "The full Call of Duty package": Black Ops 7 has been confirmed during the Xbox Games Showcase, and no, it is not an expansion
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 demo now is available now if you preorder — Michelangelo is coming too
- Xbox Games Showcase reveals Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to get new DLC this fall
- There Are No Ghosts at the Grand announced at Xbox Games Showcase 2025, a cozy musical adventure with eldritch horror comes to Game Pass
- Grounded 2 announced by Obsidian Entertainment at Xbox Games Showcase 2025, and it's launching this year
- Clockwork Revolution returns at the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, with a new look at the time-bending RPG
- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy confirmed at the Xbox Games Showcase
- Xbox Ally X vs ROG Ally X: Which gaming handheld is better?
- The Outer Worlds 2 kicks off the Xbox Games Showcase with a release date reveal and a jazzy trailer
- Xbox Ally vs ROG Ally: What is the difference between these gaming handhelds?
- In perhaps even bigger news than the 'Xbox Ally' handheld itself, Microsoft is starting to revamp Windows 11 to boost PC gaming
- The 'Xbox Ally' and 'Xbox Ally X' are super-charged PC gaming handhelds from ASUS, coming later this year — Kennan revealed!
- Mecha Break, the Xbox console exclusive, finally gets a release date during the Summer Game Fest
- Stranger than Heaven gets a proper name as Yakuza creator showcases their next game
- I tested Microsoft's new Surface Laptop 13-inch for a week and it could be a great choice, if you find it on sale
- Xbox Games Showcase 2025: As it happened, all the games, trailers, announcements, and more | Xbox Ally handheld revealed!
- If you need an ultra-secure 2-in-1 that can last all day and survive a tiger attack, I may have the laptop for you
- How to start Atomfall Wicked Isle DLC
- June 7
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- If you've started to notice Xbox console games showing up on the Xbox PC store, you're not alone — what's going on?
- "The original Mass Effect trilogy was absolutely an inspiration." The RPG experts behind WH40K: Rogue Trader are hitting it big with 'The Expanse: Osiris Reborn'
- All AMD Ryzen Z2 Series gaming handheld chips and how they compare — Everything from Xbox Ally X to Legion Go
- The 2025 Wholesome Direct was chock-full of cozy casual games and aesthetic vibes
- This might be my least favorite gaming mouse of all time, but I still have to admit it's a good product
- My Hollow Knight: Silksong hopes were dashed by Summer Game Fest, but the Xbox Games Showcase might deliver
- June 6
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- Resident Evil Requiem is taking us back to Raccoon City when it launches next February
- Techland drops a new trailer for Dying Light: The Beast with a release date during Summer Game Fest
- ARC Raiders just dropped another trailer and release date during Summer Game Fest
- Surprise, 'Lies of P' first DLC Overture is out right now on Xbox and PC. No, it's true!
- ARC Raiders: Release date, multiplayer, solo play, and everything else you need to know
- That one game I reviewed with the sexy robots officially announced a sequel during Summer Game Fest 2025
- The Last of Us voice actor's new role is a Mickey Mouse-like detective — I think the rubber hose animation perfectly fits this FPS Boomer Shooter
- Mortal Shell 2 was Summer Game Fest's first banger announcement, and the Soulslike sequel is getting a beta before release
- Every Xbox and PC game announced during the Xbox Games Showcase and Summer Game Fest in 2025
- These are the AI features our EIC uses to maximize his time
- "The Chinese player base is the holy grail": Tencent buys 15.75% stake in Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead as huge profit numbers emerge
- Summer Game Fest 2025 & Xbox Games Showcase LIVE: Mortal Shell 2, body horror 'Ill', Onimusha, and RESIDENT EVIL 9 HAS BEEN REVEALED [ENDED]
- The Future Games Show: Summer Showcase goes live on June 7 - Here's where and how to watch the event
- You can now buy two Nintendo Switch 2 consoles for the price of one ROG Ally X
- PC Gaming Show returns June 8 — here's when and how to watch the show
- MSI Claw owners need to grab this Intel Arc GPU driver update to fix an irritating audio bug on their Windows 11 handhelds
- Dune: Awakening is already making big waves before it's even fully released
- This new third-party Xbox controller is more than just a floral reskin
- I wish this version of the Microsoft Store shipped 10 years ago
- Windows Central Podcast: Is Windows in trouble?
- Multiple reports suggest a Persona 4 Remake from Atlus will be announced during the Xbox Games Showcase
- Satya Nadella says Microsoft makes money every time you use ChatGPT: "Every day that ChatGPT succeeds is a fantastic day"
- Reddit wants to sue Anthropic for stealing its data, but the Claude AI manufacturers vow to "defend ourselves vigorously"
- Black Myth: Wukong is coming to Xbox exactly one year after launching on PlayStation
- June 5
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- All 8 Elden Ring Nightreign Nightlord bosses, ranked
- I'm surprised Helldivers 2 has a new Warbond already, and it's adding a stratagem I've wanted for ages — here's everything in it
- Microsoft threatens Windows 10 users to upgrade to be on the “right side of risk”
- "A boys' club above the law." Former Ubisoft bosses face trial in France for sexual harassment and aggressive conduct. Here are the allegations.
- 'Final Fantasy Tactics' highlights the lack of organic growth for Xbox Play Anywhere and the Xbox PC store
- Xbox Game Pass gets Space Marine remaster, FBC: Firebreak, another Activision game, and more
- Why chase a Nintendo Switch 2 when the Lenovo Legion Go is $200 off, in stock, and runs Windows 11 or SteamOS?
- Can you install SteamOS on a laptop or desktop PC?
- Microsoft backed this $1.5 billion AI startup that was just discovered to be 700 engineers pretending to be AI
- How does the Intel-powered Lenovo Yoga Slim 9i compare to the Yoga Slim 7x with Snapdragon X?
- Lenovo's new 16-inch Yoga 7i doesn't get the "2-in-1" part quite right, but there are some redeeming qualities here
- Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel just got an update, but still can't use Click to Do or Windows Recall
- Is James Bond 007 First Light on Xbox?
- 7 accessibility features in Windows 11 that make life easier for everyone
- 7 reasons The Division 2 is a game you should be playing in 2025
- Xbox just quietly added two of the best RPGs of all time to Game Pass
- Anthropic researchers say next-generation AI models will reduce humans to "meat robots" in a spectrum of crazy futures
- Google's DeepMind CEO lists 2 AGI existential risks to society keeping him up at night — but claims "today's AI systems" don't warrant a pause on development
- June 4
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- 007 First Light shows off a new take on James Bond, and it's coming to Xbox and PC in 2026
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles has been revealed for Xbox and PC, along with a release date
- The next big Silent HIll game is coming to Xbox and PC sooner than you think
- Every PC and Xbox game shown during Sony's PlayStation State of Play June 2025
- Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 are finally here with a full release that's blowing up Steam right now — I'm finally ready to play the Undertale follow-up
- Dune: Awakening (briefly) overtakes Elden Ring Nightreign days before it officially launches
- One of Xbox Game Pass best-kept secrets is getting a cybernetic hound that is your best friend and your enemy's worst nightmare
- LinkedIn's CEO just got a new job at Microsoft, and he didn't even need to use the 'Open to Work' badge
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's developer is about to get a whole lot bigger, and I can't wait to see its next game
- Increasingly, it looks like 'Xbox PC' is the official branding for Microsoft's Windows 11 gaming store, apps, and services
- Microsoft Edge for Android will copy this Google Chrome feature for private browsing
- One of Linux's big hitters declares your Windows 10 PC "is toast," and one angle needs talking about MUCH more
- 'The budget card to beat right now' — Radeon RX 9060 XT reviews are in, and it looks like a win for AMD
- No longer a student? This Microsoft 365 deal is perfect for recent graduates.
- Console UX on a Windows PC gaming handheld? 'Winhanced' wants to beat Microsoft and Xbox to the punch.
- One of Microsoft's biggest hardware partners joins its "bold strategy, Cotton" moment over upgrading to Windows 11, suggesting everyone just buys a Copilot+ PC
- Sam Altman's ouster from OpenAI was so dramatic that it's apparently becoming a movie — Will we finally get the full story?
- In Sam Altman's world, the perfect AI would be "a very tiny model with superhuman reasoning capabilities" for any context
- Players aren't buying Call of Duty's "error" excuse for the ads Activision started forcing into the game's menus recently
- June 3
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- I used Elden Ring Nightreign's best Executor build that liquefies bosses with triple status effects — it's so broken that I'm never using anything else
- The real story behind Steve Ballmer's "Developers!" chant — a concoction of Microsoft's flawed "just a platform company" culture and a dire need to collaborate with third-party developers
- People are using ChatGPT to generate pictures of their perfect match based on looks — mine just made my brother
- "This isn't good enough": The Elden Ring Nightreign Digital Foundry tech review is here, and both Xbox and PS5 players will be disappointed by the results
- How to watch Summer Game Fest, Xbox Games Showcase, and other summer 2025 gaming events
- I still hate the new Outlook, but it's more tolerable after this update
- Elden Ring Nightreign devs promise duos mode and "enhanced" boss fights along with DLC, but this core feature is still missing
- NVIDIA RTX GPUs can't get past the 'Hell Is Us' demo intro without crashing — developer offers a temporary fix
- Alienware's rumored laptop could be the first to feature NVIDIA's revolutionary Arm-based APU
- Razer's having another go at making it so you never have to charge your wireless gaming mouse, and this time it might have nailed it
- The Witcher 4 looks absolutely amazing in UE5 technical presentation at State of Unreal 2025
- SteelSeries reveals new Arctis Nova 3 Wireless headset series for Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and PC
- 'I don't know if it can be saved' — Civilization 7 is in trouble as it drops to a Mostly Negative rating on Steam
- "I hired basically everybody": Steve Ballmer almost sold all his Microsoft stock, trying to emotionally detach from the tech giant
- Microsoft lays off another 305 employees, this time closer to home
- Hollow Knight: Silksong fever grows again as we approach Summer Game Fest — will it finally get a release date?
- Windows 11 will finally stop nagging you to set Edge as your default browser — but only in some markets
- June 2
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- The year of the ninja continues with SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance's latest combat trailer, coming to Xbox and PC
- It's time to replace your Windows 10 PC — these AI laptops with all-day battery life start at $599 for a limited time
- Summer Game Fest 2025 & Xbox Games Showcase LIVE: Code Vein 2 revealed, Mortal Shell 2 looks AMAZING, and indie games rule
- Windows 11's biggest update in months also includes a major fix for gaming
- Microsoft just made Sora AI video generation free via new Bing Video Creator
- Xbox vows to improve PC gaming as Microsoft restores critical 'inetpub' folder: Windows 11 news and updates
- Why do Xbox's custom controllers go so unreasonably hard?!
- IO Interactive's James Bond game is titled 007 First Light, and it's being revealed this week
- These solid-state fans will revolutionize cooling in our PCs and laptops
- UK civil servants saved 24 minutes per day using Microsoft Copilot, saving two weeks each per year according to a new report
- The 4TB Seagate Xbox Expansion Card is now official — and officially overpriced. Grab 2TB for half the cost.
- All the WWE 2K25 locker codes that are currently active
- 'Two firm promises of USB-C on Windows 11' — How Microsoft plans to eliminate connectivity confusion
- I’ve put almost 100 hours into this new wholesome MMO on Xbox, and I’m still in the prologue — Here's why I love it
- Days after Putin threatened to "throttle" Teams, Microsoft's subsidiary in Russia will file for bankruptcy
- I may have found the ultimate monitor for conferencing and productivity, but it has a few weaknesses
- The Xbox 4TB storage card has reappeared at Best Buy and it's still VERY expensive
- I’ve fallen hard for Starsand Island, a promising anime-style life sim bringing Ghibli vibes to Xbox and PC later this year
- The Alters: Release date, mechanics, and everything else you need to know
- June 1
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- New Xbox and PC games launching this week, from June 2 through June 8 — Zenless Zone Zero finally comes to Xbox
- Elden Ring Nightreign Night Aspect: How to beat Heolstor the Nightlord, the final boss
- A week of hell with my Windows 11 PC really makes me appreciate the simplicity of Google's Chromebook laptops
- Will my 5 must-play PC games for the rest of 2025 live up to the hype?
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