Latest articles by Ben Wilson
Deals Best Buy is discounting iBUYPOWER gaming PCs before Black Friday even starts, and it's a great way to dodge rising component costs.
Deals Acer's Swift 16 AI offers premium productivity without the premium price, now that Best Buy has slashed 35% off its asking price.
Xbox AMD has announced that its new FSR 4.1 upscaling tech, which improves a game's graphical fidelity and performance, is available for Xbox developers to use in their future projects.
Review An excellent flight stick gets a useful throttle box upgrade, but existing Honeycomb Foxtrot owners can't buy the missing piece separately.
XBOX The XBOX Nano Controller is now available at certain retailers for $49.99, offering a compact design with support for consoles, PC, mobile, and cloud gaming.
XBOX 25 As XBOX approaches its 25th anniversary, Windows Central is looking back at the generational performance leaps that defined its iconic consoles.
Opinion Reading Mode is a standard feature in Microsoft's Edge browser on desktop PCs, and it's also available on smartphones, where I've been using it to skip ads.
Windows 11 I found a free, open-source app on GitHub that integrates my smartphone into my workflow, and it's even more useful than Microsoft's Phone Link.
Review Razer's Tartarus V2 Pro pairs brilliant analog optical switches and comfort with a drift-proof TMR thumbstick that feels more useful after a firmware update.
Xbox 25 To celebrate XBOX's approaching 25th anniversary, I'm looking back at the games that convinced me to buy its consoles with predictions for what comes next.
Hands-on Windows Central's Senior Editor Ben Wilson goes hands-on with the ASUS Googlebook 14 and shares his first 24 hours with Google's own operating system.
Deals Walmart's 'Deals & More' is still live until October 11, and it includes discounts on gaming laptops, PC storage, and much more. These are the deals I'd grab.
Deal Amazon Big Deal Days slashed Samsung's fastest 9100 PRO PCIe 5.0 SSD to under $199 for 1TB, with more discounts across 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB models.
Laptops Google's new $899+ Googlebooks push AI‑first laptops with an obsessive focus on Gemini, but I'm wondering whether they stand any chance among Windows flagships.
Review I tested the new Thrustmaster HOTAS WARTHOG MKII, an imposing metallic flight stick for hardcore PC milsim fans with an intense but fun learning curve.
PC Gaming Steam Deck prices climb while the ROG Xbox Ally holds steady, potentially becoming 2026's best‑value handheld gaming PC if it continues the trend.
PC Gaming The new Tartarus V2 Pro takes Razer's MMO-centric keypad even further with 31 inputs, analog switches, an ergonomic design, and a drift-free TMR thumbstick.
PC Gaming Thrustmaster's HOTAS Warthog MK II debuts at $599.99, refining the fully metal A‑10C replica built for serious PC flight‑sim pilots.
Handhelds Valve says its Steam Deck 2 plans remain unchanged despite the RAM crisis, aiming for clear performance gains even as rising component costs bite.
PC Gaming Ubisoft is testing a more Steam-native launch flow that removes the need for the Ubisoft Connect launcher to interrupt your PC gaming experience on Valve's app.
Xbox The fan-made 360sona web app rebuilds the Xbox avatar creator and features over 20,000 authentic items in pixel-perfect detail.
Gaming Introducing a joystick to your Microsoft Flight Simulator experience further adds to the realism, and I've rounded up the best you can buy.
Xbox GTA 6 will start its rolling midnight launch in New Zealand, and willing Xbox players could potentially jump the queue by switching their console's region.
