Editorials

24 Nov 2015

Like everyone, we have opinions. Here's where you'll find all our editorial and opinion pieces on all things Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox, Surface and Microsoft. We get to let our hair down a bit and roll up sleeves and tell it to you as we really see it. Feel free to browse our editorial section or start off with few pieces highlighted below.

Our top editorials are written by:

Daniel Rubino, Editor-in-Chief: Daniel has been reporting on Windows and Windows Phone news since 2007 and is widely considered an authority on Microsoft and mobile You can reach him through email at daniel@windowscentral.com for press inquiries.

this is absurd

Microsoft's Minecraft Dungeons lacking cross-save is ridiculous

Daniel Rubino 3 days ago 15

Minecraft Dungeons is one hell of a fun game, but the inability to save your character's progress to the cloud and take it with you to other platforms is stupid. This limitation shouldn't be a problem anymore, and Microsoft doesn't appear to want to fix it either.

Netflix once again shows us the way

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate needs a family plan, because it's 2020

Jez Corden 5 days ago 22

Why doesn't Xbox Game Pass have a family plan? It really should have a family plan.

Teams for our team

How Microsoft Teams changed my football team during the pandemic

Sean Endicott 1 week ago 1

The global health crisis caused my football team's practices and season to be canceled. To continue coaching, we switched to virtual classroom sessions using Microsoft Teams.

Halo needs to be better than this

Halo 2's PC launch instability was unacceptable, and Halo 3 can't repeat it

Brendan Lowry 2 weeks ago 2

The launch state of Halo 2's multiplayer on PC was simply unacceptable, and the fact that the game was allowed to release in this state raises serious concerns about how future Halo ports, especially Halo 3, will turn out. Here's why this can't happen again if Halo is to be successful on the PC platform.

iMovie where?

Windows 10 fails kids by not offering affordable alternatives to Adobe CC

Jez Corden 2 weeks ago 43

As a kid from a poor background who was passionate about cartoons and wanted to be an animator, I was effectively forced into piracy to get the tools I needed to chase my dreams.

Remember BattleTech

Xbox owns MechWarrior/BattleTech, but why haven't they done much with it?

Jez Corden 2 weeks ago 12

BattleTech and MechWarrior 5 are excellent games, licensed by Microsoft. But why hasn't Microsoft itself done much with the franchise?

TEMPER EXPECTATIONS

Why Xbox Series X and PS5 may not live up to the graphics promise at launch

Asher Madan 3 weeks ago 26

Both the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 (PS5) are powerful consoles, but right now we haven't seen anything that really blows us away. The reveal of an upcoming game like Senua's Saga: Hellblade II may change that, but only time will tell.

Gameplay beats Trailers every time

What Microsoft and Xbox can learn from Sony and Nintendo gameplay reveals

Jez Corden 3 weeks ago 24

Ghost of Tsushima was recently revealed during one of Sony's "State of Play" showcases, and the format is exactly what Microsoft should be gunning for with Xbox Series X reveals moving forward.

Return to Skyrim

Why you should be excited for The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor

Asher Madan 3 weeks ago

The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor is an upcoming expansion for the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It takes us back to Skyrim and has us go against a dangerous vampire faction with a nefarious plan. You'll have to unravel a new mystery if you want to save the land we all love from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

engineering 101

Stop trying to make Surface Book 3 into something it's not

Daniel Rubino 1 month ago 134

Some people wish the Surface Book 3 were an even more powerful laptop and wonder why Microsoft just doesn't use more powerful hardware. The answer comes down to design, and what you want the Surface Book to be, is not at all what it is.

Making an effort

Latest Xbox event is a glimpse into the difficulty of COVID-era marketing

Jez Corden 1 month ago 18

The games shown today weren't bad by any means, but it's far-flung from the bombastic and polished events gamers are used to going into the summer.

Fixing Ultrabooks

5 key features every laptop should have in 2020

Daniel Rubino 1 month ago 33

There are lot of remarkable things that all laptop makers are doing in 2020, but few do all of them in one device. Here are five things that I think make a laptop great, and why they matter.

A glaring problem

Microsoft, can you start using anti-reflective screens for Surface already?

Daniel Rubino 1 month ago 38

Just a few years ago, you could either choose color-accurate glossy screens, or washed out matte ones. But in 2020, the new rage is "anti-reflective", which brings the best of both worlds together. So why isn't Microsoft leading the pack in screen technology, and instead, are falling behind Dell and HP?

Up in arms over apple

Why Apple is right to dump Intel for ARM in some MacBooks

Daniel Rubino 1 month ago 51

Apple is reportedly going to bring ARM processing to at least some of its MacBook laptops in 2021. It's the right decision as Apple's processors are unrivaled. While Apple is playing catch up to Microsoft in ARM laptops, it arguably will get a better reaction than Redmond has so far.

What do the devs say?

Here's what game devs think about Xbox Series X

Jez Corden 1 month ago 16

The Xbox Series X is upon us. But what do game developers think of this next-gen beast? We spoke to several to find out their thoughts.

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