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Cloudflare goes down again in December, killing LinkedIn and more
By Ben Wilson last updated
News Cloudflare's scheduled downtime aligned with its team "investigating issues" that took out productivity apps and games.

Microsoft put AI over substance and community input in this year's Microsoft Store Awards
By Sean Endicott published
Apps Microsoft’s Store Awards 2025 are heavily focused on AI, ignoring community input and featuring odd choices like naming a 2024 game as the 2025 Game of the Year winner.

A new Banjo Kazooie game is here ... sort of, and it's not on Xbox
By Brendan Lowry published
News A small team of fans has created an unofficial, yet amazing new Banjo-Kazooie game — but it's only playable on PlayStation, through Dreams.

Xbox's most creative game in years just got a totally cool black-and-white Noir Mode
By Zachary Boddy published
Gaming Keeper is one of my favorite video games of the year, and Double Fine just updated it with a brand-new, super unique black-and-white Noir Mode (and more).

Total War: Medieval 3 is finally happening, and it might launch on Xbox consoles
By Samuel Tolbert published
PC Gaming Total War: Medieval 3 is on the way, with the game in early pre-production using an upgraded engine that could see it launch on Xbox.

Stranger Things is crossing over with the Xbox game you'd least expect
By Brendan Lowry published
Gaming One of the biggest TV shows right now is Netflix's Stranger Things, and it's about to crossover with, of all games, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on Xbox and PC.

Windows 11's Run Dialog box is being updated for the first time in 30 years
By Zac Bowden published
Windows 11 The Run dialog box (Win+R) is finally being updated with a modern interface that matches the rest of Windows 11 for the first time since Windows 95. Here's a first look!

AMD leaks a new X3D CPU with a slightly higher boost clock than its 9800X3D
By Cale Hunt published
PC Gaming Only 400MHz faster than the 9800X3D certainly feels underwhelming.
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