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- November 30
- November 29
- November 28
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- Black Friday surprise: 8BitDo just announced an Xbox keyboard and mouse that's an ode to the OG Xbox, and it's stunning
- FTC Chair Lina Khan fires a parting shot at Microsoft: The United States Federal Trade Commission has opened "broad" antitrust investigation into Microsoft's entire business
- "Google’s statement is deceitful. Shame on them." Epic CEO Tim Sweeney lays the smackdown on Google after its new statement that Microsoft was "always able" to offer an Xbox store on Android
- November 27
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- "We are eager to launch and give more choice and flexibility to players": Microsoft delays new Xbox Android app features on Google Play due to court order
- Tencent revealed a massive new Intel gaming handheld with a unique feature similar to the Nintendo 3DS
- Baldur's Gate 3 is ringing in 2025 with new features and subclasses I've wanted since launch — here's Patch 8's release date for testing
- PSA: This is the one Xbox / PC gaming accessory you should NOT buy for Black Friday — get this instead
- This year's coolest strategy game has an icy new roadmap for 2025, including a console launch on Xbox Game Pass
- I completely missed that the Minecraft movie got new trailers, and my faith has been slightly restored
- Get chased by immortal trees in Minecraft's newest update, now available to download everywhere
- The verdict is in: Windows Recall is great, actually
- Don't trust everything you hear. Microsoft does NOT use your data from Microsoft 365 to train AI models.
- Here's when you can play Stakeout 24/7 again in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- November 26
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- Black Ops 6 cheaters are getting banned from ranked play, but not fast enough — even with help from AI
- Forza Motorsport fans are so crazy for the NASCAR series that it's hanging around for longer
- GSC says STALKER 2 balance updates are in the cards for future patches, so maybe soon we can all stop complaining about tanky mutants
- One of the biggest tech deals in history is likely to fall through, but would Qualcomm have been able to buy Intel anyway?
- As Cyberpunk 2077 reaches an amazing sales milestone, CD Projekt RED reveals a big update for the next Witcher game
- November 25
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- "GSC has sabotaged my save": STALKER 2 player gets hilariously blocked by an NPC who won't get out of a doorway — even after days of waiting
- Black Ops 6 celebrates the biggest launch in Call of Duty history with some BIG rewards for fans. Here's what you need to know.
- STALKER 2's best easter egg references Call of Duty's most iconic campaign mission
- "Everything is up and running." Microsoft 365 is back after two days of outages
- Microsoft is up to some shady old tricks again with the new Bing Wallpaper app
- Sony is reportedly working on a PS5 handheld, so where does this leave Xbox's offering?
- November 24
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- "I think it's a great hardware platform. I do like Xbox." Final Fantasy 7 Remake director wants to bring the game to "as many players as possible," hinting at an Xbox version.
- "We’ve been following your feedback in all possible forms carefully." STALKER 2: The update patches and bug fixes are coming in fast, with one of the biggest issues on Xbox coming later on.
- November 23
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- Microsoft is testing a new way to multitask while gaming on PCs
- Help, I let RGB lights take over my entire office, and I'm still not a good gamer
- It's not just you: Team RICOCHET confirms a data outage affected Black Ops 6 anti-cheat
- The first STALKER 2 mods are already on the Nexus in case you're sick of repair costs or crazy high mutant health
- November 22
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- An iconic Call of Duty character is now a playable operator in Black Ops 6
- "We are working on this issue already." STALKER 2 has a huge, game-breaking problem on Xbox, and GSC Game World confirms that it's working on a fix
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players have two weeks to get BILLIONS of eliminations, but the rewards will be worth it
- "We would ask you to stay with us, that is really important to us." STALKER 2 devs promise patches for A-Life, the game's most unique open-world feature
- Microsoft is finally ready to let you try Windows Recall — first preview build for Copilot+ PCs available now
- Xbox Game Pass didn't stop STALKER 2 from crossing this huge sales milestone in under two days
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 smashes October 2024 sales and gives Xbox Game Pass a lift, too
- Brave's latest AI-infused Search tool is another play to get you to ditch Google — and it's actually really good
- These are my top 3 must-buys from the SteelSeries Black Friday sale — there's never been a better (and cheaper) time to upgrade
- November 21
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- Diablo 4 Season 7 will let us learn the powers of Witchcraft, and finally inflict a necessary evil (aka Spiritborn nerfs)
- This strategy game is getting one last massive update that's worth checking out
- Microsoft can "dismantle language barriers in the workplace" but only if you have an iPhone
- Get ready to visit IRL Minecraft with two official theme parks announced for US and UK as part of $110 million deal with Merlin Entertainment
- My second preview proved I'm going to love Avowed, but I wonder how many won't feel the same
- "This is not the launch experience we want for our players and want to apologize to the community": Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launches to 'mostly negative' reviews
- November 20
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- STALKER 2 is flying up the Steam charts as Microsoft Flight Simulator nosedives
- Edward Snowden's favorite secretive messenger is now ready for Windows on Arm PCs
- Rejoice Xbox players for the popular, free-to-play RPG 'Genshin Impact' is finally available to download and play on Xbox
- After years of waiting, Xbox Cloud Gaming's "Stream Your Own Game" feature is going live today. Here's the list of 50 games available to buy and stream in the initial first wave.
- Microsoft removes several widgets from the emptiest section of the Microsoft Store
- "You are a stain on the universe. Please die." Google Gemini tells student, following pretty basic research queries
- STALKER 2 reviews and Metacritic score roundup: Does GSC's open-world sequel live up to the hype?
- November 19
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- Bethesda's Starfield crosses a new milestone, while the Xbox RPG gets a new feature players have been asking for
- This one Google app is finally here for Qualcomm Snapdragon Arm-based Windows 11 PCs
- One of the most underrated classic Assassin's Creed games randomly got a 60 FPS update on Xbox Series X|S
- Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy Entertainment is making a big change with one of its next games
- Microsoft Support responds to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 players stuck with 'loading unusually long' bugs on launch day
- These new Microsoft Teams features will affect millions more people than anything else announced at Ignite 2024
- PC can't run STALKER 2? Play one of my favorite indie extraction shooters instead.
- Xbox Game Pass gets STALKER 2 and a tactical alien adventure, while Standard subscribers get one of the year's best indie games
- Microsoft is launching a $349 desktop PC that only runs Windows 11 by streaming it from the cloud — is this the future of desktop computing?
- Microsoft announces Windows 11 integration with Meta Quest headsets that will let you easily stream your PC inside VR
- Microsoft confirms availability details for AI-powered search on Windows 11 — but Intel and AMD Copilot+ PCs will have to wait
- Can't boot your Windows 11 PC? This new feature can fix your system remotely, helping prevent another CrowdStrike BSOD disaster.
- Copilot+ PCs will finally feel like truly productive AI PCs once this new Microsoft 365 Copilot feature rolls out
- Here's the exact time you can play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 as launch day arrives
- Sony is in talks to purchase the media conglomerate that currently holds the reins to "Elden Ring" developer, FromSoft
- One of the best DLC expansions ever earned the Game Awards' highest nomination, but did Elden Ring already have its time in the spotlight?
- November 18
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- Beeskie is the first native Bluesky app built for Windows 11, and a Microsoft engineer makes it
- Xbox grabs 12 nominations at The Game Awards 2024 — but PlayStation dominates Game of the Year
- Here's the exact release time you can play STALKER 2 on launch day this week
- Microsoft's "biggest" game has the worst pre-install offering I've seen — gamers won't escape these gigantic day-one downloads
- Think your PC can handle anything? LG's new OLED gaming monitor would like a word.
- Xbox gamers can pre-install the long-anticipated port of HoYoverse's immensely popular 'gacha' RPG before it launches
- Here's when you can play Rebirth Island again in Call of Duty: Warzone on Black Ops 6 [UPDATED]
- "There's no evidence scaling laws have begun to stop": Former Google CEO claims AI systems will be 100 times more powerful, leading to new warfare challenges — as Sam Altman reportedly preps for a $1 trillion AI model training run
- Is Microsoft flying a sinking ship with Copilot and 'gimmicky' AI tools?: "We are building the plane as we fly it. Nothing else matters. They want a Copilot tie-in for everything"
- November 17
- November 15
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- The First Descendant Season 2 brings new heroes, holiday skins, and an epic new feature players have been asking for
- "GAIADEX is our commitment to breaking down barriers and making it easier for companies to adopt greener practices": Razer unveils AI tool, accelerating a product's environmental impact assessment to under 5 minutes
- Is AI better than Shakespeare? People resonate better with deepfake poems because they are "more beautiful" and easy to understand: "Because of the way deepfakes are created, you will literally not know what is real and what is fake"
- The Black Ops 6 update to Call of Duty: Warzone was supposed to be incredible, but in some really important ways they ruined it entirely — especially for PC players
- Sam Altman predicts AGI will "woosh by" as Anthropic CEO eyes a 2027 breakthrough; Microsoft delivers Arm64 ISOs for Windows 11, but there’s a catch, while NVIDIA debuts an "essential companion" for PC Gaming
- Xbox rolls out update to its accessories app to help with minor thumbstick issues
- "We’ll definitely do more consoles in the future, and other devices." Xbox lead Phil Spencer says more consoles are coming after Xbox Series X|S.
- Avowed quietly put out the PC requirements and file size and I'm pleasantly surprised
- This Early Black Friday Xbox gift card deal saves an extra 10% off the sale — but hurry, it’s ending soon!
- OpenAI's undefined revenue streams fumbled a $30 billion investment but later saw a $500 billion kickback with "a clear focus of converting to a for-profit entity"
- "There is no wall": OpenAI CEO Sam Altman potentially responds to stunted development of advanced AI models reports due to critical knowledge cap
- November 14
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- Microsoft shuts down the Windows 10 Beta Channel just five months after reopening it
- If you haven't come back to Diablo 4 yet, Blizzard has just made it really easy for you to catch up and even try out the Spiritborn class for free
- One of the next big first-party Xbox games is coming to Battle.net, and it's getting a special steelbook edition
- OpenAI will reportedly join the Microsoft/Salesforce AI agentic war with 'Operator' in January 2025: "I think 2025 is going to be the year that agentic systems finally hit the mainstream"
- Windows 11's Instant Games experience is no longer instant
- Razer's latest docking station promises better gaming performance with a dedicated wireless dongle port... and 13 more beside that
- Xbox partners with unlikely companies to show you (almost) everything is an Xbox
- Microsoft Copilot is the poster child of 'an annoying kid in class' — a 24-hour excursion in the woods by the WSJ with four chatbots reveals which AI ranks the best, and the answer may surprise you
- An ambitious and gritty third-person shooter in a unified Korea is headed to Xbox Game Pass
- Windows 11 takes small step to fix the horrible new Outlook app
- Microsoft FINALLY releases Windows 11 ISOs for Arm64-based PCs — but there's a catch
- Xbox AI transparency report reveals 19 million toxic messages blocked, and improved player safety in Minecraft and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Here's exactly what time you can play the Black Ops 6 update to Call of Duty: Warzone
- November 13
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- OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic hit the critical knowledge cap for advanced AI training—Is AGI still in the ChatGPT maker's pipeline in the next five years?
- Sam Altman claims AGI will whoosh by in 5 years with "surprisingly little" societal change, while Anthropic CEO predicts a 2026 or 2027 breakthrough: "There's no ceiling below the level of humans...there's a lot of room at the top for AIs"
- "The goal is never to see a degradation in our story quality." World of Warcraft turns 20: Discussing the future with Blizzard on Mythic+ progression, class balance, Undermine, and the decades-awaited Player Housing feature
- Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer plays coy about Black Myth: Wukong on Xbox
- "We think about the Xbox platform as the Xbox console, PC and cloud. We want them to be Play Anywhere." Microsoft strives to bring more Windows PC games to Xbox while hitting as "many screens as possible"
- What do punching Nazis, Xbox, and fluffy breakfast have in common? A lot, it turns out.
- "Massive roadblocks" with Microsoft explained as ZeniMax QA employee union goes on strike — here's what the workers are asking for
- SHADOW-DROP ALERT — Warcraft 1 and 2 Remastered and the long-awaited 2.0 patch update for Warcraft 3: Reforged have just launched on PC for Warcraft's 30th anniversary
- World of Warcraft confirms a feature players have been asking 20 YEARS for, while revealing the next major goblin-themed content patch
- STALKER 2 gets a post-apocalyptic collaboration with The Division 2 and I know I'll be buying it
- Microsoft is still in the market for video game acquisitions, Xbox lead Phil Spencer says — and he wants to partner more in China
- “I think the ball is moving in the right direction." Xbox head Phil Spencer confirms Microsoft mobile game store delay amid Apple, Google regulations in interview
- "Longer term, I love us building devices, and I think our team could do some real innovative work." The Xbox handheld is real — but it's at least "several years out."
- PUBG Mobile, Honor of Kings, and other mobile games are here for Windows 11's Microsoft Store — here's why you can't play them
- Xbox lead Phil Spencer says there are no 'red lines' for what games could come to PlayStation and Nintendo
- The first major update for Xbox's latest strategy game fixes so many of my complaints
- This Microsoft Teams feature will finally make its way from chats to channels
- What is the Windows Insider Program and should you join?
- Apple's ingenious AI strategy will let the iPhone maker have its cake and eat a cut of OpenAI's ChatGPT Plus subscription plan, too
- Cheaters aren't what's spoiling Black Ops 6 the most, it's an infuriating DirectX bug that crashes the game — but there are some things you can try
- November 12
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- OPINION: After a year of confusion, Xbox is closing out 2024 with a ton of momentum, and plenty of cause for optimism
- Say goodbye to the Copilot key on Windows 11, or at least say hello to the option to make the key open other apps
- Xbox's South of Midnight looks like the Southern Gothic adventure I've always wanted
- Wall Street analysts claim Microsoft's $13 billion OpenAI investment is "some of the best money ever spent" despite bankruptcy reports — Here's why
- Microsoft once again prioritizes a competitor with a new feature you won't find on Windows 11
- Xbox Game Studios' Towerborne is getting a new boss fight, new legendary gear, and one amazing, must-have feature
- NVIDIA shares "essential companion" for anyone with an RTX-powered gaming PC
- Valve is launching a new white limited edition Steam Deck OLED soon — and you'll only have one chance to grab it
- November 11
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- Seagate finally has competition for its 2TB Xbox Series X|S expansion card, and the pricing is (mostly) good news
- Google's answer to AirDrop looks like it's on the way to Windows on Arm PCs powered by Snapdragon X
- "Browser extensions are a blind spot for EDR/XDR, and SWGs have no way to infer their presence": Google Chrome's new Manifest V3 framework, touted as private and secure, might be a breeding ground for phishing scams
- I'm not sure why Microsoft waited this long to add this Windows 11 feature, but the option is finally on the way
- Everyone's favorite purple dragon Spyro is about to finally join the Xbox family through Game Pass — here's when
- AMD's killer Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor sold out in seconds as scalpers spoiled your chances of buying the best gaming CPU
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle comes to Xbox soon, and this massive fourteen-minute gameplay trailer has me excited for Indy's latest adventure
- I spent Election week on Twitter (X) but I didn't have to see political posts. This extension uses AI to block mentions of Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, or politics.
- Microsoft revives MSN brand with fresh new logo for 2024 — retires "Microsoft Start" branding
- If Mozilla Foundation just laid off 30% of its staff and advocacy division, will its fight for "a free and open internet" continue?
- November 10
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- Xbox snags a major PlayStation exclusive while OpenAI CEO claims AGI will barely register, Microsoft 365 prices increase, and Apple’s Mac mini M4 crushes mini PC rivals
- One of Windows 11 few truly useful AI features might be getting a keyboard shortcut real soon, and it's one you'll actually want to know
- November 8
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- 'Genshin Impact' launches on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Cloud Gaming on November 20, complete with extra bonuses to sweeten the deal
- Another Steam Deck and ROG Ally competitor is coming and it has the option of being an AI PC
- $1M 'A.I. God' painting? Ultra-artistic humanoid robot creates uncanny artwork of British mathematician — representing "the struggles Turing warned we will face when it comes to managing AI"
- How Windows Central makes money
- You can now transform your Secretlab chair into the Arcane, World of Warcraft, or Dragonball universes — and it just got more affordable
- Xbox lets you make friends now — as the new friends and followers update rolls out to everyone
- Like it or not, Paint is now in your Windows 11 context menu
- OpenAI beats copyright infringement lawsuit after complainants failed to allege cognizable injury: "Let us be clear about what is really at stake here. That question is not before the court today."
- "Nintendo is not asserting patents on genuine technological inventions but trying to monopolize game rules" The patents for the Palworld lawsuit have finally been revealed — filed after the game launch
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 director talks up the part Xbox Game Pass played in making it the biggest launch in franchise history
- Fallout TV series casts Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin for second season — but what role is he playing?
- November 7
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- Golden Joystick Awards 2024 voting is still live for 24 hours — this nominee easily got my GOTY pick
- A Mass Effect TV series is finally happening, so I hope it doesn't make this mistake
- You can now drop $900 on the best gaming handheld with all the storage, but there's already one way to save a couple hundred dollars
- Windows 11's best legacy apps get much-needed AI-powered love from Microsoft — but the best experience is Copilot+ PC limited
- Windows on Arm apps are about to get access to the secret sauce Adobe used to get Premiere Pro 25 to work on Copilot+ PCs
- Microsoft wants you to pay for AI-generated themes in Outlook on Windows, Mac, and mobile
- Take-Two is selling Outer Worlds publisher Private Division because it says it's in the "business of making great big hits" like Grand Theft Auto — but was Xbox the buyer?
- Windows 11's market share hits all-time high — Microsoft's $30 extended support charge beyond Windows 10's imminent death won't cut it
- NVIDIA GeForce NOW caps monthly playtime to "keep pricing the same for the foreseeable future." Even Ultimate members will be limited in how much they can play each month.
- The world’s best gaming CPU is out now – here’s where to find the 9800X3D
- Telegram is the latest of my daily Windows apps to enjoy native ARM support on Snapdragon X and even my ancient Surface
- PlayStation just lost a key console exclusive to Xbox Series X|S out of nowhere, and it has Xbox Play Anywhere with Windows 11 too
- November 6
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- AMD breaks Intel's long-running reign in the data center landscape with $3.549 billion in revenue — but NVIDIA continues to top the charts with AI chips
- Office and Microsoft 365 will soon cost more, and it's all Copilot AI's fault
- Rumors that a classic 'Warcraft' game is getting a big remaster reveal begin to take form
- November 5
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- Hogwarts Legacy 2 will tie into a TV show, but I hope it's not going too far
- OpenAI diversifies its portfolio beyond AI and ChatGPT — hires former Meta AR lead and collaborates with Apple's seasoned Chief Design Officer to bolster its hardware and robotics ventures
- Can't connect FC 24 to EA Servers (over 4 weeks) on my Xbox Series X despite resetting my router? — will be the first question I ask Xbox's new AI-powered Support Virtual Agent when I gain access
- "Lifeline’s one of the most beloved Legends in the game." The next season of Apex Legends is reworking one of the game's original characters.
- Microsoft AI CEO says the AI revolution will "deliver the greatest boost to productivity in the history of our species" — but also raise fundamental questions about what it means to be human
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players are hit with unexpected nerfs to XP, and nobody knows why [UPDATED]
- Rumors are swirling that another PS5 PlayStation console exclusive is making its way across to Xbox Series X|S
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AGI would have 'whooshed by' in 5 years with "surprisingly little" societal change than speculated
- Xbox Game Pass gets Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and one of the zaniest remasters in years
- November 4
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- I thought this Halo 2 demo was lost to time, but 20+ years later, I can finally play it this weekend — and you can, too
- Anthropic unveils Claude AI desktop app with Windows on Arm support as concerned users pressure on Microsoft over a 'botched' Copilot update
- The worst thing about Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is that they built a straight-up cheat into the game [UPDATE]
- Sam Altman believes AGI is "achievable with current hardware" — but it could absurdly require "$7 trillion and many years to build 36 semiconductor plants and additional data centers"
- Microsoft may rebrand its Windows AI features under "Windows Intelligence," following in Apple's footsteps
- November 3
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- November 1
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- This legendary JRPG franchise is coming to Xbox for the first time, and the pre-orders are now live
- Race against the Covenant in your brand-new Porsche with Forza Halo 5's latest update — I'm sorry, I meant Forza Horizon 5 (now feat. Steve Vai)
- Microsoft AI CEO says Copilot will evolve into a companion and 'real friend' despite backlash from concerned users: "It tries to be my friend when I need it to be a tool"
- OpenAI's new 'Google killer' feature is Sam Altman's favorite since ChatGPT shipped: "It has probably doubled my usage over the past few weeks"
- When can you play Nuketown in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6? — A fan favorite map for chaos and carnage returns
- Monster Hunter Wilds' Open Beta Test debuts to almost half a MILLION concurrent players on Steam
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