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I'm still here with Xbox for now — but it has some serious identity work ahead if it wants to reassure long-time fans

After nearly two decades with Xbox, I am reflecting on how its shifting brand messaging has shaped how I feel about the platform, alongside Phil Spencer’s retirement and Asha Sharma’s arrival as CEO, and why I'm not dooming about the whole ordeal.

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Windows 11 users are calling out Microsoft for missing features the OS should have had years ago, and the community is not being subtle about it

The Windows community demands a leaner operating system, an AI master switch, faster search, and full control. The real Windows 11 debate isn't new features.

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Twitch FPS legend Shroud "can't believe" Marathon is so hard — "you play ARC Raiders and it's like you're playing Hello Kitty Adventures"

Marathon and ARC Raiders are both extraction shooters, but Bungie's FPS is a far harder game — so much so that the Twitch star Shroud "can't believe" it.

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Marathon's Outpost map has released and can be unlocked now, and boy is it brutal — "it just becomes a real clusterf*** when you're in there fighting"

Marathon's new Outpost map has been unlocked, and compared to the other maps in Bungie's extraction shooter, it's far more brutal and dangerous.

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Black Ops Royale ditches player loadouts for upgradable weapons in new Call of Duty: Warzone mode — here's how they work

Call of Duty: Warzone's next big update introduces Black Ops Royale, a mode inspired by classic Blackout battle royale from Black Ops 4. The new mode will drop weapon loadouts in exchange for encouraging more scavenging for weapon and gear. Here's how you build yourself up to victory.

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We asked how you feel about Xbox's new console "Project Helix" — here's what you said about Microsoft blurring the line between Xbox and PC

Microsoft has officially announced the next Xbox, Project Helix — and it'll be a hybrid console-PC. We asked how you felt about that; here's what you said.

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Forza Horizon 6 is dropping a long-standing feature — players move to protest

Forza Horizon 6 lets go of Social Clubs after Microsoft does, but maybe this doesn't have to be the end?

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Do you know everyone in your meeting? — Microsoft Teams is ready to boot bots out.

Malicious bots can sit in on company calls to obtain sensitive data. A new Microsoft Teams feature keeps them locked out.

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A laptop with more ports than you'd ever need AND two disc drives? — This viral gaming rig from 20 years ago channels peak Alienware energy

Seeing old gaming laptops from 20 years ago get some love is always fun, and this gargantuan model has been making waves this week. Here's what it really is and what it had inside.

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I polled over 14,000 Xbox gamers on exclusivity — only 12.4% said Xbox should have zero exclusive games

Incoming Xbox CEO Asha Sharma will have to navigate the rather fractious debate on whether or not Xbox Series X|S or Helix should have exclusive games.

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Helium might be the perfect web browser — a cross-platform antidote to Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge

If you're tired of your web browser shoving AI and endless features in your face, then Helium might be just what you've been looking for.

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Windows 11’s app identity crisis is finally ending — but Microsoft still can’t figure out how numbers work

The latest update to WinUI Gallery helps developers make more polished Windows app. But the version number could use some polish.

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Microsoft Copilot is getting its own "Snipping Tool" for sharing screenshots directly to the AI in Windows — and it's more privacy-friendly than Windows Recall

Microsoft is developing a screenshot tool for Copilot to help users "communicate visual context more easily and receive more accurate, actionable assistance."

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Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella praises Intel and even Apple as critical parts of its own huge success — "Without Mac, I wonder whether Office would have happened"

CEO Satya Nadella credits Intel and Apple for shaping Windows and Office, revealing how Microsoft’s biggest products might not have happened without them.

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Slay the Spire 2 dev throws playful shade at Marathon after flying past its player count on the Steam charts — "Don't let small indie passion projects like this pass you by"

Both Marathon and Slay the Spire 2 have launched on the same day, and so far, Mega Crit's roguelike deckbuilder is more popular than Bungie's FPS on PC.

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Battlefield 6 producer says devs can't make new maps faster because "we’re a team of a certain size" — 4 studios are working on EA's best-selling shooter

Fans of Battlefield 6 want its devs to add new maps to the shooter faster, but the game's producer says they "don’t want to sacrifice quality."

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"What happens if we turn this up to 11?" — how the Diablo 4 developers approached their own version of the Warlock

Diablo 4 developers reveal the mechanical and thematic DNA of the upcoming Warlock class. Launching on April 28 with the Lord of Hatred expansion, we got to try it for the first time.

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Xbox's next console "Project Helix" codename revealed — CEO Asha Sharma re-affirms new Xbox-PC hybrid is on the way

Microsoft's next-gen Xbox console comes into focus, as Asha Sharma re-affirms commitment to first-party hardware.

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ARC Raiders recorded private Discord DM messages between players in "serious privacy and security violations" — Embark promises that your data is safe

An issue with ARC Raiders' Discord integration led to the game recording private DM messages between players in "serious privacy and security violations."

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The Warlock is Diablo 4's "heavy metal" new class, but while you wait, you can play Paladin for free or earn some DOOM crossover cosmetics

Blizzard showed more of the Diablo 4 Warlock, new Butcher themed season and some upcoming DOOM cosmetics.

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Windows 11’s March 2026 update is packing 9 new upgrades you’ll actually notice

Windows 11 March 2026 update adds native Sysmon, WebP wallpapers, Taskbar speed test, Quick Machine Recovery for Pro, and more.

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A seemingly buggy Windows 11 update locked my Xbox Ally X into recovery mode — with a tedious restore lasting 12 hours

A routine Windows 11 update locked my Xbox Ally handheld in recovery mode, forcing a full cloud restore that took more than 12 hours. Highlighting just how uncertain I am about the next Xbox being a Windows PC.

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"I honestly regret every dollar I gave to you" — Star Citizen's billion-dollar community is irate over delayed data breach reveal

Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), developer of Star Citizen, sat on a data breach for weeks before quietly revealing its scope to gamers. The outrage is justified, and some diehard Star Citizen fans might be ready to park their ship in a hangar for the last time.

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Does Apple agree that Microsoft's apps are more popular than its own? I spotted the MacBook Neo's nod to Office (and Slack)

Apple’s MacBook Neo demo briefly shows Microsoft Word pinned to the dock instead of Apple’s own Pages app, with other Office apps also appearing recently used.

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Microsoft is turning Copilot into a browser — is it an Edge trap or useful way to save time?

Microsoft Copilot Insiders can now open web links in a sidepane within the app. It’s a low-friction fix for an annoying multitasking pain point in Windows.

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