The Escapist

Tower of Fantasy Warp Server release date nears, removing Gacha weapons as it tries out new server type

Tower of Fantasy is one of several gacha MMOs to enter the space a few years ago. It offers players a Genshin-like experience, but a more focused experience on MMO-like instanced and world boss events ...
GamesRadar+

Steam Machine is "Microsoft's worst nightmare" according to analysts, and one day Xbox games might be more beneficial to Valve than their own publisher: "Xbox console sales ...

Strategy Games "There is no platform that matches Steam's excellent discovery system" according to Heroes of Might and Magic publisher PC Gaming Steam will always beat out the Epic Games Store because ...
GamesRadar+

Steam Machine is "a console that refuses to admit it's a console," analyst says, but "Valve isn't trying to beat Sony or Microsoft at their own game so much as rewrite the rules"

Valve's new Steam Machine is set to bring PC gaming to living rooms everywhere when it launches next year, but is it a fierce new console rival that'll compete directly against the likes of ...
Polygon

Will Microsoft support Xbox's existential threat, Steam Machine?

Excitement abounds for Valve's quirky cuboid, Steam Machine. But the console-PC hybrid sounds awfully a lot like what Microsoft is hoping to accomplish with its next-generation hardware. Even in an ...
The Verge

Valve just built the Xbox that Microsoft is dreaming of

The Steam Machine challenges Xbox in the living room with the power of PC gaming. The Steam Machine challenges Xbox in the living room with the power of PC gaming. is a senior editor and author of ...
SiliconANGLE

Azure outage takes multiple Microsoft services, customer websites offline

A technical issue in Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud platform today disrupted several online services operated by the tech giant and its customers. Starbucks Corp., Costco Wholescale Corp. and Capital ...
fox43

Microsoft outage leaves Pennsylvania's website offline

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A nationwide Microsoft outage is having effects right here in Pennsylvania. According to Downdetector, which tracks user reports of outages, the problems began shortly after 11:30 ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms Emergency Update For Millions Of Windows Users

Just days after Microsoft killed security updates for 500 million Windows 10 users, there’s bad news for Windows 11 users as well. A new, mandatory security update is a “total disaster” and an ...
Campus Technology

Microsoft Intros New AI-Powered Teaching and Learning Tools

Microsoft has unveiled a number of updates bringing AI-powered experiences to teaching and learning. New features include a "Teach" AI tool for Copilot, a "Study and Learn" AI agent, and more. Rolling ...
PC Gamer

Rufus is a free tool that gets rid of most of Windows 11's installation nonsense and I'll show you exactly how to use it

Ah, good old Rufus. Where would we be without you? Well, it seems the answer is a world with far fewer Windows 11 machines. October 14 is the last day Windows 10 users will get critical support from ...
GeekWire

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shakes up his own job, taps veteran exec as CEO of commercial business

Judson Althoff, a 12-year veteran of Microsoft, was just named CEO of its commercial business under a leadership restructuring designed to free up Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to focus more on the ...
Microsoft

Two Decades of Innovation: Microsoft Development Center in Serbia Contributes to Global Technological Advancement

Microsoft Development Center Serbia (MDCS) is celebrating two decades of innovation, global impact, and the development of technological talent. Founded in 2005 as the fifth Microsoft development ...