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From The Editor's Desk — new Windows Central community features, we'd like to hear from you!
From the editor's desk? In 2025? In this economy? We have some cool news to share about the future of Windows Central, and we ...
Windows Central Podcast: Xbox Ally is official, and Aero Glass is back?
Daniel and Zac discuss the new Xbox Ally and major changes to Windows for gaming handhelds. The crew also talks about Apple's ...
New code strings attached to Xbox Game Pass suggests a price increase may be imminent
Death, taxes, and subscription service price increases. The three horsemen of inevitability. A new code string suggests Xbox ...
The Gears of War Reloaded beta is upon us, here's how you can take part
The Gears of War Reloaded beta is here and there are a few different ways you can get yourself a ticket to enter. Here's what you need to know.
'7 Days to Die' meets 'Animal Crossing': This wholesome survival game for Xbox and PC has some interesting inspiration
Pine Creek Games' Winter Burrow is a wholesome life sim with a survival twist, coming to Xbox Game Pass in 2025.
Minecraft Vibrant Visuals finally has a release date and it's dropping with the Happy Ghasts
Big news for Minecraft players, Mojang have put out a new trailer announcing the release date for the Vibrant Visuals, and ...
5 things we didn't get from the Xbox Games Showcase, because Xbox obviously hates me personally
The recent Xbox Games Showcase was filled with exciting reveals and updates, but there were several games that I really ...
Xbox and PC's best L4D alternative has a new class gameplay video for you
Fatshark has revealed new Arbites gameplay in a new extended trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. A brand-new class is coming to Warhammer 40,000: Darktide later this month. In advance of the DLC ...
The Steam store just got a big update with great new features — here's what was added
Valve's globally popular PC gaming client Steam just got a major update that greatly improves its support for showing ...
Silent Hill 1 remake in development at Konami and Bloober Team, but will it come to Xbox?
After the success of the Silent Hill 2 remake, Konami and Bloober Team are joining up again to remake the original horror game that started it all.
Surface Pro 11 with Snapdragon X Elite drops to lowest price ever
A 31% discount on the Surface Pro 11 drops the price of the Snapdragon X Elite model to $1,169.99. That's the best price ...
I played Capcom's Pragmata, and it's not what you expect
Pragmata is a third-person shooter that mixes in surprisingly intuitive hacking minigames, but I do still have questions.