He's rarely had kind words to say about Microsoft's latest operating system, but in the same interview with The Verge in which he spoke at length about his company's plans for a "Steam Box" PC, Valve boss Gabe Newell also talks about Windows 8. » 1/09/13 2:30am 1/09/13 2:30am

When the platform first launched, Windows 8 inexplicably shut out games rated PEGI 18, meaning that, if/when the day came that developers began releasing games with Windows 8 features, Europeans wouldn't be able to get them from Microsoft's store. » 12/12/12 9:30pm 12/12/12 9:30pm

Windows 8 has its problems. Some of these are immediate, others hypothetical (and potentially graver in nature). But I'm finding, as I write this using the operating system, having been playing games using the operating system, the negativity over Microsoft's latest Windows seems a little extreme. » 11/04/12 11:00pm 11/04/12 11:00pm

First announced back at E3, Microsoft today revealed the first serious details about its Xbox Music service, which will use the cloud to stream a music catalogue across platforms like the Xbox 360, PC and Windows 8 tablets. » 10/15/12 1:00am 10/15/12 1:00am

Microsoft and anime girls are not strangers in Japan. In fact, you could say that Microsoft and Japanese anime girls are a thing. And not a new thing at that!

For Windows 7, Microsoft had an OS character—or OS-tan, as they're called. OS-tans are anime personifications of operating systems that are created online by… » 10/12/12 4:30am 10/12/12 4:30am

Casey Muratori wrote a great piece yesterday speaking out against Microsoft's Windows 8 for all kinds of reasons, but one point that struck me was his suggestion that, because there are age restrictions on the operating system's marketplace, this would affect adult video games. » 10/10/12 11:30pm 10/10/12 11:30pm

Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft, is in the rare position to be able to do just about whatever he wants and say whatever he feels. So the man whose game is tearing up the charts on Xbox Live Arcade (more than three million copies sold)... the man who has said publicly that he "loves" working with Microsoft… » 9/27/12 8:30pm 9/27/12 8:30pm

Windows 8 doesn't officially launch until October, but the dramatic changes to the OS most gaming PCs use have already proven quite controversial. » 9/24/12 1:30pm 9/24/12 1:30pm

On October 26th, your Windows PC will become an Xbox. Sort of. » 8/31/12 10:40am 8/31/12 10:40am

Even though game consoles are banned in China, Microsoft just launched a Chinese language Xbox site. » 8/29/12 5:15am 8/29/12 5:15am