Microsoft has confirmed Project Helix as the codename for its next-generation console, a machine designed to run PC games natively and dissolve the longstanding barrier between Xbox and Windows gaming ...

Intel is releasing the first iteration of the Intel Graphics Shader Distribution Service, a new distribution program that ...

A tweet from Xbox's new gaming chief, Asha Sharma, suggests the company is serious about developing a next-generation console that can run games from Valve's Steam platform.

Microsoft says Xbox mode is coming to Windows 11 in April, bringing a console-style interface, faster game loading tools, and ...

Microsoft first rolled out Advanced Shader Delivery in its SDK last September and added support to the ROG Xbox Ally as a ...

Last summer, we here at Ars made the argument that the company’s next Xbox console should give up the walled garden approach and just run Windows already. Now, newly named Microsoft Executive Vice ...

The Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program is set to return this year, and there's a good chance it includes original Xbox and Xbox 360 games coming to PC.

Advanced Shader Delivery (ADC) is coming to Windows for PC game developers, eliminating the shader compilation process while ...

Microsoft seems more determined than ever to combine Xbox and Windows — to the point that its next-gen Xbox, codenamed ...

"Xbox mode" (formerly Xbox Full Screen Experience) is here to replace your console.

We’ll see if the PlayStation Plus app will work on these devices soon. Microsoft has made a bold claim about the ROG Xbox Ally, but it sounds like they don’t think it’s particularly bold or unusual at ...