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Holding an Xbox controller in front of a keyboard

If you're on the latest Windows 11 Insider build you might have to uninstall your Xbox controller driver to get it to play nicely

By Jacob Fox published

News Ah, the old uninstall trick, I like it.

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Phil Spencer, chief executive officer of gaming at Microsoft Corp., arrives to court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard CEOs are expected to testify to persuade a federal judge in California to reject the Federal Trade Commission's effort to block their $69 billion deal. Photographer: Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg via Getty Images

'A future has been stolen from many of us and our community will never experience an amazing game': Microsoft MMO devs respond to cancelation of project Phil Spencer reportedly loved

By Andy Chalk published

news The cancellation of ZeniMax Online Studios' new game happened earlier this month as part of Microsoft's latest round of mass layoffs.

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Ryan Gosling looking worse for wear looking up lit by purple light

Fresh from telling laid-off employees to console themselves with AI, Microsoft doubles down by advertising Xbox jobs with pathetic AI image: 'So tone deaf I hope it is satire'

By Rich Stanton published

News "What is happening over there?"

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A Windows 11 taskbar with a lot of icons, on a Windows 11 background

Good news for multitaskers: Microsoft is gradually rolling out taskbar scaling to squeeze in as many icons as possible in the latest Windows 11 Insider build

By Andy Edser published

News Move over, lads.

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An ROG Xbox Ally X and Ally shown during Microsoft's Xbox stream in June 2025.

Leaked pricing suggests the ROG Xbox Ally X might be the most expensive Xbox console yet, which probably isn't the award Microsoft is aiming for

By Andy Edser published

News Probably.

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest outside the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Microsoft shareholders demand report into the company's 'human rights due diligence' over allegations of war crime complicity in Gaza

By Andy Chalk published

news A group of more than 60 Microsoft shareholders has filed a proposal that will be voted on at the company's next Annual General Meeting.

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An image showing a player house in World of Warcraft, a cosy cottage placed upon a grassy hill in a verdant green forest.

WoW continues to eat FF14's lunch with its housing system on paper—says it'll just make more neighbourhoods if they're full, and you can have private guild ones, too

By Harvey Randall published

News You get a house, and you get a house, and you get a house!

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UK, London, Big Ben and British flag.

The new 'UK Video Games Council' has announced its members—including reps from Larian Studios, Microsoft, and non-profit advocacy groups UKIE and TIGA

By Harvey Randall published

News All rise for the inauguration.

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Two Ethereals and Alleria Windrunner stand poised to enter K'Aresh in World of Warcraft: The War Within.

World of Warcraft: The War Within's last major patch before Midnight drops early August, and it's time to go into space again

By Harvey Randall published

News Ghosts of K'aresh arrives August 5.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 10: Brenda Romero and John Romero attend the BAFTA Games Awards 2024 Nominees' Party at the Langham Hotel on April 10, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

Romero Games is not closed: 'We are doing everything in our power to ensure that it does not come to that'

By Andy Chalk published

news The studio says it's now in talks with other publishers about finishing the game it was working on prior to last week's funding cut.

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