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Train Simulator firm Dovetail Games has announced a deal with Microsoft to bring some of its future games to Xbox One and Windows 10. The UK developer plans to bring its new Train Simulator title, Dovetail Games Fishing and Dovetail Games Flight Simulator to Microsoft’s platforms as a part of …
Read More »Bloodstained introduces cross-play between Xbox One and Windows 10
Koji Igarishi takes to the stage to announce new features for Kickstarter hit
Read More »Windows 10 nearly overtaking OSX among Steam users
New system expected to overtake entire OSX portfolio within the month
Read More »Windows 10 has nearly overtaken OSX among Steam users
Having only arrived last week, Windows 10 is already on the brink of overtaking the most recent version of Apple’s OSX among Steam users. The latest Steam Hardware Survey for July shows that Windows 10 is currently used by 2.3 per cent of those who agreed to take part (which …
Read More »Windows 10 now running on 14m devices
Microsoft has announced its Windows 10 OS is now running on more than 14m devices. The company revealed the figure in a post on the Windows blog, adding that many more upgrades are still in queue for qualifying users running older versions of Windows. Rest assured we are working 247 …
Read More »Windows 10 Solitaire requires a paid subscription to remove ads
There’s a big caveat to note here before we even begin – Windows 10 is currently free to the vast majority of Windows owners. This has never happened before, and the upgrade is as simple as clicking on the notification in your system tray, waiting for your turn and giving …
Read More »Game Insight: ‘We can prove Windows 10 is viable’
The studio tells us why it's backing Microsoft's new OS and discusses the process of bringing games to the platform
Read More »Preparing for Windows 10
James Batchelor look at how Marmalade has worked with Microsoft to introduce Windows 10 support to its popular tools
Read More »Xbox Music rebranded as Groove, Xbox video becomes Movies & TV
Microsoft is to remove the Xbox branding from its music and video services. Xbox Music is to be renamed Groove while Xbox Video is getting the slightly less sexy new title Movies & TV. Both apps will feature as part of next week’s Windows 10 preview. Along with the name …
Read More »E3 2015: Indie PC dev Motiga debuts Gigantic for Xbox One and Windows 10
Free-to-play title arrives in beta form this August
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