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Crimson Desert's release date and launch times are only a few sleeps away — here's when you can play one of the most hyped-up open-world games I've ever seen

Crimson Desert could be one of the grandest fantasy adventure games ever made, and now it's just a few days away from its release date and launch times.

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Bethesda's Todd Howard says NVIDIA DLSS 5 in Xbox's Starfield is "amazing" — everyone else is calling it uncanny AI slop

The internet is laying into NVIDIA's DLSS 5 tech for making NPCs look like AI slop, but Bethesda's Todd Howard thinks it's "amazing" in Xbox's Starfield.

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Xbox App finally lets you add any game or app — a huge step toward Steam‑level freedom

A new update to the Xbox PC app introduces manual library additions, allowing users to launch apps and games directly from the interface without relying solely on supported storefronts.

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Xbox’s "easier dev tools" pitch isn’t landing with fans who say the platform needs bigger fixes

Xbox says it is removing friction for developers, but readers debate whether install base, Game Pass, and platform priorities still matter more than tooling.

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Xbox’s Project Moorcroft quietly evolved — here’s what replaced it

Reports claimed Xbox cancelled Project Moorcroft, but an interview with ID@Xbox director Guy Richards suggests the initiative evolved instead. Xbox continues to support game demos through ID@Xbox demo festivals.

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Despite ID@Xbox generating hundreds of millions in sales, Xbox still eyes store discovery improvements

Xbox says its ID@Xbox program generated hundreds of millions in sales on the Xbox Store. Despite that success, the company is introducing changes to improve how games are discovered.

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The original Xbox One has reportedly been jailbroken — yes, the 2013 one

The original Xbox One “VCR” model has reportedly been jailbroken almost 13 years after its launch. Researchers bypassed the console’s boot ROM security using a hardware technique known as voltage glitching, allowing unofficial software to run and opening new possibilities for preservation and hardware research.

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Windows Central’s subreddit just hit 1,000+ members — here’s why you should join us

Our subreddit is quickly becoming one of the best places for Windows, Surface, Xbox, and PC fans to talk directly with us and with each other. Here’s why we built it — and why you might want to join.

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Windows Wrap: Windows 11’s disastrous year came at the perfect time for Xbox — Project Helix will drag PC gaming to where it needs to be

Windows 11 struggled in 2025, but it may have paved the way for Project Helix. Microsoft promised to reduce the pain points of Windows 11, and gamers may be the biggest benificiaries.

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Ex-Xbox exec Larry Hryb 'Major Nelson' just joined this legendary gaming brand, but he says it's not his "full time gig" — "I am still working on that"

Former Xbox programming director Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has joined Commodore, but it's not his "full time gig." Could he return to Xbox at some point?

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Microsoft confirms Copilot AI is coming to Xbox, mere weeks after new CEO said gaming division would avoid ‘soulless slop’

Hey Copilot, do I suck at this game?

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Lenovo Legion Go 2 review: The most beastly portable handheld yet

Lenovo's follow-up is a hefty but impressive machine

Microsoft's Xbox AI assistant Gaming Copilot is coming to consoles this year, and not stopping there — "We will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing"

Nearly a full year after its introduction, Microsoft has announced the Xbox AI Gaming Copilot is coming to consoles later in 2026.

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"AI is not a shiny new feature," Xbox AI lead says, and "our games industry has been building AI systems for decades" from cheat detection to pathfinding

"Since 2005, we've had Drivatar in Forza Motorsport"

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ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld to get Auto Super Resolution boost in April — Microsoft touts 30% performance boost thanks to AI-powered image upscaling

Auto Super Resolution, an OS-level AI upscaling feature for Windows 11, is heading to the ROG Xbox Ally X and could deliver noticeable frame-rate improvements.

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Microsoft teams up with Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm to share 'our dream of bringing console-level GPU developer tools to Windows'

It could be laying the foundation for whatever the Xbox division is cooking up, too.

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Xbox just wiped out most of the excuses game developers use to skip the platform

Microsoft has significantly streamlined Xbox development, cutting onboarding time to about 30 minutes and introducing Foundation Mode, which gives developers free access to PlayFab cross platform backend services when shipping games on Xbox.

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Crimson Desert finally gets PS5 Pro footage and 'overall performance across the three modes is impressive' but we're still waiting on PS5 and Xbox Series X footage

Crimson Desert launches next week for PC and consoles, and the first proper look at PlayStation 5 Pro footage has finally been revealed.

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Square Enix shadowdrops Bravely Default onto Xbox and PC — I'm so happy to see this classic JRPG finally escape Nintendo's prison for other platforms

Out of nowhere, Square Enix has announced that it's releasing another classic JRPG from its backlog onto Xbox and PC, the turn-based throwback to early Final Fantasy games called Bravely Default.

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Microsoft confirms Project Helix with a custom AMD chip built for next‑gen Xbox, plus new FSR Diamond tech that promises sharper, cleaner visuals for everyone

Microsoft has revealed the first hardware details for Project Helix, the next generation Xbox console. The system will use a custom AMD system on chip and feature new technologies such as FSR Diamond, DirectStorage, and improved ray tracing performance.

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Microsoft removes its 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign and is slowly purging all mention of it

See you, space cowboy.

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A free Xbox Ally X update could deliver up to 30% smoother performance for your handheld games — "Automatic Super Resolution" preview starts soon

Xbox has confirmed that Automatic Super Resolution will arrive on Xbox Ally X in a preview this April. The AI powered feature uses the device’s NPU to upscale games and improve performance.

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Xbox just revealed Gaming Copilot is coming to "current-generation consoles" later this year

"We will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing"

PC Gamer

Indie deckbuilder All Will Rise's dev joins No Games For Genocide boycott and plans to hand back funding it received from Microsoft

"We encourage others in the industry to join us and take a stand."

TechRadar

The next Xbox is coming soon, here's what we know (and don’t know) about Project Helix so far

Everything we’ve learned about Xbox Project Helix so far, and the biggest question that hasn’t yet been answered.

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