Microsoft wants to have the main PC gaming launcher app on Windows. Microsoft wants to have the main PC gaming launcher app on Windows. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Here's what went wrong with the Windows App Store and how Microsoft is trying to get things right for the future. But is it too late? I've been writing about technology for more than 15 years and ...

The Windows app store has taken many forms over the years, first launching with Windows 8 in 2012 as the "Windows Store," a marketplace for "modern" apps that never fully materialized. The store was ...

Nobody really expects Windows on Arm PCs to keep up with their cousins running games locally on AMD or Intel CPUs — but until now, they had trouble simply being allowed to do so. Now, Microsoft is ...

Something to look forward to: Xbox Insiders can now test a new feature that enables launching games from different storefronts directly in the Xbox PC app. The functionality first leaked in March and ...

What just happened? A trio of classic Call of Duty titles recently appeared with new listings on the Microsoft Store: Call of Duty + United Offensive, Call of Duty 2, and the iconic Call of Duty 4: ...