While wandering the show floor at CES 2026, I was struck by the future of living room gaming. What was once the realm of gaming consoles seems to be turning into PC territory. Handheld gaming PCs are ...

TL;DR: Microsoft highlights 2025 Windows PC gaming advances, including full-screen handheld support, Windows on Arm improvements, and DirectX Raytracing 1.2. Despite recent performance issues on ...

With the leap of Halo to PlayStation 5, some observers have facetiously declared the console wars to be over. Despite rumors that Microsoft is getting out of the console business, the company is ...

Xbox President Sarah Bond was recently asked if Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox “could kind of be a gaming PC and console in one.” Her response didn’t pour cold water on the idea, kicking off a new wave of ...

The big picture: After trailing PlayStation across multiple hardware generations, Microsoft now appears intent on pivoting its strategy to transform Xbox into something larger than a single console ...

The boss of Take-Two has said the industry is “moving towards PC” even as GTA 6 is still down for launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S only. CEO Strauss Zelnick told CNBC’s Squawk Box that ...

Xbox has been losing the gaming console war for years, as declining hardware sales struggle to compete against the Nintendo Switch and Sony's PlayStation. The past year has seen layoffs, price hikes ...

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PCWorld observes that Xbox appears to be losing ground as gaming shifts toward PC-based living room experiences, with handheld PCs and cloud streaming leading this transformation. Valve’s Steam Deck ...