Microsoft’s Xbox mode is now available for all Windows 11 PCs
… Xbox console owners are also getting a new dashboard update today, with the ability to disable Quick Resume on individual games and a feature to add custom colors to the dashboard.
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Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200
…currently available, including the 512GB OLED model at $629 and the 1TB OLED model at $759. In February, updated the Steam Deck’s store listing to say that the handheld gaming PC…
Splatoon Raiders preorders for the Switch 2 are nearly 20 percent off
… Raiders isn’t a sequel to Splatoon 3, but rather a spinoff that has similar third-person, paint-splatting gameplay set in new locales. …
Discord declares it’s the “YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP.”
… Hopefully, this will mean smoother screen capture on my Fedora PC and better Discord performance overall for the record number of gamers using Linux. …
The Witcher 3 is getting another expansion, more than a decade after launch
… The game’s first two expansions — Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine — both launched within a year of the base game. …
This is MSI’s new Claw 8 EX AI Plus gaming handheld
… MSI describes the Claw 8 EX AI Plus as being the “world’s first” handheld to contain the recently announced Intel Arc G3 Extreme processor, which features an array of Xe3 GPU cores to run games. …
Microsoft’s Xbox PC app hints at China expansion for Game Pass
… References to “Project Saluki” have been discovered in a recent update to the Xbox PC app this week, with Microsoft describing the codename as “China market expansion for Game Pass, Rewards, and subscription tiers.” While Microsoft offers a variety of games in China through Activision Blizzard, it … …
Amazon Luna axes third-party game purchases
… In 2023, Amazon Luna introduced the ability to purchase individual games through the platform and made a push into party games last year. This most recent update will prevent users from playing games outside the ones included in their Amazon Luna subscription. …
Your PS5 can now transform into a Linux PC
… This is a soft mod, so it won’t persist between power downs or restarts, but the Linux installation will let you play PC games once it’s up and running. …
Canvas is online again after ShinyHunters threaten to leak schools’ data
… ShinyHunters — which has claimed responsibility for attacks on Ticketmaster, AT&T, Rockstar Games, ADT, and Vercel — said its data leak site contains 9,000 schools, including data belonging to 275 million students, teachers, and other staff, according to Bleeping Computer. …