Microsoft is making Windows 11 more gamer-friendly by introducing a dedicated full-screen gaming experience and platform improvements for better performance.

Starting April 2026, Microsoft will roll out Xbox Mode to all Windows 11 PCs for console-like gaming, a full-screen interface, and easy controller use.

Microsoft first debuted its full screen Xbox experience for Windows in the ROG Ally Xbox handheld, in a bid to compete with Steam's nearly 15-year-old Big Picture Mode. That Xbox interface eventually ...

Microsoft’s next Xbox game console is expected to pretty much be a computer that can run console and PC games. So perhaps it’s not too surprising that Microsoft is rolling out an update for Windows 11 ...

Windows Full Screen Experience has been rebranded to Xbox Mode, and will be rolled out to Windows 11 PCs starting this April.

The ROG Xbox Ally's game-tuned Full Screen Experience is finally coming to Lenovo Legion Go handhelds, and is available to ...

Microsoft seems more determined than ever to combine Xbox and Windows — to the point that its next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will play PC games too. Today, we learned Helix will go alpha in ...

Learn about Project Helix and Microsoft’s plan to unify Xbox and PC gaming!

I regret to announce that I have a theory. It involves handheld PCs, Project Helix – Microsoft’s next, PC game-running Xbox console – and least likely of all, an apparently sincere attempt at making ...