Xbox Partner Preview is confirmed for November 20th at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM UK. It will include 007 First Light, Tides of Annihilation, Reanimal, and other games. All games featured at Xbox Partner Preview will be Xbox Play Anywhere titles https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreicwzapzthnpne5oebqlyuehc3g7x3aq5m33jeml4n6rbdlv3qywzq
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launches today with a TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirement, and Microsoft says it expects more games to require the same and even “advanced protections such as VBS.” I’m expecting more devs to move anti-cheat out of the kernel and rely on Windows tech https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreignrgyysaf22owo4hivbvqsijjae2gqbkxulfmko7z5fi3ebwfh5e
Fortnite isn’t available on Steam, but it’s coming to the Xbox PC store on November 18th. It means Fortnite is now an Xbox Play Anywhere title, which is yet another advantage for next-gen Xbox over the SteamOS competition https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreifaek26r6umqxqjblbq7izvtlwvjz35ghdql7ywz25wun3gzm6xly
a pleasant little surprise in iOS 26.2 beta is triple widgets in CarPlay. My car only supported two widgets side-by-side in iOS 26 and iOS 26.1 https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreifbnqmx4esgbabccikplstzxpzrx2zstju3pudvhjfunih3kerjjq
Valve just built the Xbox that Microsoft is dreaming of. In my Notepad newsletter this week I cover the Steam Machine and Microsoft's future Xbox, as well as some changes to the Windows Insider program. Live for subscribers now 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/819844/... Valve just built the Xbox that...
the inside of the Steam Machine is just as compact as the Xbox Series X in an even smaller cube. The GabeCube, if you like https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreia7o53gxkryeqtpqpetigaaegtlcgcobswjbaeyeord5i246isxua https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreiforosvghwsibkd5ml3rqxbnc7fa3rq42qikqh7trgqzh4uyqktgu https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreihtpyzimvfuzdzzqkdydurh6x7ut47n7d5twv2yv63nqcrg2tlc6u
The Steam Deck was just the beginning. Valve is getting serious about putting SteamOS everywhere https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreia4qo27ipi7yrmje4ie57xufgulizeyjztka4grgr2urih3mkigii
Backbone has just announced an Xbox Edition of the Backbone ​Pro. It has a translucent green facelift and Master Chief vibes www.theverge.com/news/817883/... Backbone gives Master Chief an...
Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available in India. This is Xbox’s 29th cloud gaming market, and there are two xCloud server clusters in India that will support streaming Xbox games https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreicqfiuxkwztwercid5ajqgdr2mweyrwfcp4zhwe7fvlwetokw5vs4
someone has created an app to fix all the art work for Steam games in the Xbox PC app library. Microsoft really should have shipped this in a better state apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pkqx... https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreidxthzfnhfkuc326tnfavoqqtkxkmm4jacewv5mjhtxgmcanix26e https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:fbtvg6jxtdroidfvq5z635xu&cid=bafkreibmpkfmfsjrugjxevqrav4slo6y4yu3xataz2g4tod4zgiluwuova