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Microsoft-FTC dispute over Activision deal hits court

Wildly popular Call of Duty game at the center of the antitrust tussle

Software03 Jan 2023 | 1

Microsoft launches full-court press to save $69B Activision deal

Updated Blocking us would be a big mistake. Huuuuge

Software08 Dec 2022 | 8

Microsoft, Activision Blizzard have days to show merger won't harm competition

Brit watchdog says what we're all thinking, motions for deeper investigation

Legal02 Sep 2022 | 19

Warning: Colleagues are unusually likely to 'break' their monitors soon

Wave of replacements needed as Samsung and Microsoft team to stream Xbox games to smart displays and tellies

Personal Tech10 Jun 2022 | 26

Halo Infinite ups the nostalgia factor for fans of the originals, but it's not without limits

The RPG 343 Industries brings open world to the long-running military sci-fi epic

Columnists05 Jan 2022 | 11

Battlefield 2042: Please don't be the death knell of the franchise, please don't be the death knell of the franchise

The RPG Another terrible launch, but DICE is already working on improvements

Bootnotes04 Dec 2021 | 31

'Windows 11 has been successfully downloaded,' says update for Xbox version of Microsoft Flight Simulator

What? No. Noooooooooooooooooo

Bootnotes21 Oct 2021 | 16

'Father of the Xbox' Seamus Blackley issues Twitter apology to AMD over last-minute switch to Intel CPUs

AMD had the last laugh – their kit is in both PlayStation and Xbox these days

Personal Tech14 Oct 2021 | 30

Report: Microsoft is thinking about splashing $10bn on Discord to slot it next to Skype, Mixer...

Chat-room super-app aimed at gamers now used by 140m people a month

Software23 Mar 2021 | 28

Fear the Walking Edge: Desktop support pulled, but legacy browser lingers on in Surface Hub, Xbox, HoloLens

Say goodbye to icon on Windows 10

Software10 Mar 2021 | 7

European, US watchdogs approve Microsoft's $7.5bn deal to takeover video games publisher ZeniMax

That's the people who own Bethesda, Doom, Fallout, etc

Personal Tech08 Mar 2021 | 12

Reg reader's XXXbox oddity: The BBC4 topless thumbnail trauma whodunnit

NSFW-ish 'Not us, guv' from all involved – except TiVo, which fixed it while blaming nameless third party

Bootnotes22 Jan 2021 | 29

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a monastery-burning romp that would be way better if it was not an Assassin's Creed game

The RPG Can we start a petition to abandon the whole 'lol jk ur in a simulation' arc too?

Personal Tech27 Nov 2020 | 33

Cool, cool, cool: Screwdriver-wielders delve into the guts of an Xbox Series X

'Like an air conditioner with a graphics card'.... Lessons in heat management from Microsoft

Personal Tech11 Nov 2020 | 11

We've made it: Microsoft deems El Reg relevant enough to have a play with the nerfed version of its upcoming Xbox

Review Not sure if we should be honoured or offended, but the Series S is a huge step up from its predecessor

Personal Tech05 Nov 2020 | 39

Microsoft to charge $200 for 32 GPU cores, sliver of CPU clockspeed, 6GB RAM, 512GB SSD... and a Blu-Ray player

That’s the price and specs difference between full XBOX X and its smaller all-digital XBOX S sibling

Personal Tech10 Sep 2020 | 81

Near-instant game loads, richer graphics, low CPU use promised with DirectStorage API coming to Windows PCs

All the gamers NVMe

Storage02 Sep 2020 | 9

Lockdown team building: Actualise the potentiality of your workforce... through the power of video games

The RPG Human: Fall Flat, Left 4 Dead 2, Embr, Sea of Thieves – goodness, we've been having a blast

Bootnotes26 Jun 2020 | 20

Microsoft tries really hard not to say the next Xbox could be delayed by coronavirus

But its language has changed from 'clear a space under the tree' to 'our goal remains late 2020 delivery'

Personal Tech06 May 2020 | 6

Video game cloud streaming shaken up as Nvidia loses more big names, Microsoft readies its market killer

It's all about the content. And where you can – and can't – get it

Personal Tech21 Apr 2020 | 19

Eight-core 3.8 GHz CPU. 12 TFLOPS GPU. 1TB NVME SSD. 16GB RAM. Not a half-decent workstation, it's the new Xbox

Microsoft drops some more detail of fourth-gen console: The Series X

Science18 Mar 2020 | 41

Flaws punched holes in Azure cloud, Apple patches pretty much everything, Eurocops cuff Maltese hackers, etc

Roundup Also, Wawa data surfaces on dark markets after December's hack

OSes03 Feb 2020 | 9

Xbox Series X: Gee thanks, Microsoft! Just what we wanted for Xmas 2020 – a Gateway tower PC

Redmond tears wrapping on new retro-look gaming console

Science13 Dec 2019 | 66

The Outer Worlds: Ever wished Fallout 4 was more like New Vegas? Here ya go... in spaaace

The RPG Obsidian nails it

Bootnotes01 Nov 2019 | 43

What the &*%* did you just $#*&!*# say about me, you little &%$#*? 'AI' to filter Xbox Live chat

Let us put it this way: One of your parental units is somewhat obese and has been rather amorous towards me

AI + ML15 Oct 2019 | 40

Xbox daddy bakes bread with 4,000-year-old Egyptian yeast

Does this taste off to you?

Bootnotes09 Aug 2019 | 88

Atari finally launches its VCS console. Again.

You can now pre-order this underpowered, over-priced, untested, over-complicated toy. What are you waiting for?

Personal Tech14 Jun 2019 | 70

Accountants HATE them: Microsoft's Xbox harnesses blockchain to pay games publishers

But it used to use Excel and print-outs, just like us normies

Science21 Jun 2018 | 12

You say Halo and I say goodbye: Microsoft has a word with unauthorised mod devs

Microsoft: You got people playing Halo on PC again. Yay! Now please stop

On-Prem25 Apr 2018 | 25

Coming live to a warzone near you: Army Truck Driver for Xbox!

Shh, ignore senior Brit officers saying armed forces on brink of collapse

Security15 Nov 2017 | 33

Microsoft's new hardware: eight x86 cores, 40 GPU cores

Damn. It's the next XBOX, not a Surface and it's going to 4k things up nicely

Personal Tech07 Apr 2017 | 99

Microsoft cloud TITSUP: Skype, Outlook, Xbox, OneDrive, Hotmail down

Updated Total Inability To Skype Ur Parents

SaaS21 Mar 2017 | 90

Microsoft's Q2: LinkedIn In, Mobile out, Azure up, Xbox down

Cloud jump helps SatNad and Co keep revenues gaining

OSes27 Jan 2017 | 12

Seagate has a flash early Xmas present for Xbox gamers

External drive doubles console capacity and loads titles faster

Storage31 Oct 2016 | 15

Microsoft goes back to the drawing board – literally, with 28" tablet and hockey puck knob

Not-a-PC biz touts new PC and Windows 10 Creators Edition

Channel26 Oct 2016 | 118

Microsoft splashes Virtual Reality-slinging 'Scorpio' Xbox

Console set to land in time for Christmas ... next year

Personal Tech14 Jun 2016 | 42

Microsoft goes titsup

Redmond has gone dark. This is not a drill.

OSes13 Apr 2016 | 6

Sonos' chief product officer takes a hike after two years

Ex-Xbox exec now ex-Sonos exec

On-Prem30 Mar 2016 | 2

Microsoft's 200 million 'Windows 10' 'devices' include Lumias, Xboxes

Now can you give us a break with these upgrade screens?

Channel05 Jan 2016 | 73

Work from home when the next big Windows 10 installation arrives

Xbox gets Win 10 on November 12th. You have the skills to handle it and the office, right?

Software27 Oct 2015 | 70

Hey, remember Zune? Zune's dead, baby. Zune's dead

Streaming service will be absorbed into Windows, Xbox-friendly Groove

Legal16 Sep 2015 | 20

Pirate MEP: Microsoft's walled garden is no consumer pleasure park

Redmond hijacks control over what users can and can't do with their own PCs

Software19 Aug 2015 | 110

X-wings, pirates and a generic Lara: Gamescom 2015

Game Theory Fun-packed thrills for couch potatoes ... or something like that

Software07 Aug 2015 | 34

Bloke who tried to get journo killed by SWAT cops coughs to conspiracy charge

Krebs says at least one tormentor already facing justice

Legal28 Jul 2015 | 25

Game over for epic 15-year-long console ban, China says

Rules relaxed last year, now it's open season for foreign manufacturers

Personal Tech25 Jul 2015 | 8

Gaming's favourite fly by night. Batman: Arkham Knight reviewed

Game Theory Holy franchise finale!

Personal Tech22 Jun 2015 | 15

E3 2015 in a nutshell: Hurry up Hoth, and plenty to Unravel

Game Theory Coming to a console, PC or mobile near you

Personal Tech19 Jun 2015 | 18

Oculus Rift noggin-bucket ... heyyy, errr ... have we all got them on already?

Pics+Vid Maybe that's why we don't know what they cost

Personal Tech11 Jun 2015 | 26

Bring the Banhammer! Microsoft declares WAR on leaky Gears Xbox users

It’s just offline stuff for you, says Redmond

Personal Tech15 May 2015 | 8

UK government says goodbye sat navs, hello Xbox, e-cigs and Spotify

Official inflation index rings in the changes

SaaS17 Mar 2015 | 17

Frontier promises it won't 'dumb down' Elite: Dangerous for Xbox

'Powerplay' mods coming soon, VR support already there

Personal Tech05 Mar 2015 | 22

Microsoft: Oh, go on, Xbox Live user. Show us your spammer

'We look at them, we boot them' – gaming platform boss

Personal Tech13 Feb 2015 | 14

Young CHAP CUFFED in Blighty over Xmas Sony and XBOX hacks

Plods chum up with FBI

Security16 Jan 2015 | 29

Dotcom 'saved' Xmas for Xbox – but no one can save Sony's titsup PlayStation Network

Updated Rotund baron pays off gang to end DDoS spree

Personal Tech26 Dec 2014 | 36

Microsoft: So sorry for NOT paying Xbox indie game devs on time

$397bn IT giant says payment will take two weeks

Software04 Dec 2014 | 11

Sunset Overdrive: Exploding teddy bears, dragon fights and more in a tangerine blast

Game Theory Just don’t drink the Kool Aid

Personal Tech27 Oct 2014 | 13