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Valve responds to NY lawsuit over loot boxes in CS2, Dota 2

Valve shares its first statement in what will likely be a long legal battle over its use of loot boxes, which the lawsuit views as gambling.

Microsoft’s ‘Xbox mode’ is coming to every Windows 11 PC

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 2027. But the company isn't waiting for Helix before it points Windows gamers in the Xbox direction. Starting in April, […]

Xbox says indies have ‘never been more important’ ahead of Project Helix

Guy Richards, the global director of Microsoft's indie incubator ID@Xbox, talks Project Helix, AI, and new CEO Asha Sharma

Resident Evil 2 director demands 'not scary' version of Requiem

Hideki Kamiya jokingly requested a "not scary mode" for Resident Evil Requiem on social media

Xbox Project Helix won't be in developers' hands until 2027

Microsoft says that "alpha" dev kits for the next-gen Xbox go out to game developers in 2027, casting down on a 2027 release date for Project Helix.