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

Microsoft renames Xbox Full Screen Experience to Xbox Mode, with wider Windows 11 rollout expected starting April 2026.

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 ...

Hot on the heels of its GDC panel divulging some of the first details on its next-generation console, Project Helix, Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox Full Screen Experience is set to launch on ...

The focused gaming UI gets a much better name and should be rolling out to most Windows 11 users now...or soon-ish.

You won’t need to buy an Xbox to have an Xbox anymore. Windows is getting a new integration with Xbox. Xbox VP of Jason Ronald made this announcement in Xbox Wire ...

Go full-on Xbox Mode ...

Laying the groundwork for Project Helix? Laying the groundwork for Project Helix? is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the ...

Microsoft has pretty big news coming out of the annual GDC event, including a timeline for the next-gen Xbox console, “Project Helix,” as well as a new “Xbox Mode” coming to Windows 11. Jason Ronald, ...

When Asus and Microsoft launched the ROG Xbox Ally X last summer, it came with a bespoke controller-driven full-screen interface running on top of Windows 11. The handheld was still running Windows ...