You now need a beefy rig to run Minecraft.

The beta for Minecraft with RTX is now available on Windows 10. You can download it, play it, and if your PC supports it, you can even enable real-time ray tracing via RTX. There is also support for physically-based materials and NVIDIA DLSS 2.0. Of course, you'll need to have a supported GeForce RTX GPU to actually make "proper" use of the tech.

A quick RTX on vs RTX off comparison can be seen below.

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This also marks the first release of the game on Steam.

Living up to their promise made in November 2019, Undead Labs and Microsoft have released State of Decay 2 for the first time on Steam. This March 13, 2020 release on Steam marks the first time the game has been available outside of the Window 10 Store and the Xbox One. This Steam release also coincides with the release of the massive "Juggernaut Edition" upgrade for the game. This is a free and automatic upgrade for...

Get ready for a new spin on battle royale.

On December 12, the Forza Horizon 4 update you download will have a little something unexpected included in it. For the first time in the history of the franchise, the game will have a new battle royale mode. Playground Games announced this new mode, called Eliminator, during its latest livestream today. Before you ask: Yes, it's free.

Eliminator pits 72 players against one another in a race to the center of an open-air arena...

First day saw almost 140K players just on Steam alone.

Halo: Reach is now available on PC. That's something that I never thought I'd be able to say and have it be truthful, but here we are. Halo: Reach was released today for The Master Chief Collection on the Xbox One, Windows 10, and on Steam. For those on the PC, this is the first game released for Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

This release sees Halo: Reach playable in 4K (or more on PC) with a number of other graphical...

The first game from Obsidian under Microsoft is a co-op survival game.

At X019, Obsidian and Xbox Game Studios announced a new co-op survival game. Grounded is a first-person game that tasks you and a friend with surviving the dangers of a suburban backyard. That's right, you are the size of an ant. You're still a human but you're teeny and some might say tiny.

A little film by the name of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids has been preparing me for this game since the early 90s....

Big numbers bolstered by cheap Game Pass subscriptions.

The Coalition's Gears 5 has seen a moderate amount of success. Microsoft revealed that the Xbox Game Studios published title has surpassed 3 million players across all platforms in its first week. This impressive number is undoubtedly bolstered by a huge number of users taking up Microsoft on their very generous Game Pass offers.

Like other first-party titles, Gears 5 was another Xbox One game that was available on...

It begins.

The first wave of invites have gone out to a very small group of individuals selected to test Halo: Reach on the PC. Those who have been selected will have access to a single mission in Halo: Reach from today until July 1.

When I say that it was a "small group" that was selected, I mean it. As in the vast majority of people who have signed up as a Halo Insider have not been selected. 343 Industries notes that they picked a handful of people that have...

I guess technically it would be the 'PC Game Pass' then.

Microsoft announced a new Game Pass today. Unlike the current Xbox Game Pass, this one is tailored specifically for the PC owners out there. Microsoft says that they have designed a Game Pass experience that specifically meets the needs of PC gamers and PC game developers.

The Xbox Game Pass for PC, but it will give PC gamers access to a library of over 100 PC games on Windows 10. Some of the developers that are...

It's been rumored for months now, but today the official word is that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC. Not only will you be able to pick it up from the Microsoft Store for Windows 10, but it will also be available through Steam. In fact, the Steam Store page for Halo: The Master Chief Collection is already live. How cool is it seeing that?!

The PC release will be staggered and done in chronological order beginning with today's newly announced addition of Halo:...

"Crackdown 3" and "launch trailer" are probably two phrases you never thought would be paired together. The game has been through development hell and back and the release is right around the corner. Literally, it's coming out in just ten days on February 15, 2019 for the Xbox One and Windows 10 Store.

If you are a Game Pass subscriber, Crackdown 3 will be available for you to play on the same day as the retail release. ...