going by Valve’s stats – fewer than 1% of Steam users had Windows 7/8 installed at the time. And the same is likely true for ...

If you're playing legacy games on your Windows machine, you'll be pleased to know that Microsoft has certain optimizations planned for them, especially if you're running them in windowed mode.

Xbox-owner Microsoft has acquired the games company behind blockbuster titles including Doom, Fallout, Skyrim and Wolfenstein. It is paying $7.5bn (£5.85bn) for Bethesda's parent ZeniMax Media.