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I like how UWP games seem really lightweight with less jank than Win32 counterparts. Like alt+tabbing out of fullscreen games is often really slow and janky on Windows as D3D resources get reset and ...

Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (UWP) program – an effort to unify Windows PCs with Xbox One, amongst other platforms – may have been branded a “sneaky manoeuvre” by Epic Games founder Tim ...

Microsoft is a huge corporation, but it is also one that has learned how to remain nimble in order to pivot when it does something people don’t like. The company told developers at the Game Developers ...

Epic co-founder Tim Sweeney has written a remarkable column for UK paper The Guardian, calling out Microsoft for what he says is a prolonged and focused attack on the open nature of the PC platform.

Update (Sept. 27): As expected, Microsoft has pulled Xbox One support from the emulator discussed below. Those that purchased and downloaded the app before the change can still use it on their systems ...

Microsoft will shut down the Microsoft Ad Monetization platform for UWP apps on June 1, 2020. Microsoft suggests developers begin the transition to other ad platforms. Microsoft states that the ...

If when you try to launch a UWP app on Windows 11/10, you notice your installed security software has blocked it from opening or starting, then this post is intended to help you. In it, we will ...

UWP deprecation angst is back in vogue. Developers have for years been decrying a perceived neglect on the part of Microsoft toward its Universal Windows Platform, and they're in voice again after the ...