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The latest Indie Games coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Indie Games Dominate 2025: How Cross-Device Play Reveals a Shift in Gaming Preferences
In 2025, a subtle but significant trend has emerged in the gaming world, highlighted by Xbox's new cross-device play history feature. This tool, which syncs recently played games across console, PC,...
Steam's Unwritten Ban: Adult Games Denied Early Access as Payment Pressure Mounts
Two indie game studios have confirmed this month that Valve is now blocking mature-themed games from entering Steam Early Access, the platform’s program for selling unfinished titles. The...
Hollow Knight: Silksong Land on Xbox Game Pass Day One Amid September 1–5 Release Frenzy
Hollow Knight: Silksong, the long-awaited sequel from Team Cherry, will launch directly into Xbox Game Pass on September 4, 2025, headlining one of the busiest release weeks in recent Xbox memory....
Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS Hands-On: A Streamlined Steam Deck Rival with a 120Hz Edge
The Lenovo Legion Go S has finally become the handheld it should have been from the start. By swapping Windows 11 for Valve’s SteamOS, Lenovo transformed a competent but cumbersome portable PC into...
Microsoft Copilot Labs Now Lets You Turn Any Photo Into a 3D Model in Seconds
Microsoft quietly flipped a switch in its Copilot Labs sandbox on August 21, 2025, and with it, gave anyone with a browser a remarkably simple superpower: upload a photo, wait a handful of seconds,...
Borderlands 3 and Sea of Stars Lead Xbox Game Pass Exodus on August 31 — Here’s How to Beat the Clock
Microsoft confirmed today that five games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on August 31, 2025. The headliners are Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition and Sea of Stars, just weeks before the launch of...
Copilot 3D: Microsoft's AI Turns Photos Into 3D Models, With Some Bizarre Animal Results
Microsoft quietly slipped a surprising new feature into Copilot Labs: Copilot 3D, an experimental tool that turns any JPG or PNG image into a textured, downloadable 3D model in seconds. But as early...
Copilot 3D Hands-On: Microsoft’s AI Turns Images into 3D Models with Surprising (and Awkward) Results
In a low-key move alongside the splashy GPT-5 upgrade for Copilot, Microsoft quietly launched Copilot 3D into its Copilot Labs. The experiment: take a single 2D image—a JPG or PNG under 10 MB—and...
Microsoft Copilot 3D Hands-On: Instant 2D-to-3D Conversion Now Open to All
Microsoft has quietly flipped the switch on Copilot 3D, an experimental new feature inside Copilot Labs that can take a single 2D photograph and spit out a downloadable 3D model in GLB format. The...
Copilot 3D Hands-On: Microsoft's AI Turns Photos Into GLB Models, Works Wonders on Ikea but Fumbles Pets
Microsoft quietly rolled out Copilot 3D on the Copilot Labs platform around August 8, 2025, and early testers are already poking at its limits. The experimental feature, free for anyone with a...
Microsoft’s Copilot 3D Converts Any Photo Into a 3D Model in Seconds—No Experience Required
Microsoft has quietly launched an experimental new feature inside Copilot that turns a single 2D image into a downloadable 3D model, no 3D modeling skills required. Dubbed Copilot 3D, the...
Madden NFL 26 Ditches Xbox One, Heretic & Hexen Remaster Lands on Game Pass
Madden NFL 26 is abandoning the Xbox One. For the first time in over a decade, EA Sports' annualized football juggernaut will skip last-generation consoles entirely, releasing only on Xbox Series...