Valve has announced that from January 1, 2024, the Steam client will no longer work on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems.

Mobile games from Google Play Games have officially appeared on PC. Google has announced the launch of beta testing of the desktop version of its service. But there were some restrictions — while residents of only three countries can play Android titles on Windows.

Google has confirmed that it is going to move Android games to Windows soon. She has officially announced the desktop version of the Google Play Games app. The project is scheduled for release in 2022.

Microsoft has allowed developers of Windows applications to take 100% of their revenue when using third-party payment systems. However, the company later clarified that it was only about software, and the authors of the games would still have to pay a commission.Microsoft confirmed this information to The Verge.

As part of a major Windows 10 update, Microsoft will introduce a number of new features aimed at gamers: a gaming section in the settings, streaming from the system, a game panel and a game mode that increases the performance of games.

Microsoft refuses to develop Project Astoria. This project for porting Android applications to Windows is being closed, but the company will continue to develop other similar technologies.

The author of Benji Bananas Adventures, Torulf Jernström, spoke on the pages of his blog about the types of SDK that cannot be bypassed today. The guys from SoftPressRelease specifically for App2Top.ru we translated his material into Russian.

Very soon, on September 10, Microsoft is going to hold a conference for Windows developers in Moscow.

Chinese publisher Chukong together with Microsoft are holding a competition for mobile developers for the best game for Windows on the Cocos2d-x engine. The prize for the first place will be $ 25 thousand.

Specialists of the analytical company Forrester presented a new forecast for the development of the global tablet market for the period 2013-2017. The rapid growth in the number of active devices will continue: from 327 million tablets in 2013 to more than 905 million in 2017.

Yesterday, Microsoft announced its intention to expand the selection of applications in the Windows Phone Store by launching a beta version of its new online visual editor Windows Phone App Studio.

Last month, there was talk of restructuring Microsoft. It was reported about the possible unification of the Window s 8 Surface and Windows Phone teams into one division. So far, these rumors have not received any confirmation, but new assumptions have already appeared.It is said that the CEO of the company, Steve Ballmer, is considering a larger-scale reorganization of work in connection with the departure of the former “face” of Xbox 

According to Kantar Worldpanel, Samsung is the manufacturer of almost half of the smartphones purchased in Europe this spring.

Gartner analysts are confident that in four years Android will become the most popular operating system in general, and not only among its mobile competitors. 

Lauder Partners investment Fund bought out OnLive, a pioneer of cloud gaming services.

Microsoft will “leave no stone unturned” in the competition with Apple. The corporation intends to compete in every segment of the market where the “apple” company is present. This was stated in an interview with CRN by Steve Ballmer, chief executive Officer of Microsoft.