Microsoft revamps its Windows Game Bar

Microsoft is sharing a number of new Xbox gaming updates for March that embrace a brand new search for Game Bar on PC, a brand new Cloud Gaming characteristic, and contemporary advantages for taking part in some free-to-play video games by Game Pass.

Game Bar on PC, which provides you the power to rapidly launch video games, management audio mixes, and monitor recreation efficiency, now comes with a cleaner UI. The Home Bar and widgets, together with Capture, Performance, Resource, and the Widget Store, now look extra light-weight with fewer traces and colours, giving them much less of an Adobe Photoshop instruments vibe. Microsoft says that is solely the start of the visible modifications rolling out this week.

The replace occurred the identical week Discord modified its UI with improved spacing between sections within the app and assist for a full darkish mode overlay. Both Game Bar and Discord allow you to view widgets whereas enjoying a recreation.

As for the Xbox Cloud Gaming replace, there’s now a approach to shift between video games with out having to leap out and return to the Home web page. For now, it solely works with a number of Assassin’s Creed titles, however Xbox guarantees it can work with different cloud video games quickly. Also, Cloud Gaming is increasing extra titles that assist Stream Your Own Game.

Finally, Xbox is increasing in-game advantages to embrace extra free-to-play titles resembling Heroes within the Storm and, in April, Call of Duty: Warzone. It helps you to purchase cosmetics, characters, in-game forex, and extra in video games like Overwatch 2 and Valorant.