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Now that Microsoft owns one of the biggest franchises in gaming, networking issues and an anticheat that just doesn't work cannot be excused any longer.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/some-of-the-biggest-players-in-call-of-duty-are-stepping-away-from-black-ops-6-and-warzone

Ad expert and YouTuber Deadly Headley breaks down the latest moves at Xbox, specifically with his take on the "This is an Xbox," advertising push.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xboxs-new-ad-campaign-is-disruptive-by-design-an-advertising-expert-breaks-down-microsofts-controversial-this-is-an-xbox-marketing-blitz

Rumors of a FromSoftware buyout from PlayStation owner Sony have ended, as Kadokawa forges a "strategic alliance."

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/elden-ring-developer-fromsoftwares-parent-company-kadokawa-ends-sony-buyout-talks-sells-10-percent-ownership-in-new-shares-instead

Valve joins in the year-end recap fun with the Steam Year in Review 2024, letting players easily check what they played this year.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/grab-your-steam-year-in-review-2024-and-check-out-the-pc-games-you-played-over-the-last-year

Windows Insiders with select AMD and Intel-powered PCs can now test live captions and real-time translation.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/final-windows-11-dev-channel-build-of-2024-adds-support-for-live-captions-and-real-time-translation-to-intel-and-amd-copilot-pcs

The Elder Scrolls Online is set to get some big changes in 2025 as ZeniMax Online Studios works on new kinds of content.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-elder-scrolls-online-changes-2025

Intel's "Arrow Lake" desktop CPUs didn't wow us with gaming performance, but we weren't getting the whole picture. Intel has now revealed the 5 main issues with solutions that are already underway.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/cpu-gpu-components/intel-core-ultra-200s-five-issues-investigation

A new report by Omdia details that Microsoft bought the most NVIDIA AI chips compared to its competitors, translating to 485,000 NVIDIA Hopper chips and almost twice as many as Meta.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-reportedly-acquired-the-most-nvidia-gpus-compared-to-its-rivals-including-google-and-meta-for-its-ai-projects-translating-to-4

You can get a ton of PC games on sale for less than you can get them at Steam during the CDKeys Christmas Sale. Here are our seven top deals.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/best-pc-game-deals-cdkeys-christmas-sale

OpenAI announced that users in the US can now call ChatGPT directly from their phone for 15 minutes every month for free. Users in other regions can also interact with the chatbot via WhatsApp messages.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/on-the-10th-day-of-shipmas-openai-called-and-chatgpt-answered-you-can-now-add-chatgpt-on-speed-dial-or-text-it-