Context menus on Windows 11 are a bit of a mess, and it seems Microsoft is well aware of this. In a recent WinUI Community Call, the company announced plans to help reduce cluttered context menus by introducing support for “Split menus.”
These new menus are designed to nest functions and list options into sub-menus, which should clean up the main right-click context menu in apps, should developers choose to utilize it.
As we look ahead to Windows Central’s 20th anniversary in 2027, we’re taking time to revisit the stories that shaped our community. From Microsoft and Xbox to Windows and PC, these throwbacks remind us how far we’ve come together.
Features like slow-motion video might seem commonplace or even trivial these days, but the excitement for 720p120 footage back then was very real. Of course, it wasn’t perfect, and the 30 FPS output files had room for improvement,…
ASUS is helping kick off Black Friday in style, as it is partnering with Amazon to offer exclusive discounts on a range of gadgets that will make a PC user’s life much easier and fun for work and PC gaming.
These include discounts of up to (and even over) 30% on PC accessories like keyboards, mice, and other gaming-related electronics that will be useful in helping you beat your rivals in the upcoming action blockbuster, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
Jamie Griesemer is a former Bungie designer who worked on several early Halo games. He was a designer on Halo: Combat Evolved, a design lead on Halo 2 and Halo 3, and also contributed design work to Halo 3: ODST and Halo Reach.
Griesemer helped shape the Halo sandbox, combat encounters, and overall pacing. He has now reflected on his work during the Bungie era and reignited the long-running debate around sprint in Halo.
His comments offer insight into how sprint affects Halo’s identity, how it…
Silent Hill 2 Remake is coming to Xbox, with evidence now reaching fever pitch.
Silent Hill 2 is a legendary survival horror title from Konami. Released originally on the PlayStation 2, the game follows James into the mysterious and haunted town, hunting for the source of a ominous letter … from his deceased wife.
The Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) is synonymous with Microsoft’s Windows operating system. The full-screen error is designed to alert users of a critical system failure related to a specific operation, with the potential to cause a device crash and forced reboot.
Did you know that there are three different types of Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors? The Windows 3.1 Ctrl+Alt+Del screen, aka the screen of unhappiness, the Windows 95 kernel error (which most users consider the blue screen of death), and the…
There’s some bittersweet news for Halo players looking forward to having more to do in Halo Infinite, as developer Halo Studios shared on Friday that the next update is coming soon…and it will be the last planned content update for the game.
Halo Studios is working on “multiple Halo titles,” including the recently announced Halo: Campaign Evolved, and as such, the team is moving on.
Ironically titled Operation Infinite, this update introduces a huge number of new armor sets and other cosmetics for…
There’s some bittersweet news for Halo players looking forward to having more to do in Halo Infinite, as developer Halo Studios shared on Friday that the next update is coming soon…and it will be the last planned content update for the game.
Halo Studios is working on “multiple Halo titles,” including the recently announced Halo: Campaign Evolved, and as such, the team is moving on.
Ironically titled Operation Infinite, this update introduces a huge number of new armor sets and other cosmetics for…
Role-playing game developer BioWare has traditionally shared new teases, updates, or messages to the Mass Effect player community on November 7, or “N7 Day,” reflecting the in-game designation for special operatives.
For N7 Day 2025, BioWare declined to share any new tidbits about its next game, instead simply reiterating that the game is coming, pushing back against recent online chatter that it’s in trouble or will be cancelled.
“You’ve made it clear you care deeply about what’s next. So let’s…
We’re now officially one week away from the global release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, the next entry in the fan-favorite Call of Duty sub-series and a direct sequel to 2024’s Black Ops 6. Despite fierce competition from the incredibly popular Battlefield 6, Black Ops 7 is still expected to stand tall as one of 2025’s highest-performing FPS titles on Xbox, PC, and PS5 — especially with Xbox Game Pass availability making it more accessible (though it will likely hurt sales as it did with its…
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