Serious developers can get Visual Studio 2026 for $49.99

This release helps developers get from idea to shipping code faster, limiting interruptions and endless context switching.

Valve's new Steam AI disclosure cares about what you actually see, stressing that behind-the-scenes dev tools are "not the focus"

Steam's new gen-AI disclosure form acknowledges many game dev environments include AI tools, but focuses on what's "consumed ...

Steam updates AI disclosure form to specify that it's focused on AI-generated content that is 'consumed by players,' not efficiency tools used behind the scenes

The tweak addresses the fact that generative AI tools have been stuffed into just about every piece of software professionals ...
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Microsoft needs Windows developers like never before

This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. This new Windows AI push needs developers on board for it to truly work. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

A dev on Minecraft-like Hytale has already used its creative tools to make a homebrew side-scroller

Notably, said developer is not a programmer.
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Microsoft opens XAML Studio to developers

Microsoft has released XAML Studio as open-source software, opening up a Windows app design tool that had remained proprietary since its launch eight years ago, in a move aimed at rebuilding trust and ...