Microsoft's App Store challenger, the Windows Store, will offer developers more customers, more money and more freedom. That was the aggressive message sent out during a Windows 8 preview presentation ...

Microsoft has amended the guidelines of the Windows 8 store to allow the sale of mature games, Gizmodo reports. Initially, the guidelines prevented the sale of games rated "Adult" by the ESRB and, in ...

Though only released - and even then in a limited fashion - Wednesday, the Windows Store is burgeoning with Metro-style apps for Windows 8. At last count, the number had reached 450, and while that's ...

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Among the many details about Microsoft's upcoming Windows Store, which will arrive in beta form with the full Windows 8 beta next February, was a detail that delighted some publishers. Hoping to ...

The Windows 8 Store will not allow games rated PEGI 18. Dishonored, Skyrim, Mass Effect 3 - none would have been allowed. Oh dear and now Peggy's raising the devil as well. "Your app must not contain ...

The rumoured update for all core Microsoft developed apps for Windows 8 seem to be on their way. The massive update of all apps that shipped with Windows 8 Microsoft may roll out updates for Windows 8 ...

The Windows Store gets a new look in Windows 8.1, designed to make it easier for you to find new and interesting apps. Instead of having to guess what the featured apps at the front of the Store do, a ...

With the launch of Windows 8 on 26 October, Microsoft is looking to consolidate all of its gaming services and devices into one ecosystem, but content restrictions could squeeze game developers out of ...

When Microsoft built Windows 8, it bet that it could create a Windows Store experience that would rival competitors like Apple and Google. The company was confident enough of its abilities in this ...

In 2012, Microsoft jumped the shark with Windows 8, releasing an ambitious, touch-first desktop OS to a world that didn't want or see the need for one. The company has spent years undoing all the bad ...

Why not just have "The Windows Store" that is available across all supported version of windows? I have opened the Windows app store a total of 0 times since it came out, pardon the ignorant question.