Microsoft will focus heavily on PC gaming in Windows 8

Microsoft will focus heavily on PC gaming in Windows 8 according to recent reports.

TechRadar says that an anonymous source at Microsoft has confirmed the software giant will focus on PC gaming in the next generation operating system. “Windows 8 will represent a real new push into PC gaming,” the source told TechRadar. “Gaming will be a key component for the whole OS.”

Microsoft has been criticized for its efforts with PC gaming in Vista and Windows 7. The software maker recently hired the founder of VoodooPC in what many believe is a move to focus on PC gaming as a priority in Windows.

Microsoft has also promised a “major revamp” of Windows for slate devices in Windows 8. Microsoft is currently in the planning and preparation stage for Windows 8. The software giant is expected to share more information and beta bits next year. Steve Ballmer has described the next release of Windows as the company’s “riskiest product bet”. It is understood that Microsoft will feature deep cloud integration into the future OS to realise its vision of “three screens and a cloud”. Microsoft’s Dutch PR team posted in October that Microsoft was “on course for the next version of Windows” and that it would take around “two years before Windows 8 is on the market"