There’s a reason the Windows Store is not compared favorably to the likes of Steam or GOG. To put it simply, you’re much more likely to suffer certain issues if you buy them from there – for example the recently released Rise of the Tomb Raider had many issues when compared with the Steam counterpart. However, Phil Spencer has promised to do something about this.

In a response to an article about the state of the Windows Store version of Rise of the Tomb Raider Spencer had this to say:

@BigMouthGamer We know lists like this include features PC gamers want to see from us, we appreciate the feedback and have plans to improve

— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) February 26, 2016

This isn’t the first time Spencer has gone on record saying that improvements were needed to the Windows Store and that Microsoft were committed to making them. Last year he said “I can tell you definitively that our team has never committed more resources to making Windows better for game developers and gamers, and that means any gamer on Windows 10, regardless of storefront or device.”

There’s also the fact that at the GDC next month Microsoft are due to host a session called “The Future of Xbox Game Development for Windows.” Hopefully any improvements they’re due to make could be detailed there.

Street Fighter 5’s launch hasn’t been wonderful. With issues ranging from online connectivity not working, to modes missing from the game that people have come to expect from this genre of game it’s fair to say that Capcom has ticked a lot of gamers off. However they seem to be working on trying to solve problems, and one such problem they’re targeting is the issue of rage quitters.

Basically what happens is that if a rage-quitter sees that they might lose a match and break their winning streak they leave the game, which takes the win away from their opponent and understandably is not a popular move. Capcom are now looking for evidence and aim to punish the worst offenders in coming weeks.

“This punishment will be severe for the worst offenders, but we will need the community’s help with this. We will follow up with more details next week, but over the weekend, please record every instance of rage quitting you encounter.”

Although there’s no set date for whatever they’re planning to do, the steps will be taken from next week and punishments handed down to the players who have been abusing the loophole in the system. Any recording should be fine enough, whether a local recording or one taken from Twitch archives.

Other improvements are also being made, especially to matchmaking in “Europe, the Middle East and various other regions”.

“Several improvements were made this past week that should have decreased the wait time for many users in those territories,” Capcom conclude, “but we will continue to monitor the situation and will provide updates when additional improvements are made.”

Hey, remember that time a little while ago when it was asked if the Division would have microtransactions and we discovered that Ubisoft’s definition of the word DLC was probably a little different to our own? Well, during the beta of The Division some players uncovered something that could hint at The Division actually having microtransactions – or at least an in-game currency.

One of the main things that people said about The Division’s beta was that it was ridiculously easy to game the system and cheat, so no wonder this was uncovered. In case you weren’t aware, The Division already had another currency available called Dark Zone Funds which gave you a reason to venture into the PvP part of the game. So this other currency, called Phoenix Credits could be something that Ubisoft are aiming to charge real money for. However, a community manager for Ubisoft denies this is the case.

When asked, Natchai Stappers said that the company would “communicate on it later, but don’t worry,” following that up with: “There will be no microtransactions, and definitely no P2W.” However, as we determined before Ubisoft’s definition of DLC was being applied to some planned content that seemed more like the sort of thing most would call a microtransaction – cosmetic accessories.

However, to see what the true purpose of a Phoenix Credit is, we’ve no choice but to wait for the full game’s release.

After speculation on it yesterday, we finally have confirmation – Pokemon Sun & Moon are real and they’re coming some time this year.

In a Nintendo Direct that recounted the last 20 years of Pokemon game releases and showed video of games from all the generations in all languages that they were available in, it was announced that the new games Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are going to have a worldwide release in late 2016. In addition, both games will be available in the previous seven languages that games have had as well as two new ones – regular and simplified Chinese.

It was also announced that the first Pokemon games – Red, Yellow and Blue – are going to be released to the Nintendo eShop tomorrow as paid digital downloads. It was explained that while Nintendo had always endeavored to have two different generations backwards compatible, they’d never been able to make the connectivity link between the Game Boy and DS hardware work. So therefore with these new digital download versions, it’s now possible for you to get Pokemon from the original generation games into Sun & Moon (and possibly the other modern Pokemon games, but that wasn’t stated so we’ll have to see).

Speculation about the new games started when the logos for both games were leaked, as well as trademark filings for “Pokemon Sun” and “Pokemon Moon” in Europe being revealed. Domain names were also registered for both games that directed back to the main Pokemon website.

Obviously right now, little more is known about the games but as news emerges we’ll update you. Stay tuned for more!

Pokemon Direct will take place tomorrow, during which Nintendo will celebrate 20 years of one of its most popular franchises.

One day ahead of this, a trademark request was filed in Europe for the titles, “Pokemon Moon” and “Pokemon Sun”, which are speculated to be the next games in the franchise.

If so, they will be the first non-remake main series Pokemon games since X & Y were released in October 2013, over 2 years ago.  Trademarks for the logos have also been filed.

Station Manager’s Edit: As these are unconfirmed title names, we will be following closely and will update any information related to these games. But Lone really wanted us to cover it, so we made k1ng0fspades write three lines of text whilst being waterboarded by maniacal hamsters.