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Microsoft says the company has heard the complaints about Universal Windows Platform Apps, and will take steps to course-correct. At the Build 2016 conference, Xbox honcho Phil Spencer, revealed that some of the issues people (including Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney<\/a>) noted with Windows 10 Store PC games like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition would be fixed. The specific points noted hinged on the fact that due to the nature of the way UWP works, user mods, overlays like Steam, disabling vertical sync, and using some graphics processor software, are all currently not possible. Spencer promised<\/a> that Microsoft is working with engineer partners to enable these features into UWP that PC gamers have enjoyed for years previously.<\/p>\n

During the same conference, Microsoft announced that the Xbox Store and Windows 10 Store would merge<\/a> to present a consistent experience across all Microsoft platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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