Neowin News Feed for: Minesweeper

I miss the days when Windows came to play

Usama Jawad — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:16:01 +0000

As I consider upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11, I am reminded of days long gone and one particular dying trend. Read more...

A quick look back at the origins of Microsoft Minesweeper

John Callaham — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 22:06:01 +0000

Much like Microsoft Solitare, the inclusion of the game Microsoft Minesweeper in Windows 3.1 in 1992 was a major time sink for tens of millions of people in the 1990s and into the 2000s Read more...

Microsoft is adding games to Teams to make virtual meetings a lot more exciting

Hemant Saxena — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:16:01 +0000

Through the new Games for Work app, Microsoft is adding a bunch of casual games to its video-conferencing tool - Teams. It will help team members boost their productivity and have fun simultaneously. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Browser Wars, Office revamp, and Windows Ugly Sweater

Usama Jawad — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 18:16:01 +0000

It's been an eventful week in the Microsoft-verse thanks to some Edge shenanigans, a festive Windows Ugly Sweater, and Dev Channel build 22509, which addresses many issues related to Windows 11. Read more...

Microsoft's Minesweeper themed Windows Ugly Sweater is now available for purchase

Mehrotra A — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:30:01 +0000

Microsoft is keeping its Ugly Sweater trend alive and is releasing a new Minesweeper themed Ugly Sweater for this year. These will be available for a limited time for purchase via the Xbox Gear Shop. Read more...

Microsoft releases Solitaire, Mahjong and Minesweeper for Windows Phone

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 05:01:37 +0000

Microsoft has now released official versions of its Solitaire, Mahjong and Minesweeper games for Windows Phone, which can sync up to their Windows 8 counterparts. Read more...

Asus's new 4K PC monitor can run 207 instances of Minesweeper

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:53:33 +0000

Asus is taking pre-orders for its upcoming PQ321Q 4K PC monitor and is hyping up the release by showing it running 207 instances of Minesweeper at the same time. Read more...

Xbox Games Windows 8 app updated, along with Mahjong and Minesweeper [Update]

John Callaham — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:52:39 +0000

Microsoft has now updated its Xbox Games app for Windows 8 and RT, plus it has pushed out new updates for its popular Mahjong and Minesweeper casual games for the OS. Read more...

Microsoft launches new Minesweeper website as IE10 benchmark

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:15:24 +0000

Microsoft has launched a new Minesweeper website that's designed to also be a benchmark for HTML5-based web browsers, including the new Windows 7 version of Internet Explorer 10. Read more...

Microsoft finally has Windows RT-Surface Minesweeper game

John Callaham — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:19:31 +0000

Microsoft has released an update to the Windows 8 version of its classic Minesweeper game that finally allows the title to be played on Windows RT, and therefore the new Surface tablet. Read more...

"Xbox for Windows" branding shows up for Solitare

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:17:03 +0000

A new report claims that Microsoft will brand PC games made specifically for Windows 8 under the "Xbox Windows" brand, in a further merging of the Xbox name with Windows 8. Read more...

Windows 8 RTM games revealed by Neowin forum member

John Callaham — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:07:41 +0000

One of Neowin's forum members has found a way to check out screenshots of some of Microsoft's build in games for the RTM version of Windows 8, including Solitare, Minesweeper and Mahjong. Read more...