What's new for Insiders in Microsoft Edge Game Assist

Microsoft Edge Game Assist is now available for all players on Windows 11! Learn more.

Enhanced Game Assist for more games, including 7 Days to Die, Apex Legends, Atomfall, Battlefield 1, Blue Prince, Black Desert, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector​​​​​​​, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dead by Daylight​​​​​​​, Destiny 2, Diablo II: Resurrected, Don't Starve Together, Dota 2, Escape from Tarkov, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Fallout 4, Final Fantasy XIV, Football Manager 2024, Genshin Impact, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Hearts of Iron IV, Lost Ark, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, MapleStory, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Naraka: Bladepoint, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Path of Exile, Path of Exile 2, PGA Tour 2K25, Plants vs Zombies 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, RimWorld, Rust, Sniper Elite: Resistance, South of Midnight, Star Wars Outlaws, StarCraft II, StarCraft: Remastered, Stardew Valley, Terraria, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The First Berserker: Khazan, The Sims 4, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Total War: Warhammer III, Two Point Museum, Valheim, Wanderstop, Warcraft III: Reforged, Warframe, World of Tanks, World of Warcraft Classic, WWE 2K25, and more. See all enhanced games.

Added support for auto-filling forms and passwords.

Added support for Compact Mode in Game Bar.

Ensured focus moves to the address bar when opening a new tab.

Polished the background color of the tabs menu and other menus.

Fixed a bug where using a controller with Game Assist would make controller navigation inoperable until Game Bar was dismissed and reopened. Additional support for controllers will be added in the future.

Fixed a bug preventing the scrollbar from being dragged.

Fixed a bug where the address bar could not be opened with touch.

Additional bug fixes, polish, and accessibility improvements.

Enhanced Game Assist for more games, including Assassin's Creed Shadows, Monster Hunter Wilds, Split Fiction, World of Warcraft, and Genshin Impact. See all enhanced games.

Updated the look and feel of Game Assist to match the new Game Bar design.

Reduced the size of the header and address bar for a more streamlined experience.

Quickly paste the name of the game you're playing into any text box with Ctrl+G or by right-clicking and selecting Paste game title.

Added support for viewing and managing favorites and history.

Added support for adding a new favorite.

Enabled support for extensions in context menus.

Show keyboard shortcuts next to items in menus.

Moved the profile switcher and refresh button into the Settings and more (…) menu.

Removed the sidebar to maximize space for the webpage based on your feedback. Sites in the sidebar can still be visited in a new tab.

Additional bug fixes, polish, and accessibility improvements.

Enhanced Game Assist for more games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Avowed, Civilization VII, Grand Theft Auto V, and Rocket League. See all enhanced games.

Switched default page rendering mode from mobile to desktop to improve site compatibility, particularly on third-party productivity websites.

Expanded initial extensions support to sidebar apps (instead of just browser tabs).​​​​​​​

Game Assist now automatically switches to new tabs created by the webpage instead of opening them in the background.

Links in sidebar apps now open in Game Assist.

Added support for opening a tab in the background with Ctrl+Click or by clicking the mouse scroll wheel.

Added support for closing tabs by clicking the mouse scroll wheel.

Added page zoom controls to the Settings and more (…) menu.

Fixed a bug where users would end up with many new tabs.

Added support for moving focus to the address bar with F6.

Additional bug fixes, polish, and accessibility improvements.

Added right-click context menus for pages, links, images, and more.

Improved picture-in-picture mode when watching a video in full screen.

Added support for keyboard shortcuts, including new tab (Ctrl+T), close current tab (Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4), duplicate current tab (Ctrl+Shift+K), reopen last closed tab (Ctrl+Shift+T), reload current page (Ctrl+R or F5), and reload current page and ignore cached content (Ctrl+Shift+R or Shift+F5).

Reduced the minimum height and width of the Game Assist widget.

Fixed a bug where the sidebar was too large on some displays.

Additional bug fixes, polish, and accessibility improvements.

Launched Microsoft Edge Game Assist (Preview) in the Stable channel. Learn more.

Enhanced Game Assist for more games, including Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Marvel Rivals, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. II: Heart of Chornobyl. See all enhanced games.

Added a Settings and more (…) menu with common browser controls for opening a new tab, opening the current tab on the desktop, copying a link to the page, and more.

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Also includes a new option to add the current tab to the sidebar. To show the site there permanently, right-click on the sidebar icon and select Pin to sidebar.

We heard your feedback that ad blockers are crucial, so we’re thrilled to bring initial support for extensions to Game Assist! Game Assist currently supports many extensions that automatically run on the webpage, like ad blockers. Extensions can be installed and managed using the desktop version of Microsoft Edge.

Show favicons in the address bar autocomplete dropdown.

Introduced the page info flyout with privacy and permissions settings for the current site.

Ensured browsing history is now correctly saved to your profile so you can get back to webpages you visit in Game Assist.

Launched Microsoft Edge Game Assist (Preview) for Insiders. Learn more.