Typing the Windows key plus "G" brings up a gaming bar in Windows 10 Creators Update.
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Windows 10 Creators Update comes with Game Mode and Beam gameplay broadcasting

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creators Update arrives as the third major update for the PC operating system on April 11, and it contains some goodies for gamers, who no doubt make up a huge percentage of the 400 million Windows 10 users.

The update is designed to enable every gamer to be a broadcaster. When you log into a game on Windows 10, you can hit the Windows key and “G” on your keyboard at the same time. That opens the Game Bar.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.