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Microsoft’s using Minecraft to boost artificial intelligence research with Project AIX

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 14, 2016
2 min

Microsoft has quietly unveiled a new platform that harnesses the power of Minecraft to expedite artificial intelligence (AI) development. The project is under the...

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Microsoft plans to show critics how Windows is an open platform at Build

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 11, 2016
2 min

Microsoft is fending off criticisms of its plan to unify its products and to raise the profile of its Windows Store, and the company...

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February 2016 NPD: Far Cry, Fire Emblem, and Street Fighter fail to lift U.S. game spending

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 10, 2016
4 min

February had a lot of blockbuster game releases, but that wasn’t enough to match spending from last year. Consumers spent $842.5 million on new physical...

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Chief Xbox evangelist addresses compensation for recent Xbox Live troubles

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 9, 2016
2 min

Xbox Live has had a lot of problems in the first few months of 2016, and fans are starting to get fed up. This...

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Minecraft fans are trying to guess the game’s next enemy

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 8, 2016
1 min

Minecraft, the phenomenally successful block-building survival game, is going to get a new enemy (called “mob”) in its next major update. Considering the game has sold around 80 million copies, every little change like this is a big deal for the legions of Minecraft fans around the world.

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Xbox Live down again for some as Microsoft confirms sign-in issues

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 7, 2016
1 min

You may encounter errors signing into Xbox Live right now. Microsoft has confirmed that its online gaming service isn’t working for everyone on Xbox...

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Microsoft cancels Fable Legends and proposes closing Lionhead Studios (update)

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 7, 2016
2 min

Microsoft has delivered some unexpected bad news today. The game publisher and hardware maker announced today that it is canceling Fable Legends, the next installment in...

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Xbox Live is down: Microsoft is investigating why users can’t sign in (Update: Fixed)

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 5, 2016
2 min

Microsoft’s Xbox Live service is once again experiencing issues. Users are unable to sign in, and Microsoft is investigating what the problem might be....