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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Edge, Skype, video, typing, font, and Task Manager improvements

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 28, 2018
8 min

Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17704 from the RS5 branch. Among the changes are improvements to Edge, Skype, Diagnostic Data Viewer, video, typing insights, font, security, Task Manager, accessibility, container, and Windows Mixed Reality.

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Sea of Thieves is getting new major add-ons every six-to-eight weeks.

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Sea of Thieves’ updates are transforming player behavior

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 22, 2018
22 min

Sea of Thieves is one of the biggest Microsoft releases of 2018, and during our conversation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show, executive...

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22 min

Microsoft was early to see the potential of a virtual Minecraft. What happened?

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Microsoft’s decision to skip Xbox VR is unsettling for Xbox One X owners

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 22, 2018
4 min

Microsoft didn't provide a firm reason when it disclosed two weeks ago that a virtual reality headset isn't coming to the Xbox One, but the reasons seem clear -- it was either about money, platform support, or both.

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Ignore the shoes of journalist Chris Morris. Why does Sony have fake maple leaves?

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The DeanBeat: Leaves and other false trends of E3 2018

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 22, 2018
4 min

One of the unintentionally funny moments of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at Microsoft’s press event, where Ralph Fulton, creative director of...

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"I love my good boy very much. It is the best sales boy."

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May 2018 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 21, 2018
1 min

The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console hardware platform in May in the United States, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. But the...

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1 min

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Remedy doubles down on narrative gaming with Control

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 20, 2018
9 min

One of the pleasant surprises at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) game trade show last week came from Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment and...

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9 min

Red Dead Redemption 2 will now debut on October 26.

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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick: ‘I’m charged with making hard decisions’

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 18, 2018
9 min

Strauss Zelnick is very efficient with his answers. When I interviewed the CEO of Take-Two Interactive last week at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3),...

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Darrell Gallagher is head of Microsoft's The Initiative game studio in Santa Monica, California.

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How Darrell Gallagher plans to build Microsoft’s The Initiative studio in Santa Monica

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 16, 2018
11 min

Microsoft made news this week as it announced it was buying four game development studios and opening a fifth. That’s part of the company’s...

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11 min

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At E3 2018, too many companies ruined their own shots at the spotlight

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 16, 2018
5 min

For decades, a game theory called the “prisoner’s dilemma” has explained why people who work together do better overall than those who scheme against...

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Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 will reportedly use Qualcomm XR1 and cost less

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 15, 2018
2 min

Microsoft will reportedly use Qualcomm's affordable new Snapdragon XR1 platform for HoloLens 2, a decision that could radically improve the headset's price and appeal to mainstream users.

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