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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with enterprise security features, pauses app updates for testers

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 28, 2017
3 min

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with some of the enterprise security features the company detailed yesterday. This is the...

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Is Xbox One X ‘parity’ a real problem? GamesBeat Decides

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 28, 2017
2 min

Microsoft wants fans to spend $500 to get what it is calling “the most powerful console ever” in the Xbox One X, but some...

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July 2017 Xbox Games With Gold: Kane & Lynch 2, Grow Up, and more

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 27, 2017
2 min

Microsoft’s premium network service Xbox Live Gold is back with some more games to give away to its subscribers, and July is all about...

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Playful’s Paul Bettner is betting on both ‘flat screen games’ and VR

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 25, 2017
12 min

Paul Bettner had a good time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles last week. His McKinney,...

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Microsoft wants to make Direct Reality VR’s answer to DirectX

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 24, 2017
2 min

Just ahead of Microsoft’s media event prior to E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show) last week the company filed a trademark for Direct...

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State of Decay 2 fully simulates the world of the undead

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 24, 2017
3 min

Most undead games try to hook you with the number of zombies you can shoot in a minute. But Microsoft’s upcoming State of Decay...

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Xbox fans hate ‘parity,’ but I want it after playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 24, 2017
3 min

Bungie confirmed at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show) in Los Angeles last week that its upcoming sci-fi shooter Destiny 2 will run...

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The DeanBeat: The 12 best games of E3 2017

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 23, 2017
9 min

Alright, it’s time for me to make up my mind. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles, took...

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Sea of Thieves should go into Early Access on PC and Xbox One right now

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 22, 2017
3 min

If you’ve paid close attention to the language coming out of major gaming publishers recently, you’ve probably heard buzzwords like “games-as-a-service” (GaaS) or simply...

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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Edge, emoji, input, gaming, and even calculator features

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 22, 2017
6 min

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a long list of features and improvements spanning Edge, emoji, OneDrive, keyboard, handwriting,...

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