#ifdef WINDOWS – Dev Center Analytics with Hannah Jimma

Analytics are invaluable when it comes to continued success with Microsoft Store. Dev Center analytics enable developers to measure success and generate learnings about how users use their creations, and allow for targeted actions to increase reach and continuously improve the overall experience. I met with Hannah Jimma, a program manager on the Microsoft Store team […] Continue reading #ifdef WINDOWS – Dev Center Analytics with Hannah Jimma

Chris Gillum – Serverless workflows with Durable Functions | On .NET

In this episode of On .NET, Chris Gillum (@cgillum) from the Azure Functions team stops by to talk to us about Durable Functions. With Durable Functions, you can create stateful workflows in a serverless environment.[00:31] – What does Durable mean?[01… Continue reading Chris Gillum – Serverless workflows with Durable Functions | On .NET

Life is Strange Before the Storm Season Finale Available Now

The season finale of Before the Storm is out now on Xbox One! In this third episode, the proverbial ravens come home to roost as the consequences of all your choices so far begin to come to a head. Chloe continues to struggle to deal with the difficult changes in her own life, while still needing to support her friend as Rachel’s world continues to be rocked and shaken. It is during this time that Chloe will need to find the strength to make some of the toughest decisions of her life so far… Working in such a beloved universe… Continue reading Life is Strange Before the Storm Season Finale Available Now

Xbox Game Pass: NBA Playgrounds, Injustice, Devil May Cry 4 and $1 Game Pass for Limited Time

Hello, fellow gamers! Welcome to your January Xbox Game Pass update. With the New Year just around the corner, we’re excited to share the latest catalog additions coming to Xbox Game Pass starting on January 1. At Xbox Game Pass, more is better, and to that note, we’re kicking off 2018 by adding 10 titles to the catalog! In addition to the over 100 great games already included in your Xbox Game Pass membership, you can look forward to playing NBA Playgrounds, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Devil May Cry 4 SE, Xbox Original Fuzion Frenzy, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes,… Continue reading Xbox Game Pass: NBA Playgrounds, Injustice, Devil May Cry 4 and $1 Game Pass for Limited Time

Celebrate the Season of Giving with Xbox

This holiday season is all about giving. Whether you’re giving time to loved ones, giving gifts to family and friends, or giving your stomach more food than it can handle, Xbox wants to make it easy to play together and give together. From December 21 to January 4, you can join Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold for $1 each! Also, you can share your love of gaming by gifting an Xbox Game Pass membership. Not only are we giving our fans great deals, we have a great opportunity for the Xbox community to give back to kids across… Continue reading Celebrate the Season of Giving with Xbox

The Xbox Community Checks in with the Original PlayerUnknown

Last month, in the lead up to the Xbox Game Preview launch of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) on Xbox One, we paid a visit to the game’s Creative Director, PlayerUnknown himself, Brendan Greene at the PUBG Corp. studios in Seoul, South Korea for a quick chat powered by you – the Xbox Community – to find out more about the world’s most played and streamed multiplayer game. While gamers worldwide have been all been looting and shooting to win that elusive chicken dinner on PC, the PUBG development team was hard at work putting the finishing touches on the game for… Continue reading The Xbox Community Checks in with the Original PlayerUnknown

An Introduction to Vermintide 2

When making a sequel, you will eventually have to answer the question of how much to add and what to keep from the first game. Some improvements were easy to decide upon. More content being the most obvious one. The Warhammer world is immense and multifaceted and we have still only scratched the surface of all the places and creatures you may encounter in it. Other improvements we knew we wanted were better bot and enemy AI, better network code, offline mode, volumetric rendering and new weapons, to just name a few. But we also knew that we had to keep… Continue reading An Introduction to Vermintide 2

Xbox Play Anywhere and Cross Play Support Comes to Ark: Survival Evolved on Xbox One and Windows 10

The wait is finally over, survivors. Ark: Survival Evolved has officially launched in the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and is available for download right now if you already own the Xbox One version! Or, if you haven’t yet set foot in the world of Ark, now’s the perfect time to join in on the fun with all of your Xbox friends via Xbox Play Anywhere and cross play. Ark: Survival Evolved includes the base game along with Primitive+, The Center, and Ragnarok and there are already two massive expansion packs available: Ark: Scorched Earth and Ark: Aberration. What does… Continue reading Xbox Play Anywhere and Cross Play Support Comes to Ark: Survival Evolved on Xbox One and Windows 10