Month: April 2017

With a roster of over 200 players that includes Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Steph Curry and other NBA Legends, we couldn’t be more excited to announce NBA Playgrounds, a brand-new arcade basketball game built on the Unreal 4 engine, coming soon to Xbox One. Basketball has become an international sport and it shouldn’t be surprising that our game, NBA Playgrounds, has been worked on collaboratively by members of my team at Saber Interactive in locations that span the globe. But how did this game all come together? The idea for Playgrounds came about years ago, when my “dad band” performed… Continue reading An Inside Look at NBA Playgrounds, Coming Soon to Xbox One→

With more than 5 million copies sold in 40 countries, Freakonomics is a worldwide phenomenon — and we’re thrilled to announce that authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner will join us for a special guest keynote at Microsoft Data Insights Summit, taki… Continue reading Learn how to “think like a Freak” with Freakonomics authors at Microsoft Data Insights Summit→

While working together at Codemasters and then later at FreeStyleGames, Dan and I had regularly joked that big studios were getting too complicated and we should probably ‘go indie’ and make a game between the two of us. I didn’t think we’d ever actually do it, though. As it happens, it turned out that’s exactly what we did! Aaero came about as the answer to a list of things we wanted to achieve with a game. First, we wanted to create a game that delivered the buzz you get playing rhythm games and having the action synched with the music,… Continue reading Aaero Launches April 11 on Xbox One→

Hello! We’re Playtonic Games, a small team of veterans who’ve rustled up the colorful adventure Yooka-Laylee, an open-world platformer inspired by the genre classics many of our developers helped create! Almost two years since our crowdfunding campaign, it’s an amazing feeling to finally deliver our game to fans on Xbox One. The journey up to this point has been a proverbial minecart ride, from the twilight days when we had to put everything on the line for an office the size of a gents’ toilet, to the incredible, humbling support of our backers and smashing the UK games Kickstarter record…. Continue reading The Journey of Yooka-Laylee, Available April 11 on Xbox One→

Starting tomorrow, April 11, fans can take advantage of the Spring Sale on Xbox with deals on more than 350 games, Xbox accessories, movies & TV shows, music and apps. For the gamer, the Spring Sale includes deals for Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Windows 10. Xbox games are up to 67% off and an additional 10% off for Xbox Live Gold members. Popular titles and add-ons include Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Titanfall 2, FIFA 17, Overwatch, For Honor, and many more! If that’s not enough, choose from over 35 Backward Compatible titles on sale! Not an… Continue reading Great Deals During the Spring Sale, April 11 – 17→

Today, we’re introducing three new features to make Forms even more collaborative and customized for educators and students.

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Containers have been at the forefront of cloud transformation in recent years, and for good reason: Container technologies let organizations more easily build, deploy and move applications to and from the cloud. With this increase in agility and portability, containers are helping to make applications the new currency in the cloud. At Microsoft, we’ve seen explosive growth in both interest and deployment of containerized workloads on Azure, and we’re committed … Read more »

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Great news Xbox fans! We had such a fantastic time welcoming so many Xbox One players to The Elder Scrolls Online’s Free Play Days last November, we’re doing it again! For seven full days starting Tuesday, April 11 at 10am EST and running through to Tuesday, April 18 at 10am EST, Xbox Live Gold Members can adventure through Tamriel, build and grow characters, conquer Delves and Dolmens, and unravel another great Elder Scrolls saga on Xbox One. Whether you’re looking to quest online with your friends, or just want to head back to Tamriel by yourself for another epic Elder… Continue reading Spend a Week in Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online Free Play Days Starting April 11→