Month: July 2017

Welcome to the second week of car reveals for the Forza Motorsport 7 Garage – also known as Vintage Week! Today, we’re showing off the depth of classic cars that are a part of Forza Motorsport 7’s mammoth 700+ car list, including pre-war racers that will challenge drivers of every skill level, post-war cruisers cars that changed the way the public thought of the automobile, and many more. The range of materials and technology on display here is as varied as the cars’ shapes, sizes and capabilities. From wooden frame cars to pre-war biasply tires, the ForzaTech engine recreates all… Continue reading Forza Throwback: Vintage Classics Added to the Forza Motorsport 7 Garage→

It’s time to harvest some great titles this August thanks to another stellar Games with Gold lineup. On August 1, the open-world farming simulator Slime Rancher will make its console debut on Xbox One, where you can care for your own galactic farm full of cute (slimy) creatures. Then starting on August 16, take on the wide variety of platform-racing stunt challenges in Trials Fusion. The Summer fun isn’t over yet! Coming to Xbox 360, and Xbox One through Backward Compatibility, we’ll have the modern-classic Bayonetta available from August 1 to August 15. Then get your butt to Mars and… Continue reading Grow Your Game Library with August’s Games with Gold→

This week’s episode of Data Exposed Scott welcomes two awesome individuals, Torsten Grabs and Morgan Oslake (Principal PM in the SQL product group), to talk about the great topic of Azure SQL Database Elastic Pools and Elastic Jobs. We also have a surp… Continue reading Azure SQL Database Elastic Pools and Elastic Jobs | Data Exposed→

Mixer and The Coalition are excited to announce the launch of Gears Esports Offseason as the first Mixer-exclusive reality series, presented by Mixer. Season 1 of the Gears of War Esports Pro Circuit introduced a fiercely competitive group of Gears of War 4 esports professional teams and players from around the world. Players traveled to Columbus, London, Mexico City, Atlantic City, and Paris, and concluded the season in June at the Gears Pro Circuit Las Vegas Open, where it was announced that the Gears Pro Circuit Season 2 will kick off in the fall of 2017. Gears Esports Offseason offers… Continue reading Watch the Gears Esports Offseason Reality Series on Mixer→

MS Paint fans rejoice: The original art app isn’t going anywhere – except to the Windows Store for free! Continue reading MS Paint is here to stay→

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Increase your impact with six new Office Basics courses.  Use pictures, WordArt and SmartArt, tables, and more to make a lasting impression! Plus the skills y… Continue reading 6 new courses to expand your Office skills→

The community reaction to the announcement that I was the new writer on Warframe kind-of blew my hair back: a deluge of messages pumping me for lore, wanting to know what was going to happen next, what I had planned. The enthusiasm for the game is one of the best things about working on it, but to be hit with a wave of emotion like that… I knew I had my work cut out for me. So, what’s it been like? Well, each company and project is different. The Warframe crew have had a few years to settle into their… Continue reading Unchaining the Horror of Harrow in Warframe→

The deep chill of Wisconsin winters inspired a patent application – filed on this date 130 years ago – that changed the world and created a company that offers a warm tale of sustained innovation. Warren Johnson grew up on a western Wisconsin homestead in the mid-1800s and, later, became a professor at the University…

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