Month: August 2017

It’s another edition of Next Week on Xbox! We have an incredible selection of games this coming week, with 20 exciting titles arriving in a few days like the action RPG Path of Exile, the return of the gridiron classic Madden 18 and a slew of unique titles like Mages of Mystralia, Duck Game, and The Escapists 2. Read on to see the full list of new games coming soon to Xbox One and come back every Saturday to find out what’s Next Week on Xbox! Madden NFL 18 (Pre-order Now) – August 22 Madden NFL 18 takes a significant… Continue reading Next Week on Xbox: New Games for August 21 – 27→

This week on Channel 9, Christina and Bryan are back and discussing the week’s top developer news, including;

• [00:43] .NET Core 2.0 Released! [Scott Hunter], Announcing .NET Standard 2.0
• [01:13] ASP.NET Core 2.0 Released [Shawn Wildermuth], Announcing ASP.NET Core 2.0
• [01:19] Updates in Visual Studio 2017 based on your UserVoice suggestions [Mark Wilson-Thomas], Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 Released [John Montgomery], Accessibility improvements in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3 [Dante Gagne]
• [01:53] .NET Summer Hackfest 2017
• [02:28] Introducing Azure Event Grid – an event service for modern applications [Corey Sanders], Episode 233: Azure Event Grid with Bahram Banisadr [Bahram Banisadr, Thiago Almeida, Chris Risner]
• [03:01] Managing your resources with Azure Cloud Shell [Corey Sanders]
• [03:32] New Xamarin University Webinar: Take your desktop .NET skills mobile [Mark Smith]
• [04:05] Making mixed reality: a conversation with Lucas Rizzotto [Aileen McGraw]
• [05:12] Elon Musk + AI + Microsoft = Awesome Dota 2 Player (theverge.com), Elcon Mush thanked Microsoft on Twitter
• [06:43] Episode 4: Australia – Interview with Troy Hunt [Seth Juarez, Troy Hunt]
• [07:56] Building Visual Studio Code Extensions [Sean McBreen]
• [08:32] Kubernetes at GitHub [Jesse Newland]

Picks of the Week!

• Bryan’s and Christina’s Pick of the Week:[10:07] HyperCard On The Archive (Celebrating 30 Years of HyperCard) [Jason Scott]

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We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you can feast your eyes on our weekly video show below above featuring the one and only Major Nelson. Be sure to come back every Friday to find out what’s happening This Week on Xbox! Register Now for the Fourth Annual ID@Xbox Pre-PAX Open House Hi… Continue reading This Week on Xbox: August 18, 2017→

Earlier this week, the folks at ComputerBild published a feature on tracks in Forza Motorsport 7. Featuring a discussion with Turn 10 Studios creative director Dan Greenawalt, the article pointed out the many cutting-edge systems that Turn 10 uses to bring the tracks to life with new weather scenarios and alternate times of day that literally cast the tracks of Forza Motorsport 7 in a brand-new light. If you haven’t already done so, check out the article now. Suzuka Circuit, Completely Rebuilt It’s one thing to read about the changes coming to tracks in Forza Motorsport 7 but it’s a… Continue reading Take a Lap on Some of Your Favorite Tracks, Reimagined in Forza Motorsport 7→

Next week, Xbox will unveil Xbox Live Sessions, a brand new, livestream hosted on the Mixer Xbox Channel that will feature some of the world’s most celebrated pop-culture icons as they play highly anticipated new titles on Xbox One. Beginning on Friday, August 25 at 6:00 p.m. PDT, DJ Khaled will join Xbox for its first-ever Xbox Live Session, as DJ Khaled plays Madden NFL 18 on Xbox One S, all while discussing his projects, answering fan questions and giving away prizes throughout the livestream. Popular radio personality and founder of Dash Radio, DJ Skee will join DJ Khaled in-studio… Continue reading Join DJ Khaled on Xbox Live Sessions a New Interactive Show Premiering August 25 on Mixer→

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