Month: November 2017

Hello, gaming fans! These Xbox Live Sessions just keep getting bigger and bigger! Following the impressive livestream last night with Chris Evans, Lauren Cohan, and Lil Jon, we’re excited to announce tomorrow night’s livestream with the one and only Megan Fox. Other special surprise celebrity guests will join Megan as they play the highly-anticipated Call of Duty: WWII. This exciting interactive livestream will be hosted on the Mixer Xbox Channel Friday, November 3 starting at 7 p.m. PT. Megan’s always been a huge gamer herself so I’m excited to see her jump into the all new Call of Duty: WWII,… Continue reading Megan Fox to Play Call of Duty: WWII on Xbox Live Sessions November 3→

Starting today, EA Access subscribers will be able to kickstart their Need for Speed Payback experience, earlier than anyone else. Join Tyler, Jess and Mac as you take on races, missions, and challenges to earn the respect of the Valley’s underground and compete in the ultimate race to finally take down The House. You can play through the opening two chapters of the game, culminating in the Highway Heist blockbuster mission. Along the way you’ll be filling up your garage, customizing cars and maybe even finding a Derelict. You’ll also have access to multiplayer Speedlists, where you’ll be able to… Continue reading Play Need for Speed Payback Today with EA Access→

16 years ago, Dwayne Johnson was on-stage with Bill Gates to help announce the original Xbox. We’re excited to be working with Dwayne again to show there is no power greater than X. Yesterday, three Make-A-Wish children received the gift of a lifetime when The Rock surprised the group with a private gaming event on the set of his current movie project, “Skyscraper.” With the help of Xbox, the kids were the first to receive the world’s most powerful console, a custom Xbox One X, a full week before its November 7 global release. The custom consoles feature Dwayne’s logo,… Continue reading The Rock Surprises Make-A-Wish Kids with Custom Xbox One X Consoles→

In this episode, Robert is joined by Daniel Plaisted, who talks about MSBuild and improvements that have been made for .NET Core and .NET Standard projects. He also discusses MSBuild Structured Logging, and how it drastically simplifies investigating a… Continue reading What’s New in MSBuild | Visual Studio Toolbox→

Many of gaming’s most compelling stories come from those who’ve helped to create our favorite Xbox One games. In our Inside Xbox One X Enhanced series, these creators will share the behind-the-scenes accounts of the work involved in enhancing these epic games for Xbox One X, how they’ve helped chart the course of the world’s most powerful console, and what that means for the future of gaming. Today, we’ll be chatting with CD Projekt RED’s Jakub Kutrzuba, Development Lead on the epic RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. What specifically is your development team doing to enhance The Witcher 3:… Continue reading Inside Xbox One X Enhanced: The Witcher 3→

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 17025 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 17025 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from developer section on Windows Insider. For feedback and […] Continue reading Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17025→

Veljko Vasic shows Seth Juarez how Azure SQL Database uses built-in intelligence to continuously monitors database usage so that it can detect disruptive events that cause poor performance. Once detected, a detailed analysis is performed gene… Continue reading Get Intelligent Insights for Improving Azure SQL Database Performance | Azure Friday→

Hello, fellow gamers! I know you enjoy being challenged and love winning awesome prizes, so I’m excited to announce Xbox Quests! Xbox Quests is a fun new way to get rewarded for being an Xbox Live Gold member. Each month three new Quests will be posted in the Gold Membership Area, and Xbox One players who complete all three Quests are guaranteed to win a mystery prize. We’ll even be giving away a 55” Samsung 4K TV every month to one lucky winner. There’s no need to register or sign-up, just head to the Gold Membership area on your Xbox… Continue reading Introducing Xbox Quests for November 2017→