Month: February 2018

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 above. Be sure to come back every Friday to find out what’s happening This Week on Xbox! Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Now Available Worldwide on Windows 10 PCs Welcome back to history! Today is an… Continue reading This Week on Xbox: February 23, 2018→

Christina interviews Ruth Yakubu, a CDA focused on Java, AI, and cloud analytics. In this one-on-one interview, Ruth shares how she became interested in tech, and the career path that led her to Microsoft.In addition to her technical work, Ruth is also… Continue reading Interview With Ruth Yakubu, Cloud Developer Advocate in Java and AI | GALs→

BabylonJS is a very powerful JavaScript framework for building 3D apps and games with web standards, used by game developers to build some amazing experiences that can run on any platform and device. This includes Windows Mixed Reality and VR platforms such as Oculus or SteamVR.   With the latest release of BabylonJS, developers can enable immersive experiences with only 2 lines […] Continue reading #ifdef WINDOWS – How to enable WebVR with just two lines of code with BabylonJS→

A few months ago, I was contacted by a Spanish game developer, Daniel Fernandez Chavez (Diabolical Mind), who had created an interesting game for the PC. Considering we use the same middleware (GameMaker Studio), he figured I could port and publish his game on consoles. I accepted! Xenon Valkyrie+ is a platformer roguelike in the same vein as Spelunky, with a sci-fi twist involving RPG elements such as experience levels, items, and equipment. Choose between three characters with special abilities to survive through the randomly-generated levels, talk with NPCs to progress through the story and be one of the few… Continue reading Punishing Platformer Roguelike Xenon Valkyrie+ Available Now on Xbox One→

The first time we thought about creating Symmetry was during one evening when we played a board game called “K2,” in which the main goal was to ascend the mountain summit and bring the whole team back to the base safely. Once we mixed the concept with our love to sci-fi themes, we could begin our work. At first, we gave the game a working title Furnace, a while later it was changed to The Last Day. It was only in pre-alpha development stage that we came up with the name Symmetry, that really stuck with us and was a… Continue reading Retro-Future Survival Management Game Symmetry Now Available on Xbox One→

Have you been working with Planner in Microsoft Teams?  Starting today, you can access all your plans from Teams within the Planner web app.  On the Planner hub, you’ll see plans from Teams included within the Recent plans and All plans secti… Continue reading Access Plans from Microsoft Teams in Planner apps→

Jump aboard this weekend and take part in a Sea of Thieves Scale Test ahead of the launch on March 20th. This weekend’s Sea of Thieves Scale Test is open to all Xbox Insiders on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC! (in regions where Sea of Thieves is available) The Scale Test starts Friday, February 23rd 12pm GMT (4am PST) and ends Sunday, February 25th at 10am GMT (2am PST). To participate, just download the Xbox Insider Hub from the Store on Xbox One or a Windows 10 PC and follow these steps: Launch the Xbox Insider Hub. From the… Continue reading Sea of Thieves Scale Test Now Available!→

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17107 (RS4) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. There won’t be a new build this week for Windows Insiders who opted into Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17107 Windows Update Improvements Keeping PCs Up-to-date: In an effort to prevent PCs from […] Continue reading Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17107 for Fast Ring→