Month: March 2018

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a rush of a twin-stick shooter, and everyone here at 10tons is abundantly delighted we now have a date for the Xbox One release: March 16! Launching a game is always exciting, but I’d like to take the opportunity to share some of the excitement during development as well. You might think that after making top-down twin-stick shooters like Crimsonland, Neon Chrome, Jydge, and Time Recoil, we’d have solid routines to just put a plan together and know exactly what our next shooter would be like. While we certainly have plenty of genre expertise, things are… Continue reading Science and Tentacles Clash in Twin Stick Shooter Tesla vs Lovecraft→

Shoppe Keep has now launched on Xbox One and I hope you’re as excited to open your shoppe as we are to release the game! And if you haven’t heard of Shoppe Keep, it’s a game like no other – instead of playing as an epic fantasy hero, Shoppe Keep puts you in the shoes of an ordinary store owner and tasks you with selling swords, shields and armor. But before you get going, let me offer some tips and tricks for your start-up business! Shoppe Keep is a game with many layers and great depth, so read on to… Continue reading Tips and Tricks to Get You Started with Shoppe Keep→

Starting at 6 p.m. PST today, members of the Xbox One Preview Update Alpha ring will begin receiving the latest Xbox One system update (1804.180301-1400). Read on to learn more about a new feature, fixes and known issues in the latest system update. New Feature: Mixer In this build we are enabling the Mixer – Enable share controller functionality.  This feature will be turned on 9.00am Tuesday March 6th to ensure users have the build.  Users will need to reboot after 9.00am 3/6/18 to use this feature. This will allow a broadcaster from the console to be able to share… Continue reading New Preview Alpha 1804 System Update – 3/5/18→

Last week, we announced an exciting playtest for Robocraft Infinity, a game that challenges you to build powerful robots and do battle with them. Alongside the announcement, we included a Q&A where Andy Griffiths, the Communications Manager for Freejam Ltd., issued a call for help from Xbox Insiders to play the game, report any issues and provide feedback. We’re pleased to announce that our community answered his calls, and we’ve got some cool stats that prove it: The playtest was available from Thursday, March 1, at 12 p.m. UTC (4:00 a.m. PST) through Monday, March 5, at 11:59 a.m. UTC… Continue reading Xbox Insiders Receive Thanks from the Robocraft Infinity Team→

Follow the conversation between Lena and Suz and learn about setting up a data ingestion and processing system consisting of event producer, reliable event aggregation and consumer using Twitter client, Event Hubs and Spark on Azure Databricks as an ex… Continue reading Data ingestion, stream processing and sentiment analysis pipeline using Twitter data example | The Open Source Show→

Today, HP announced a cutting-edge lineup of Healthcare Edition Windows 10 devices designed with safer, smarter and secured features specific to the healthcare industry to address the next generation of patient care. Continue reading Healthcare is getting safer, smarter and more secure with HP’s new lineup of Windows 10 devices→

Our most-popular Office 365 apps—Excel, PowerPoint, and Word—are designed for the modern workplace, with cutting-edge features like real-time co-authoring, AutoSave, and more. With our newest version of Office for Mac, version 16.9.0, we’ve extended th… Continue reading Shared Office codebase for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android means more features for more users faster→

I’m thrilled to announce that Inside Xbox will debut on March 10th at 12:00PM PST, marking the dawn of a brand-new way for the team to celebrate our news, our games, and our fans. Inside Xbox is many things. A premier live news broadcast that will highlight breaking announcements and a peek behind the curtain of Team Xbox. A glimpse at the mysteries of game design and a celebration of some of the month’s most exciting games and features. Most of all, it’s an opportunity for us to celebrate and listen to you, the community. All of this will be available… Continue reading Announcing Inside Xbox, Premiering March 10th→