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In this episode, Robert is joined by Justin Clareburt, who shows us several Visual Studio extensions that he has written, including:Hot Commands [01:40], a collection of commands and shortcuts for enhanced productivity in Visual Studio IDE.Ho… Continue reading Hot Extensions | Visual Studio Toolbox
Hello, gamers! Welcome to your June Xbox Game Pass update. If you can stop playing State of Decay 2 long enough to read this, we’ve got some great additions to the Xbox Game Pass catalog this month to tell you about, like MotoGP 17, Mega Man Legacy Collection 2, The Technomancer, Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut, and Disneyland Adventures. They’re all coming to Xbox Game Pass on June 1, in addition to the over 100 more great games included in your subscription. Later in June, action-packed dungeon crawler Next Up Hero will join the catalog. And be sure to keep an… Continue reading Xbox Game Pass: Next Up Hero, MotoGP 17, Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 and More Coming in June
What is the Internet of Things and what is Microsoft doing about it? These are high level questions we have not addressed thoroughly yet on the IoT Show. Tom Davis, PM lead in the IoT Business Acceleration team, joins us for a whiteboard session to lit… Continue reading IoT White Boarded for the Top Floor | Internet of Things Show
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) on Xbox One is about to get a lot bigger and better! PUBG Xbox Game Preview players can now experience the vast, open desert of Miramar on live servers as part of our Spring update. Here are some of the highlights the update has in store: New Environments to Explore Miramar, the desert-themed map dotted with large, densely built towns, rocky hills, and wide-open expanses adds an all-new battle royale gameplay experience for players. Along with the new map comes an assortment of new weapons including the R45 revolver, the Win94 lever-action rifle, and the sawed-off shotgun,… Continue reading New Desert Map, Miramar, Arrives for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
We are excited to officially announce that Hyper Universe will launch as an Xbox One console exclusive on August 7! Hyper Universe will be available to download and play for free with Xbox Live Gold upon release and starting today, fans of the game can pre-order the Ultimate Hypers Pack, which will instantly unlock all current and future playable Hypers in the game. This pack also includes a total of six Xbox One exclusive Aurora-themed cosmetic skins, and anyone who pre-orders the Ultimate Hypers Pack before August 7 will also receive a seventh limited edition additional bonus skin featuring Aurora’s… Continue reading Free to Play MOBA Hyper Universe Coming Exclusively to Xbox One August 7
Barry Luijbregts chats with Scott Hanselman about how he goes about choosing the right services in Azure to run his applications and store his data. For more information, see:Overview of Azure servicesPluralsight course: Microsoft Azure for Develo… Continue reading How I choose which services to use in Azure | Azure Friday
Fans of Battlefield, Just recently, we revealed that the setting of the next Battlefield will be World War II – the era where it all began for the series. When the original team and I wanted to create something special back in 1999, WWII was always our first choice. The result was Battlefield 1942. Since then, we’ve visited various eras, but we’ve always longed to return to WWII. For a period, there was a fatigue for this setting’s representation in games, and we didn’t want to recycle the same experiences you’ve already seen. We used our old Battlefield 1 mantra… Continue reading How Battlefield V Will Depict WWII As You Have Never Seen It Before
As of May 23rd, the Microsoft Store team has updated the Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement (ADA). The next time you log in to the Dev Center dashboard, you will be prompted to reaccept the ADA before you can update or manage your apps. In the new version, we are making a few changes to clarify […] Continue reading Updated Microsoft Store App Developer Agreement and GDPR