Month: June 2018

Take a break from watching the NBA Finals this weekend and hit the court with NBA 2K18 during Xbox Live Gold Free Play Days. Xbox Live Gold members can enjoy NBA 2K18 for free and enjoy a limited time discount on this fantastic sports game and its virtual currency. Starting Thursday, June 7 at 9:00 a.m. PT and running through to Sunday, June 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT, Xbox Live Gold members in Xbox One markets can play the most critically acclaimed basketball video game. During the weekend you can build up your career in NBA games, hit the courts… Continue reading Jump into NBA 2K18 for Free This Weekend with Xbox Live Gold→

Journey across the solar system, defeat the Red Legion, confront Ghaul, and reunite humanity in this epic action shooter! This weekend only, all Xbox Live Gold members can enjoy Destiny 2 for free during Xbox Live Gold’s Free Play Days. Starting Thursday, June 7 at 9:00 a.m. PT and running through to Sunday, June 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT, Xbox Live Gold members in Xbox One markets can play one of the biggest games available today on Xbox One. In the sequel to Destiny, humanity’s last safe city has fallen to an overwhelming invasion force, led by Ghaul, the imposing… Continue reading Play Destiny 2 Free This Weekend Only with Xbox Live Gold→

Everyone at Snap Finger Click is really excited for the release of our brand-new party game, Awkward! Awkward is a bit different from our previous party games, Act it Out! and It’s Quiz Time. While we’ve so far concentrated on family-friendly titles, Awkward is our first release made for grown-ups. The game asks you questions, designed to spark debate, which your fellow players must guess the answer to. At first, the questions start off quite tame such as whether you think pineapple belongs on pizza, or whether you prefer cake or ice cream for dessert. However, as the game progresses,… Continue reading Reveal Your Controversial Opinions in the Mature Party Game Awkward on Xbox One→

At last! Today marks the long-awaited launch of Shift Quantum, our cyber-noir puzzle platformer, which is the dystopian brainchild of us folks at Fishing Cactus and Red Panda Interactive. We wanted Shift Quantum to be more than just a puzzle game, where we aim to draw you into the world, give you purpose and ask questions. Shift Quantum’s core creates perspective duality by inverting the world between black and white, but we wanted to deliver this conflicting two-sided existence beyond more than just the aesthetics. During development, we paid particular attention to the details; making it an interesting, rewarding and… Continue reading Shift Your Imagination with Shift Quantum’s Level Editor on Xbox One→

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17686 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring in addition to those who opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17686 Improved Local Experience We have introduced a new Region page that allows overrides to default regional format settings such […] Continue reading Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17686→

We’ve just published an update to the Console UWP App project templates on the Visual Studio marketplace here. The latest version (v1.5) adds support for C#. The C# template code only works with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 or later. In a previous post, I described how to build a simple findstr UWP app using the C++ Console templates. In this post, […] Continue reading C# Console UWP Applications→

Outer Wilds is an open world mystery where you explore a solar system trapped in a 20-minute time loop. Over the last three years, our development team has grown far beyond the initial few who worked on the alpha when it was a student project, but our main priority has always been to support the original vision for the game. Inspired by the unusual combination of backpacking through national parks and the dangers of the vast darkness of space, Outer Wilds is a game about exploring for the sake of curiosity. We have created a hand-crafted solar system filled with… Continue reading E3 2018: Explore a Hand-Crafted Solar System in Outer Wilds, Coming Soon to Xbox One→

Content moderation is the process of monitoring for possible offensive, undesirable, and risky content. Content Moderator, a Cognitive Services product, combines machine-assisted content moderation APIs and human review tool for images, text, and video… Continue reading Video Moderation with Content Moderator | AI Show→