Month: August 2018

Beginning today Preview Alpha – Skip Ahead, Preview Alpha, and Preview Beta can begin using the new Shopping Cart feature in the Xbox Store! FEATURE DETAILS:  You’ll now see a Cart icon in the Store which will navigate to the Shopping Cart. All game and app product details pages now have an “Add to Cart” button accessible from the “…” next to the Buy button. The contents of the Shopping Cart are shared between web, PC, and console for approved users. HOW TO PARTICIPATE:  On your Xbox One console, launch the Store. Navigate to the Store page for a game… Continue reading New Shopping Cart feature now available in the Xbox Store!→

Horror comes in many forms. The sudden strike of the hammer, the slow drip of a blood-soaked corridor, the crunch of a monstrous creature feasting on bones. Each evokes their own emotion, their own feeling. What we’re most proud of in Call of Cthulhu is our atmosphere and the creeping sense of dread we chose to evoke. At Darkwater Island in 1924, its people, its culture, the buildings, even the sea are strange, distorted, and downright weird. We needed to create this atmosphere because that’s the kind of universe the Cthulhu mythos is built on, not one of terrifying aliens… Continue reading Call of Cthulhu’s Creeping Terror Coming to Xbox One October 30→

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17738 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC We fixed an issue where on Windows 10 in S Mode, launching Office in the Store might fail to launch with an error about a .dll not […] Continue reading Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17738→

It’s a bittersweet day here at Telltale. The final chapter in Clementine’s journey has officially begun. Episode One of The Walking Dead: The Final Season is now available on Xbox One which means we’re one step closer to bringing a beloved character’s six-year arc to a close. But before we go, we get to see an empowered, adult Clem building a life on her own terms for the very first time. In The Final Season, Clementine and AJ find themselves in a secluded school that could become a permanent home, something they desperately need after spending years on the road…. Continue reading Watch an Exclusive Clip from The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Episode 1 Available Now on Xbox One→

Keep your controller collection as current as your Xbox Game Pass membership. Today, there are two new Xbox controller options to choose from: the Xbox Wireless Controller – Phantom Black Special Edition and the Xbox Wireless Controller – Grey/Blue. The Phantom Black Special Edition will ship to retailers worldwide on September 11 for $69.99 USD; the Grey/Blue controller will ship to retailers in the U.S. and Canada on September 25 and to retailers worldwide on October 9 for $64.99 USD. Both controllers are available for pre-order today at Microsoft Store locations, Microsoft Store online and select retailers worldwide. The Xbox Wireless… Continue reading Add Something New to Your Xbox Controller Collection→

 Distributed system blog posts, podcasts, and presentations are everywhere, but understanding how to actually use various tools, projects, and services? Not so straightforward.Adron Hall (@adron), Developer Evangelist at DataStax, joins Christina … Continue reading Distributed Systems, Demystified: Cassandra, DataStax demo and FAQ | The Open Source Show→

Here is a smart way to use sound to provision IoT devices with wireless configuration, Cloud connection credentials and more. Chirp (https://chirp.io) created enterprise-ready, cross platform SDKs for transmitting data over sound and the Azure IoT team… Continue reading Chirp your device into Azure IoT Central | Internet of Things Show→

Inside Xbox kicks off one of the world’s largest video game shows with a live broadcast direct from Cologne, Germany on Tuesday, August 21 at 7:30 a.m. PDT/10:30 a.m. EDT on Mixer, Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Our gamescom content will include the latest on Forza Horizon 4, Sea of Thieves, and State of Decay 2, plus breaking news, exclusive interviews and never-before-seen content for many other games. Stay tuned @Xbox on Twitter and here on Xbox Wire for the latest Inside Xbox: Live @ gamescom news, and mark August 21 on your calendar so you don’t miss out! Continue reading Inside Xbox is Live from gamescom on Tuesday, August 21→