Talking About Farming, Pink Cats, and Relic Hunting with Team Behind My Time at Portia

Are you ready to start a new life in a charming post-apocalyptic land? My Time at Portia, coming to Xbox One on April 15, gives you the opportunity to do just that. Fulfill commissions, grow crops, raise animals and befriend the quirky inhabitants of the enchanting town of Portia. We wanted to take the time to have a chat with Zhi Xu, director of My Time at Portia, about this adorable game and get some more details, and they were kind enough to oblige! ID@Xbox: Thank you for talking to us today! We love to get to know the people… Continue reading Talking About Farming, Pink Cats, and Relic Hunting with Team Behind My Time at Portia

Acer family grows with ConceptD portfolio for creators, Spin 3 series, gaming notebooks and more

At its annual global press conference Thursday in New York City, Acer launched ConceptD, a new brand of high-end desktops, notebooks, gadgets and monitors optimized for creators such as graphic designers, filmmakers, engineers, architects and developers. It also revealed new and refreshed devices for consumers, gamers and on-the-go professionals. A lot of great hardware was […]

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Following up on Idea Drives: Gaming on Windows 10 and PC Game bar

The Idea Drives for Gaming on Windows 10 and PC Game bar have moved to the Xbox Idea Hub, and our team is ecstatic about all the great ideas and comments you’ve submitted so far! Based on your suggestions, here are a few of the features available in Windows 10 version 1809:  When Running a Game, Windows Should Automatically Disable Processes While Playing (5,115 votes) – You can enable Game Mode to delay Windows Update driver installs and restart dialogs while you’re gaming. Just go to Settings > Gaming > Game Mode and turn the toggle On.  Add a Battery Indicator for Connected Controllers (399 votes) – Last month we shipped an update to Game bar so you can view your controller’s battery level! To do this, connect… Continue reading Following up on Idea Drives: Gaming on Windows 10 and PC Game bar

Getting better stack traces in Process Monitor / Process Explorer

Process Monitor and Process Explorer are great tools for troubleshooting issues on Windows machines. Process Explorer can be used to investigate a running process from handles to dlls loaded. Process Monitor is my favourate and it can be used to monito… Continue reading Getting better stack traces in Process Monitor / Process Explorer