Elder Scrolls Online – the MMO by Bethesda set in the fantastical world of Tamriel, will be free to play starting from 23rd of November 12:01 AM EST, until 27th of November 11:59 PM EST. Though, the free-to-play week is only available to Xbox Live Gold members; the players will …
Read More »Microsoft does the Mannequin Challenge with HoloLens and Actiongram
There is a new meme amidst us – we have witnessed the Harlem Shakes and the several dozens of celebrities dropping a bucket of ice cold water on themselves; 2016, is now bringing us the Mannequin Challenge. The #ManequinChallenge apparently began with a bunch of school kids posing like mannequins …
Read More »ADR1FT cancelled on Xbox One
ADR1FT is a ‘first person experience’ game already out for PC and PS4, along with VR on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive; developed by Three One Zero and published by 505 Games, the game puts players in the shoes of an astronaut who is adrift in the wreckage of …
Read More »UK Government education advisor says Minecraft in schools is a ‘gimmick’
Minecraft: Education Edition was launched earlier this month – on the 1st – with some great anticipation; by teaching children about real-world, the game helps children learn by experimenting, rather than rote learning. You get planks from wood; you get charcoal if you burn said wood, you must smelt iron …
Read More »Microsoft releases the Windows Defender Hub on Windows Store
The upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update is going to feature a whole range of improvements – one of them, although, does not relate to being creative, but is an overhaul and redesign of Windows Defender with a new app built with UWP. Today, Microsoft released a new app on the …
Read More »Microsoft reveals minimum PC specs for Windows 10 VR headsets
Microsoft announced its plans to expand the PC VR space during the Surface event last month; in the latest Fast Ring Insider Build 14971, Microsoft included the first version of Windows Holographic First Run App – the platform that will power the VR and AR headsets on Windows 10. While …
Read More »Microsoft to invest more in quantum computing research
Quantum Computing is the new frontier of computational research; Microsoft now wants to bring the technology at a point where it is no longer studying it, but engineering it – perfect the quantum computer, to be scaleable. Microsoft Research – Microsoft’s R&D division – have been researching quantum computers for …
Read More »Microsoft will ship Surface Studio pre-orders starting this week
For the lucky few people who managed to pre-order the Surface Studio before it sold out – since it was built in limited quantities for the first batch – Microsoft has started informing the buyers that their $3000 All-in-One will be shipped to them starting from Monday, the 21st. The …
Read More »Indie Arcade Puzzle game ‘Pix the Cat’ is coming to Xbox next year
Pix the Cat is an arcade puzzle game developed by Pasta Games – a French indie studio – released in 2014 for the PS4 and PS Vita, and then 2015 for PC and Android, the game has received positive reviews since its release – both from the critics and the …
Read More »Online-only MOBA-like Gigantic quietly launched on the Windows Store
Gigantic is a MOBA-like free-to-play online-multiplayer-only game developed by Motiga – an indie studio; unfortunately for Motiga – game development is expensive, and Microsoft was willing to fund it for them. The Microsoft dollars don’t come for free, though – in exchange for Microsoft’s funds, the game had to become an …
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