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Voodoo Vince: Remastered launches today on Windows 10 and Xbox One “13 years, 6 month and 25 days. That’s how much time has passed since Voodoo Vince first appeared on the original Xbox in September of 2003. The half-life of a game is unbelievably short. A game doesn’t get much time before it’s relegated to the past. The march of technology and player demographics weren’t on our side in 2003. Voodoo Vince was quickly lost in the shuffle and seemed like it would remain in obscurity. This revival of Vince would have been far less likely without the encouragement of Phil Spencer and the amazing team over at ID@Xbox. ID@Xbox made it possible for a small team to publish a game independently. Phil reminded me of what a game can mean to players when he described playing Voodoo Vince with [ more… ]

CHOICE Humanitarian partners with Microsoft Edge to launch Accent digital literacy tool CHOICE Humanitarian is a non-profit organization with a vision to free the world from the ravages of extreme poverty, where all people are treated with dignity and valued for who they are and the unique contribution they bring. They have been working to eliminate extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as living on an average of $1.90 USD a day, for 35 years. Today, we are excited to share a new web-based learning tool we have created with the Microsoft Edge team, called Accent. “The CHOICE partnership offered the Microsoft Edge team a remarkable opportunity to take our browser technology and create an education solution to meet the unique literacy needs of communities worldwide. Working with CHOICE, we utilized the native support for touch and inking in [ more… ]

Windows 10 Tip: Five ways to get started with Paint 3D In the Windows 10 Creators Update, you have a new, free, built-in app called Paint 3D that allows you to unleash your creativity. Anyone can experience, create, and share in a new dimension. Make 3D masterpieces or 2D scenes, all with a stroke of your digital pen.  You can also access an online 3D community, Remix 3D, to pull and remix models from within the Paint 3D app! Today, we’re going to show you a couple ways you can get started with Paint 3D: Easily create a scene in 3D With pre-made 3D models and objects, it’s easy to get started right away and begin personalizing. Click on 3D objects in the top task bar Select one of the pre-made 3D models from the tool bar on the right, [ more… ]