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Explore Hispanic heritage in LatinExplorers for Minecraft Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off Sept. 15, and with it comes LatinExplorers, a new Minecraft offering developed in partnership with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. LatinExplorers presents a new way to build leadership and social-emotional skills, teaching students how leaders in the Hispanic community can inspire them to take actions in their own communities. Available for Minecraft: Education Edition and Bedrock in the Minecraft Marketplace, LatinExplorers is the first Latino-themed game presented by Minecraft. Find out more. Source: Explore Hispanic heritage in LatinExplorers for Minecraft

Battle undersea foes in Sea of Thieves’ seventh adventure, now until Sept. 29 Uncover secrets beneath the waves as you fight through the Sunken Kingdom in Sea of Thieves‘ latest time-limited adventure, live from now until Sept. 29. “The object of your quest: three Ancient artefacts required for a mysterious ritual that will empower the Pirate Lord’s allies to stand their ground in the face of an upcoming resurrection,” writes Mike Chapman, creative director for Rare, in a post on Xbox Wire. “These relics were claimed by the Sirens as trophies long ago, and will be jealously guarded against any intruders from the surface world.” Sea of Thieves is available free for all players with Xbox Game Pass and across Windows 10/11, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Steam. Visit Xbox Wire to find out more about the latest adventure. [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25201 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25201 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. We are beginning to rollout expanded view for Widgets. We’re beginning the roll out to a small set of Insiders in the Dev Channel first so not everyone will see it right away. We are also beginning to roll out an update to the Game Pass widget that supports signing in with your Xbox profile and shows your recently played games from the Game Pass library. What’s new Expanded View in Widgets Need more space in your widgets board? Can’t quite see everything at a glance? We’re trying out some changes that will allow you to expand the size of your widgets board. [ more… ]

Multi-player votes and in-depth narrative choices set As Dusk Falls apart When As Dusk Falls debuted in July, it culminated eight years of conceptualization and introduced an independent studio. It also showed off a video game in which hundreds of people can play together across platforms – and through their collective choices, create different outcomes for the characters in an interactive crime drama that spans three decades.   This is the first game from the INTERIOR/NIGHT studio, headed by Caroline Marchal, its CEO and creative director.  “I’m very proud that this is our first game as a studio,” says Marchal, who acts as the showrunner for this specific game. “It’s not often you can make a first impression, and I wanted ours to be bold.”  As Dusk Falls is available on Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC and Twitch.  The story focuses on two families who collide [ more… ]