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Latest Sea of Thieves update now available: Festival of Giving The latest Sea of Thieves monthly update, Festival of Giving, is now available and free for all players with Windows 10, Xbox Game Pass and across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox Game Pass and Steam. Pirates can rake in riches and a range of prizes through a line-up of time-limited Events. In the 12 Deeds of Giving Event running through to Jan. 20, beating Challenges grants goodies. Alongside this, pirates are encouraged to give generosity a go in Plundered Presents, which brings bonus payouts and Gold Hoarder goods in return for gifting treasure to other crews. On Dec. 30 this makes way for a line-up of half a dozen new Challenges with their own rewards to send pirates roaring into 2021. You can also grab stats on your 2020 [ more… ]

Climb Howling Peaks with free Minecraft Dungeons downloadable content With the release of the free Howling Peaks downloadable content, those who play Minecraft Dungeons Hero Edition can now climb a mountain – without ever having to leave their couch or desk. Also available now: a free game update and new Season Pass. Head over to Minecraft.net to get all the details. Source: Climb Howling Peaks with free Minecraft Dungeons downloadable content

Free to Forza Horizon 4 players: new Super7 game mode Super7, a new game mode for Forza Horizon 4, is now available for free for everyone playing on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10 PC, Xbox Game Pass and cloud gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The community can create individual challenges based on drift, speed, air and more. When you choose to play Super7, seven randomly selected challenges appear. If you can win all seven in a row, you’ll get an exclusive reward. Get all the details at Xbox Wire. Source: Free to Forza Horizon 4 players: new Super7 game mode

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19042.685 (20H2) Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.685 (KB4592438) to the Beta and Release Preview Channels for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include: We fixed a security vulnerability by preventing applications that run as a SYSTEM account from printing to “FILE:” ports. To address this issue in the future, make sure your applications or services run as a specific user or service account. Security updates to Microsoft Edge Legacy, the Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Fundamentals, and Windows Virtualization. For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the new Security Update Guide website. Announcing a new way to deploy Servicing Stack Updates via WSUS In the past, organizations using WSUS have been able [ more… ]