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WWE Superstars are now playable characters in Gears 5 WWE Superstars Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods have debuted as multiplayer characters in Gears 5, as part of The New Day Pack. You’ll see the WWE Superstars in custom COG (Coalition of Ordered Governments) armor inspired by their flashy ring gear, unique weapon skins and over 700 lines of newly recorded battle chatter. Find out more over at Xbox Wire. Source: WWE Superstars are now playable characters in Gears 5

Announcing General Availability of Microsoft Edge WebView2 for .NET and Fixed Version distribution mode Today, we are excited to announce that Microsoft Edge WebView2 is now generally available for use in production .NET 5, .NET Core, and .NET Framework WinForms and WPF applications on existing Windows versions! Additionally, we are thrilled to announce that WebView2’s Fixed Version distribution mode is also generally available for production applications. Previously, at Build, we introduced the .NET preview of WebView2, Microsoft’s latest browser control built on the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge that renders web content (HTML / CSS / JavaScript) in .NET applications. In October, we announced that WebView2 would be generally available for Win32 C/C++ applications. We want to thank all of our early users and developers that engaged with us throughout the WebView2 Preview period. The tremendous amount of support and enthusiasm [ more… ]

Upcoming Dev Events Last Updated: November 2020 One of the things we all love about being part of an awesome tech community are the opportunities we have to come together at events throughout the year, learning and sharing with one another. To help bring our greater community together more this year, we decided to curate and share a list of virtual events, conferences, and festivals for developers.  If you’re looking to expand your knowledge, connect with others, or grow your network, take a look at the events below!  The Windows Developer team will update this post monthly, so be sure to come back and check for the newest upcoming dev events.  STACK 2020 December 1-3, 2020 Cost: Free STACK is GovTech’s flagship conference and the largest government-led developers event in Singapore that connects government, industry and the tech community. It [ more… ]