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Hands-on with the upcoming strategy game Gears Tactics, coming to PC April 28 and now available for pre-order Gears Tactics, the latest chapter in the Gears of War saga, arrives on Windows 10 PC, Steam and with Xbox Game Pass for PC (Beta) on April 28. Jeff Rubenstein of the Xbox team got his (well-sanitized) hands on it for a few hours, and gives his full report in a new post on Xbox Wire. We encourage you to read his post, but whether you do or not, you can pre-order Gears Tactics now or play with Xbox Game Pass for PC (Beta) before May 4 to receive the Thrashball Cole Character Pack, which includes Augustus Cole as a recruit and the Thrashball Armor Set, complete with rare abilities. Check it out. The post Hands-on with the upcoming strategy game Gears [ more… ]

If you’re working from home, family-focused tech consultant Sarah Kimmel has advice for you Sarah Kimmel at home, fixing a laptop. (Photo by Amy Roskelley) When consultant Sarah Kimmel sees families struggling to organize busy schedules – especially now, when across the world people are juggling work and school while at home – she can tell them to relax; it’s one of many problems she’s particularly well-qualified to solve. Her solution for this common scenario: digitizing appointments, setting up different calendars for each child and color coding them. Then everyone can pull up those calendars on their phones and other devices, so they always know exactly what’s going on with each family member. In these uncommon times, she also recommends parents create additional calendars for children’s new “routines” so they can see when they’re supposed to be doing school work, [ more… ]