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World’s Edge studio releases Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition at X019, plus new trailer for Age of Empires IV Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is available now on Windows 10, Xbox Game Pass for PC and Ultimate, and Steam. The announcement came Thursday at X019 in London, where the Xbox team also revealed a first look at Age’s next chapter, Age of Empires IV. Both releases are from World’s Edge, a dedicated studio for Age of Empires that’s led by Shannon Loftis and is now a part of the Xbox Games Studios family. “We know that our community has been eager to learn more about Age of Empires IV since we announced it at gamescom in 2017,” says Adam Isgreen, creative director for the Age of Empires franchise in a post on Xbox Wire. “We’ve been hard at [ more… ]

Bleeding Edge to launch with Xbox Game Pass on March 24 Bleeding Edge, the 4v4 online team brawler, will launch March 24 with Xbox Game Pass, the Xbox team announced Thursday at X019 in London. You can also buy it for $29.99. During the “Inside Xbox” episode taped at the event, the team showed off its latest trailer, revealed a brand-new fighter named Cass and details about  the pre-order bonuses for Bleeding Edge. Bleeding Edge is now available for pre-order on Xbox One, Windows 10 PC and Steam, and supports cross play and cross save for all three platforms. Players who pre-order or play with Xbox Game Pass can be the first to experience the Bleeding Edge closed beta on Feb. 14 and March 13. Players who pre-order, or play with Xbox Game Pass within the first week of launch [ more… ]

Xbox holiday deals start today at the Microsoft Store Today at X019, our annual global celebration of all things Xbox, we unveiled an extensive set of deals for the holidays. I’m excited to be here at the London flagship Microsoft Store for the unveil, surrounded by games and gamers. I’ve got the holiday spirit and there is no better place to get your holiday shopping started than the Microsoft Store. You can get started right now and save up to 70% off amazing games during the X019 Xbox Flash Sale,* including Gears 5 Ultimate. But hurry – these deals are only good for the next 24 hours – starting now! At X019, we also announced the Xbox Black Friday deals and get ready to save big! These deals will be available Nov. 24 – Dec. 2 in the US. Some [ more… ]

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v6.0 We’re thrilled to announce today the next update to the Windows Community Toolkit, version 6.0, made possible with help and contributions from our developer community. This release brings ARM64 support to the toolkit as well as an update to XAML Islands for .NET Core 3 support. In addition, we have new features like the EyeDropper control and new Win32 notification helpers. We also have an update to our preview of Microsoft Graph enabled XAML controls. See more details on these features below. XAML Islands brings UWP to WPF, WinForms, and Win32 XAML Islands enables a developer to enhance the look, feel, and functionality of an existing WPF, Windows Forms, or C++ Win32 application and make use of the latest Windows 10 UI features that are only available via UWP controls like inking: This release improves [ more… ]