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New investments for Xbox developers and gamers kick off GDC 2017 Here are some of the highlights of his post: “Introducing the Xbox Live Creators Program: Xbox is kicking off things this year by announcing the Xbox Live Creators Program, which empowers anyone to rapidly publish Xbox Live-enabled games on Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs, in a totally open way. With the Creators Program, anyone can integrate Xbox Live sign-in, presence, and social features into their UWP games, then publish their game to Xbox One and Windows 10. This means their title can see exposure to every Xbox One owner across the Xbox One family of devices, including Project Scorpio this holiday, as well as hundreds of millions of Windows 10 PCs, and millions of folks using the Xbox app on mobile platforms. Starting today, we encourage developers to [ more… ]

Windows Mixed Reality dev kits shipping this month At Microsoft, we are building Windows 10 to be the most complete platform across the broadest range of mixed reality devices and experiences. We believe that mixed reality can empower new waves of creativity and should be affordable and attainable for everyone. As we announced last year, we’re partnering with leading device makers including Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and 3Glasses on a wide range of headsets that pair with your Windows Mixed Reality-ready PC. These are the first mixed reality headsets to deliver built-in inside-out tracking, meaning there is no need to purchase or install external trackers or sensors in the wall. Moreover, you don’t need to bother with a complicated setup, just plug and play. Today, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, we shared the next step [ more… ]

Providing customers with more choice and control in the Creators Update Michael Fortin is the CVP of Windows and Devices Group Core Quality and John Cable is the Director of Program Management, Windows Servicing and Delivery Customers continue to tell us that they want the best possible experience – including the latest features, apps, and security capabilities – when they use their Windows 10 devices. We designed Windows 10 to automatically keep devices up to date with the latest updates. Since we released the first version of Windows 10 we’ve received a lot of great feedback from customers about the way we deliver and install updates. You have also shared your thoughts on how we can make the installation of the next Windows feature update, the Creators Update, a more seamless and user controlled experience. We know this is especially [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15046 for PC Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15046 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. As you can see, we have done quite a few experiments in the Creator’s Update so far to try out different colors and icons and we have loved co-creating the results you see today with you. What’s new in Build 15046 Color of Cortana’s home on the taskbar: You had a LOT of opinions on this topic and we have been loving the enthusiastic feedback coming in! We finished our experiment with the color of Cortana’s home on the taskbar and for now, it’s back to the color it was before. Thanks for your feedback on this change. Windows Defender Improvements: Windows Defender Security Center has [ more… ]