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Riptide GP: Renegade is available now on Windows 10 and Xbox One We’re especially excited to bring this game to Xbox One. Back in 2010 we released our studio’s very first game, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, as an Xbox 360 Summer of Arcade exclusive, and in many ways Renegade is the culmination of work that started way back then. Being a console racer, the game features single-player modes, ghost racing (Challenge Mode), online multiplayer with up to 8 players, and — one of the most popular features from the Hydro Thunder series — local split-screen multiplayer. In fact, the Xbox One supports up to 6 players for split-screen racing and the Windows 10 version supports up to four players in split screen! Oh yeah, and did I mention it’s one of the very first 3rd party Xbox Play Anywhere titles? That means shared Gamerscore and Achievements, save [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15042 for PC and Build 15043 for Mobile Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15042 for PC and Build 15043 for Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. We have discovered a bug that impacts our ability to release this build to PCs running 32-bit (x86) versions of Windows 10 Insider Preview builds. Because the majority of Insiders in the Fast ring have PCs running 64-bit (x64) – we decided to go ahead and release this build with 32-bit PCs blocked until our next flight. Also – please read the known issues below. What’s new in Build 15042 New Cortana animation in OOBE (PC): We know how much you love animations, so we wanted to share with you our updated Cortana persona that you’ll [ more… ]

Behind-the-scenes of the Windows 10 Creators Update Bug Bash Hi! My name is Anita George, and I am the leader of the two Bug Bashes for the Windows 10 Creators Update (the one in November 2016 and the one we just finished up in Feb). For this most recent Bug Bash, Windows Insiders completed approximately 108,900 Quests and submitted or upvoted an astounding 115,100 feedback items! Thank you so much to everyone that took the time to Bug Bash with us. The level of participation was just incredible! So what goes into running a Bug Bash? I’d like to take some time to explain the behind-the-scenes work that happens to make a Bug Bash successful. I can’t take full credit for running the Bug Bashes. There is a team of people from across the Windows and Devices Group (WDG) that [ more… ]

This Week on Windows: Cortana, Calendar app, Moana and Planet Earth II We hope you enjoyed today’s episode of This Week on Windows! Read more about how Cortana can remind you of your commitments, and find out what’s new with your Windows 10 Mail and Calendar apps. Or, head over here for tips on how the Calendar app can help you stay on top of your day. Here’s what’s new in the Windows Store this week: Halo Wars 2 Halo Wars 2 launched worldwide this week on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC through Xbox Play Anywhere! Learn more on Xbox Wire. Gigantic’s Eternal Dawn update is now available Calling all heroes! Gigantic’s Open Beta gets a gigantic update this week with new ways for you to approach the battlefield. The Eternal Dawn update continues to expand and polish the game [ more… ]

Mitigating arbitrary native code execution in Microsoft Edge Some of the most important security features in modern web browsers are those that you never actually see as you browse the web. These security features work behind the scenes to protect you from browser-based vulnerabilities that could be abused by hackers to compromise your device or personal data. In previous blog posts and presentations, we described some of the recent improvements that have been made to Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge in this space. Today we’re kicking off a two-part blog post that describes our vulnerability mitigation strategy and provides a technical deep-dive into some of the major security improvements that are coming to Microsoft Edge in the Creators Update of Windows 10. Framing our Vulnerability Mitigation Strategy Before we dive in, it may help to start with an overview of [ more… ]