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Monitor’s Bounty available now for Halo 5: Guardians 343 Industries is getting the holiday celebrations off to an early start – Monitor’s Bounty is out now for Halo 5: Guardians! The latest content release marks the tenth update for Halo 5: Guardians, and includes new weapons, armor and skins, brand new ways to play and seek out custom games and the largest Forge update we’ve ever released. Halo 5 players on Xbox One and Windows 10 will now have a new way to find matches and teammates with the addition of the join-in-progress Custom Games Browser. This new browser enables players to search for in-progress games from the main menu and utilizes the content browser to filter for any map or mode your heart desires. With this powerful new feature, Halo 5: Forge on Windows 10 graduates to a full-fledged [ more… ]

Surface Pro 4 is landscape designer Brian Shernce’s perfect companion For more than half of his waking hours, landscape designer Brian Shernce is on the road or at a construction site.  He recently started using a Surface Pro 4 so that he could handle the full gamut of his office work even while on the go. “Whereas before if I needed to do any real computing work, I’d wait to get back to my desk – which often caused the work to snowball – now I can work from anywhere.”  The “now” is after purchasing a Surface Pro 4. Brian got his Surface after determining that his iPad Pro simply couldn’t provide the depth and breadth of functionality he needed.  An “Apple guy” with a small collection of Macs and iPads, Brian was hopeful he could find a way to [ more… ]

Start playing Gigantic on Windows 10 and Xbox One today We’re proud to announce Gigantic is available in the Windows Store in open beta for the Windows 10 and Xbox One Game Preview Program in North America and Europe! Gigantic is a free-to-play, third-person MOBA that pits two teams of five against each other in the fight to take down the enemy Guardian. Choose between 16 different heroes, each with their own unique playstyle. Each hero can be built in a variety of ways, allowing them to focus on a different aspect of their arsenal. As you play and learn about a hero, make sure to experiment with the different upgrades to see which one best fits your style. Part of the fun of Gigantic is not only discovering what build suits you, but which will best counter the build [ more… ]

Cortana for Android and iOS comes to the UK, gets a fresh new look We believe that everyone deserves a personal assistant, and a great personal assistant should be available to help on-the-go, on whatever device you carry. We’re excited to bring Cortana*, your truly personal digital assistant, to Android and iOS in the UK, and a fresh new look for the apps. Coming to the UK: The Cortana Android and iOS apps are coming to the UK, extending the functionality of your Cortana on Windows 10 to whatever smartphone you carry, always in perfect sync, always helping you stay on top of things. Reminders that Travel with You: Cortana has your back, seamlessly keeping track of the things you need to remember across all the platforms you use her. Set a reminder on your PC and get it on [ more… ]