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Multi-player votes and in-depth narrative choices set As Dusk Falls apart When As Dusk Falls debuted in July, it culminated eight years of conceptualization and introduced an independent studio. It also showed off a video game in which hundreds of people can play together across platforms – and through their collective choices, create different outcomes for the characters in an interactive crime drama that spans three decades.   This is the first game from the INTERIOR/NIGHT studio, headed by Caroline Marchal, its CEO and creative director.  “I’m very proud that this is our first game as a studio,” says Marchal, who acts as the showrunner for this specific game. “It’s not often you can make a first impression, and I wanted ours to be bold.”  As Dusk Falls is available on Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC and Twitch.  The story focuses on two families who collide [ more… ]

Sea of Thieves Talk Like a Pirate Day coming Sept. 17 Sea of Thieves Season Seven Community Day is set to come ashore on Sept. 17. As a Talk Like a Pirate Day special, the event will offer rewards available across the weekend, with in-game and out-of-game surprises for your pirating pleasure. “This latest Community Day will feature a generous Renown boost from the very beginning, speeding up your progress through Season Seven’s 100 levels of earnable rewards,” writes Rare’s Christina McGrath in a post on Xbox Wire. “But as with our very first Community Day, it’s gold and reputation that will be significantly boosted by our community tweet-along this time. That multiplier will be in your hands as all players work together to raise the Community Emissary Grade.” Head over to Xbox Wire to get all the details. Source: [ more… ]

Journey to the irradiated remnants of Pittsburgh in Fallout 76: The Pitt Fallout 76’s Expeditions update is here, inviting players to go beyond the borders of post-nuclear Appalachia and explore new territory. “Go on a journey to The Pitt, a city built upon the irradiated remnants of Pittsburgh that players first encountered in 2009 as downloadable content for Fallout 3,” writes Parker Wilhelm, PR and marketing content manager for Bethesda Softworks. “Battle vicious Trogs and other hazards as you navigate violent tensions between the local union faction and the wild fanatics that besiege them.” The launch of Expeditions also includes an all-new season for players to dive into. Rack up S.C.O.R.E. and unlock Pitt-themed cosmetics, currency and more in “Season 10, Red Rocket Presents: The City of Steel.” Head over to Xbox Wire to read all about it and watch [ more… ]

WebView2 is now Generally Available for WinUI 2 (UWP) apps With the recent release of WinUI 2.8, WebView2 is now Generally Available for desktop UWP apps. Support for this platform was a top ask from our WebView2 customers, and we’re thrilled to provide a stable platform offering for customers to build and ship production apps for UWP with WebView2. PowerApps is one of the first WinUI 2 apps to use WebView2 in their production app, using WebView2 to power their entire UI experience. PowerApps allows customers to build apps quickly with a drag-and-drop UI and then deploy with one click to many platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and the web. We are excited to see more apps being built on this platform and moving to a modern embedded browser control on UWP. To connect with the WebView2 team about your [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.598 and 22622.598 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.598 and Build 22622.598 (KB5017390) to the Beta Channel. Build 22622.598 = New features rolling out. Build 22621.598 = New features off by default. As a reminder, Insiders who landed in the group with new features turned off by default (Build 22621.xxxx) can check for updates and choose to install the update that will have features rolling out (Build 22622.xxx). Changes and Improvements in Build 22622.598 [Settings] For the time being, you will no longer be able to uninstall apps with inter-dependencies (e.g., Steam and gaming apps running on Steam) or repair Win32 apps under Settings > Apps > Installed apps. You will still be able to modify and uninstall Win32 apps without inter-dependencies. Fixes in Build 22622.598 [File [ more… ]