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New official trailer for Minecraft Legends released at gamescom Gamers looking forward to Minecraft Legends, the upcoming action strategy game set to expand the Minecraft universe, have a new trailer to feast their eyes upon. Released at gamescom, the “Fiery Foes” trailer reveals more of what you can expect when you pick up the hero’s banner in the game coming in 2023. Head over to Minecraft.net to watch the trailer and catch up on the world of Minecraft Legends. Source: New official trailer for Minecraft Legends released at gamescom

Microsoft Flight Simulator releases first-ever City Update, details for 40th Anniversary Edition To celebrate the return of gamescom, Microsoft Flight Simulator on Thursday released its first-ever City Update, featuring five new photogrammetry German cities: Hanover, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Bonn and Cologne. The free update can be downloaded now from the in-sim marketplace. The team also revealed details about the upcoming release of its 40th Anniversary Edition. Available for free on Nov. 11 to those who own Microsoft Flight Simulator or Xbox Game Pass members, the edition will feature helicopters and gliders for the first time since 2006. “In addition to the helicopters and gliders, we will introduce another highly-requested community feature: a true-to-life airliner, the sophisticated Airbus A-310 where nearly every single button works just as expected,” writes Jorg Neumann, head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, in a post on Xbox Wire. [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25188 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25188 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We are trying out a new touch keyboard setting in this build and Windows Terminal is now the default terminal. This build includes a good set of fixes to improve the overall experience for Windows Insiders. We’re also releasing another Microsoft Store update starting with Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel – details below. We have added a new known issue for this build where apps that rely on the .NET Framework 3.5 may be broken. If you have apps installed that use the .NET Framework 3.5 and need them to work, you may want to pause flighting and hold off updating to this build. What’s new Updated Touch Keyboard Settings We are trying out [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.586 and 22622.586 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.586 and Build 22622.586 (KB5016701) to the Beta Channel. Build 22622.586 = New features rolling out. Build 22621.586 = 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). Fixes in Build 22622.586 [General] We fixed an issue causing DWM crashes (leading to black flashes or content stuck on the screen) for Insiders on 22622.575. We fixed an issue causing SQL Server Management Studio to fail to launch for some Insiders. [File Explorer] Fixed an issue causing the left-half of the File Explorer title bar to not be [ more… ]

Pre-orders begin for Pentiment, historical mystery role-playing game coming Nov. 15 Obsidian Entertainment and the Pentiment team announced on Wednesday that the game will launch Nov. 15 for Windows 10/11 PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Steam, and with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass. Pre-orders for the game are now open as well as pre-installs being available with Game Pass. “Explore history in the modern time through the style of illuminated manuscripts and early modern woodcuts,” writes Mikey Dowling, director of Communications for Obsidian Entertainment, in a post on Xbox Wire. “Pentiment is a narrative-adventure game set in 16th century upper Bavaria in the time of the Holy Roman Empire. You will take on the role of Andreas Maler, a very clever journeyman artist who gets caught up in a series of murders and scandals that spans 25 [ more… ]