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Free-to-play PC title Forza Motorsport 6: Apex isn’t going to be the last game from the racing franchise to appear on the platform. That’s according Dan Greenawalt, Forza developer Turn 10’s creative director, who says in a video (below) that the Forza series will be appearing on both Xbox and …
Read More »How PC can save the Xbox
For all the challenges Microsoft has faced in the story of Xbox One, there’s no denying that the tech giant has been open to change. Its latest push on the gaming front is to unite its Windows 10 and Xbox One ecosystem with UWP – its new Universal Windows Platform. …
Read More »Microsoft teams up with ESL for eSports platform on Xbox, Windows
Microsoft has enlisted the help of ESL to produce a standardised tournament system for Xbox Live games. The integration allows developers and publishers of games on Xbox One and Windows 10 to more easily organise competitions on the platforms. Games using the new system are currently ‘in the making’ and …
Read More »Microsoft introduces cross-network play and MonoGame support
Xbox One and Windows 10 to allow playing with other PC and console platforms
Read More »Microsoft responds to Sweeney’s rallying cry
Windows 10 is not an attempt to close off the world of PC gaming to third parties, Microsoft has said. This morning Epic founder Tim Sweeney launched a scathing attack on Microsoft’s Windows 10, claiming that its Universal Windows Platform was the first apparent step towards locking down the consumer …
Read More »Sweeney: We must fight Microsoft’s attempt to monopolise PC gaming
Epic founder Tim Sweeney has severely criticised what he sees at Microsoft’s attempt to take control of the PC games market via its new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) standard. Windows 10 apps and games – including the upcoming Quantum Break and Forza 6: Apex, and recent release Gears of War …
Read More »Discover the Windows 10 features every game developer should know
Intel Developer Blog: Learn how Microsoft's latest OS has been geared towards devs
Read More »Windows Store downloads lack some features of Steam equivalents
Customers who buy products such as Rise of The Tomb Raider on Microsoft’s Windows Store as opposed to rival services such as Steam aren’t getting exactly the same game. That’s according to How-To Geek which reports that differences between how purchases are delivered result in the Windows Store version missing …
Read More »Microsoft scraps Android-to-Windows app porting programme
Announced last year, Project Astoria was designed to allow game devs to easily translate mobile code for PC
Read More »No Steam release for Quantum Break on PC
Microsoft has said that the only way people will be able to buy the PC version of Quantum Break is through the Windows store. And while many recent Microsoft PC releases – such as Rise of the Tomb Raider – have been dubbed as ‘Windows 10′ titles despite happily working …
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