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Mar

ScreamRide review: Build, ride, and break roller coasters in this Xbox exclusive game


If there’s one game developer that knows roller coasters and theme parks, it’s UK-based Frontier Developments. From 2003-2005 they made a name for themselves with three Roller Coaster Tycoon games and several expansions before switching publishers to develop a pair of Thrillville games. Eventually Frontier produced Kinect Disneyland Adventures and 2013’s Zoo Tycoon for Microsoft, perhaps to less player acclaim.

Now Microsoft and Frontier team up once more for the Xbox One and 360 exclusive ScreamRide. Billed as a spiritual successor to Roller Coaster Tycoon, ScreamRide is a roller coaster building and riding game with a focus on destruction. With three campaign modes and a full sandbox mode with coaster sharing, ScreamRide is surprisingly robust for a game about coasters. But those gameplay pieces don’t always fit together as well as they should, threatening to derail the fun.

5
Mar

GDC 2015: Xbox One version of Elite Dangerous due for summer 2015 launch


During Microsoft’s press event at the 2015 Game Developers Conference. the company’s Xbox head Phil Spencer announced that Elite: Dangerous, the PC space combat and trading game, is coming to the Xbox One console this summer.

5
Mar

Live – Xbox at Game Developers Conference 2015


Windows Central is here in sunny San Francisco where Microsoft is set to take the stage at 2pm ET (11 am PT / 7 pm GST) for GDC 2015!

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer will host the presentation about developing games across the Microsoft ecosystem – from Windows 10 PCs to Xbox One consoles. In other words, this should be some exciting stuff!

The session will not be streamed, although Microsoft will later post it online on Xbox Live, YouTube, Channel 9, and on Xbox Wire. For now, tune into our live blog below to get the news as it happens!

5
Mar

GDC 2015: Xbox Live SDK for Windows 10 begins slow rollout today


Microsoft has announced some of their plans for Xbox and Windows 10. The company is launching their Windows 10 Xbox Live SDK at some point today for some developers, with a slow rollout planned over the next 12 months. Xbox Live on Windows 10 will allow cross-platform play between Windows 10 devices and Xbox One.

5
Mar

What Microsoft revealed about Xbox and Windows 10 today at GDC 2015


Microsoft’s Phil Spencer just wrapped up their presentation on Xbox, gaming and the future with Windows 10. The stream is expected to be up later, but for now, here are the big things we learned.

Certainly, more information will come out later today and tomorrow, but for now here is what we know.

5
Mar

Microsoft Health gets a quick bug fixin’ update for Microsoft Band users


If you are using the Microsoft Band, you will want to check the Store for a quick update for the Microsoft Health companion sync app.

Version 2015.303.844.1963 is now live in the Store and with it comes the super generic, but also accurate, ‘bug fixes’ changelog.

5
Mar

The consumer Oculus VR device will be part of Samsung’s next hardware launch


It’s possible this means the consumer Oculus virtual reality device could be tied into Samsung’s next version of the Galaxy Note smartphone.

5
Mar

Latest update to Xbox Music for Windows fixes several syncing issues


Xbox Music for Windows has received a small update with a number of fixes. Bugs squashed include several issues found in syncing your music.

5
Mar

Cross-buy will let gamers purchase and play games across all of their Windows 10 devices


One of the bigger announcements to come out of today’s Microsoft GDC event was that cross-platform gaming is going to include cross-buy, a service that allows people to buy a compatible game once and then play it across all of their devices.

5
Mar

17 ID@Xbox games are coming to Windows 10 devices


Microsoft has announced that 17 games that are being developed as part of the Xbox One’s ID@Xbox program will also be released for Windows 10 devices as well,