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June 16, 2014

Zombies are gonna make you climb the walls in ‘Dying Light’

In Techland’s “Dying Light,” you can traverse everything you see using the right shoulder button as you go after zombies. Simply run at a building, a wall or an obstacle, hold the button, and your character will traverse or climb.

June 16, 2014

New IE Developer Channel gives Web developers, early adopters a sneak peek at what’s in the works

On Monday, the Internet Explorer team announced the release of the IE Developer Channel, a fully functioning browser meant to give Web developers and early adopters a look at the Web platform features being worked on by the team.

June 16, 2014

Fans go behind the scenes with Xbox at E3: ‘It’s like Christmas morning all over again’

The Xbox Media Briefing at E3 2014 included some lucky fans who were able to attend as well as participate in Xbox’s first-ever live Q-and-A, post briefing, with head of Xbox Phil Spencer, Ted Price from Insomniac Games and Bonnie Ross from 343 Industries.

June 16, 2014

Indian smartphone manufacturer Micromax reveals its first Windows Phone devices

The Canvas Win W121 is a 5-inch device with an HD IPS display, which comes with an 8 megapixel rear camera (with LED flash) and a 2 megapixel front-facing camera. The Canvas Win W092 is a 4-inch device with an IPS WVGA display, which comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera (with LED flash¬) and a 0.3 megapixel front-facing camera.

June 16, 2014

New Microsoft Azure Machine Learning makes machine learning more accessible to everyone

Azure ML, which previews next month, “will bring together the capabilities of new analytics tools, powerful algorithms developed for Microsoft products like Xbox and Bing, and years of machine learning experience into one simple and easy-to-use cloud service,” Joseph Sirosh writes. “For customers, this means virtually none of the startup costs associated with authoring, developing and scaling machine learning solutions.”

June 16, 2014

Staff App Pick: Track your favorite athletes’ true value with the SponsorHub app for Windows

The new SponsorHub app for Windows provides a next-gen way to discover and rank your favorite athletes in professional sports. Using Xscore – Sponsorhub’s proprietary algorithm – you can track the true value of an athlete by combining the perfect mix of that athlete’s performance, social following and fan sentiment.

June 13, 2014

Snowdrop Engine revs up ‘future forward experience’ in ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’

Ubisoft Massive’s new Snowdrop Engine is driving its upcoming game, “Tom Clancy’s The Division.” And to get a sense of how powerful the engine is, watch the demo trailer shared at E3 2014 that clearly shows how Snowdrop makes “The Division” a “future-forward experience,” writes Xbox Wire.

June 13, 2014

Control your camera remotely with Contour Connect app for Windows Phone

When you pair your Contour+2 or ContourROAM2 camera with the free Contour Connect remote control app for Windows Phone, you can remotely start and stop recording, change camera settings, and check memory and battery status.

June 13, 2014

Gameloft action games for Windows Phones on sale now, including ‘Modern Combat 4’

Some of Gameloft’s best action titles are now at least half-off their regular prices until June 27, including “Modern Combat 4” ($2.99, regularly $6.99), which plunges you into a first-person shooter featuring high-definition graphics.

June 13, 2014

Handsome Jack is back and badder in ‘Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel,’ coming for Xbox 360

“Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!” follows the journey of Handsome Jack, the villain from “Borderlands 2.” Players may know him as “being just kinda misguided,” but in “Pre-Sequel,” he descends into evil, writes Xbox Wire.