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June 12, 2013
E3 trailer: Experience the stealth of ‘Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain’

The realism in “Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain” has to be seen to be believed. One of the Xbox One games unveiled by Microsoft at E3, this title promises “realistic espionage action in an open world environment.” Elements like weather and wildlife – and enemies that adapt their strategy to the player’s actions – heighten the sense of reality and thrill of the game.

June 12, 2013
Create and play with your own worlds with ‘Project Spark’

Announced at E3 this week, “Project Spark” is an open-world digital canvas that boasts a powerful, yet simple ability for you to build and play with your own worlds, stories and games. You can share all of your creations with a dynamic community and also play what the community makes.

June 12, 2013
Check out the all ways to accessorize your Xbox One come November

Along with the launch of Xbox One in November will come a wide-ranging lineup of all-new accessories to fuel the new generation of gaming. A new Xbox Wire blog post highlights some of the best-in-class accessories, which will make gaming more immersive, precise and connected.

June 11, 2013
Bing Maps adds new aerial views, more searchable venues

Bing Maps just added nearly 270 terabytes worth of new “bird’s eye” aerial imagery from around the world. (That’s enough to fill about 100,000 DVDs.) The additional imagery adds new depth to map views of locations from Toledo to Rome.

June 11, 2013
New study reveals gap in perceptions of cloud computing by SMBs

“The results tell us that there’s a gap between the perceptions of those not using the cloud, with the real experiences of those using one or more cloud service. At the risk of sounding somewhat corny, we found several silver linings in the realities of people’s experiences after moving to a cloud solution,” Adrienne Hall, general manager of Trustworthy Computing, writes today over on the Trustworthy Computing Blog.

June 11, 2013
Microsoft giving away $150,000 to match donations made on its Give for Youth portal

The Fuel the Ambition campaign is the latest effort by Give for Youth, a program formed by Microsoft and the GlobalGiving Foundation. Fuel the Ambition challenges individuals to donate to eligible projects such as Junior Achievement of New England, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, the American Foundation for Children with AIDS and more.

June 11, 2013
Amazon.com reports unprecedented demand for Xbox One

The sun hadn’t set after the June 10 Xbox E3 media briefing when the Xbox team received the following message from its friends at Amazon.com. “We were thrilled by the unprecedented demand we saw for Xbox One today. In the first four hours of preorder availability, we sold through most of our Xbox One Day One Edition inventory. Customers eager to get an Xbox One should visit our store at Amazon.com/xboxone to ensure they keep up-to-date on the latest information. We are excited to be working with Microsoft to deliver the next generation of games and entertainment.”