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August 15, 2014

You’ll be up a tree with long, vertical ascent in ‘Ori and the Blind Forest’

“Ori and the Blind Forest,” from Moon Studios, has been winning lots of pre-release props following previews at E3 and San Diego Comic-Con. There were even more at gamescom 2014 this week in Germany, as game creators Thomas Mahler and Gennadiy Korol walked fans through a tougher area of the game called Ginso Tree.

August 15, 2014

Check out these 3 tips to get your devices ready for travel

There are three simple things you can do to help ensure your Microsoft account is protected, while simultaneously letting Microsoft know when things that could look suspicious are actually you enjoying an end-of-summer vacation.

August 15, 2014

Weekend Reading: Aug. 15th Edition — Xbox ignites gamescom, Satya Nadella names Hackathon winner, gets ice bath

We soared this week with big news for gamers, the naming of Hackathon and Microsoft Ventures winners, and the announcement of a high-flying partnership with a major airline. Read on!

August 15, 2014

More social features, new ways to watch TV part of Xbox One system update rolling out to preview members

Several new features, shared earlier this week, have started rolling out to members previewing new system updates for Xbox One, including more social sharing and information as well as a new app that will let you play media files from either an attached USB device, or from a network-connected home media server that supports DLNA protocols.

August 15, 2014

‘Alien: Isolation’ puts you into a space station house of horrors

While weapons are in short supply in first-person, survival horror game ‘Alien: Isolation,” players aren’t sent into deep space without any hope of survival, writes Xbox Wire, which saw the demo at gamescom 2014 in Germany this week. Watch the trailer here.

August 15, 2014

Turn Surface Pro 3 from tablet and laptop into a desktop with Docking Station, now available in US, Canada

Suneel Goud, Surface senior product manager, uses the Docking Station to connect his Surface Pro 3 to an external monitor, ergonomic keyboard, mouse, printer, external hard drive and multimedia speakers. “And I still have open ports for additional accessories,” he writes.

August 15, 2014

Here, kitty, kitty: This magical tiger, in ‘Far Cry 4,’ deserves a big bowl of milk

In “Far Cry 4,” demoed at gamescom 2014 this week, you’ll be in exotic territory, the wilds of Kyrat, trying to overtake enemy-occupied fortresses while wielding a grenade launcher as you sit atop a rampaging elephant.

August 15, 2014

New Acer Aspire V Nitro series laptops, with cutting-edge performance, announced

Acer has announced its new 15-inch and 17-inch Aspire V Nitro series laptops, powered by the latest 4th-generation Intel Core or Intel SV processors and NVIDIA GeForce graphics (up to 860M).

August 15, 2014

Bing Ads’ new Top Movers report can help advertisers gauge campaign performance

The new Bing Ads Top Movers report gives U.S. advertisers some pretty powerful tools that can show account clicks and spend variations, identify campaigns and ad groups with the biggest changes and reveal possible causes behind these changes.

August 15, 2014

EA’s Peter Moore: ‘I think this could be the golden age of gaming coming up’

Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, caught up with Electronic Arts’ Peter Moore at gamescom 2014, and talked to him about a range of topics, from the new EA Access program, to gaming’s evolution.