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June 11, 2014

Santa’s got his hands full: Nine blockbuster exclusives coming to Xbox One this holiday season

Might as well just let your family and friends know right now: You’re booked up for the holidays, with nine blockbuster exclusives due out for Xbox One then, including “Sunset Overdrive,” “Halo: The Master Chief Collection,” “Dragon Age: Inquisition” and “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.”

June 11, 2014

Behind the scenes with the brains behind Cortana

The Conversations blog goes behind the scenes of Cortana, the intelligent personal assistant that is part of the Windows Phone 8.1 update, through an interview with Marcus Ash, Microsoft’s Partner Group manager for Cortana.

June 11, 2014

You’re gonna boom-shaka-likey ‘Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus Alpha’

Whew, that’s a long name for the new downloadable content for “Dead Rising 3.” But, as the narrator in the video promoting “Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus Alpha” says, you are going to boom-shaka-likey it.

June 11, 2014

2014 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows explore groundbreaking research around the world

The latest recipients of the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowships are seven promising, early-career professors from around the world who are exploring groundbreaking, high-impact and innovative computing research.

June 11, 2014

‘Dance Central Spotlight’ for Xbox One lets you twirl into different venues

In “Dance Central Spotlight” – the fourth entry in Harmonix’s Kinect-enabled franchise – you’re no longer restricted to a single space during a routine, but can twirl away in venues – airports, schools, supermarkets, subways – that transform based on your performance.

June 11, 2014

Find the Nokia Lumia 1320 exclusively on Cricket Wireless starting June 13

This is a large and powerful 4G LTE device with a 6-inch IPS LCD display, dual cameras and 1080p video recording. It comes powered by Windows Phone 8 but will be updated for free to Windows Phone 8.1.

June 11, 2014

GoPro Channel, now in the Windows Store, takes you on adventures around the world

The official GoPro Channel for Windows gives you a front-row seat to first-person point-of-view videos and shots of sports tricks, adrenaline-pumping sports action and more.

June 11, 2014

Partners: Don’t miss the sessions on the Internet of Things at WPC 2014

At next month’s Worldwide Partner Conference 2014, Microsoft is committed to helping partners take advantage of the huge opportunity the Internet of Things has to deliver intelligent systems solutions.

June 11, 2014

Video: The formula for successful creative marketing

Kathleen Hall, currently responsible for Microsoft’s Global Advertising across its various consumer and commercial brands, shares her formula for marketing success and the role consumer insights, trends and data play in effective creativity.

June 11, 2014

Explore every area you see in beautiful, upcoming ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’

CD Projekt RED showed “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” to Xbox Wire at an exclusive, behind-closed-doors demo at E3 2014, and the sheer scope of the “astonishingly beautiful action-RPG” is huge.