Microsoft has announced the release of the Xbox Game Pass subscription for Xbox One users from June 1 of this year. The service will be available in Of Russia.

The new version of the Microsoft operating system allows the installation of software only from the official Windows Store.

Microsoft’s gaming division generated $1.9 billion in revenue from sales of games on Xbox and Windows 10 in the third quarter of the fiscal year.

More than 500 games have been released under the ID@Xbox Independent Developer Assistance program. This is reported by Microsoft.

On April 6, Microsoft revealed the technical specifications of the new Xbox Project Scorpio console. Based on these data, the first forecasts for the price of the console appeared.

Microsoft has launched an Xbox Live Creators Program for developers, within which they can create and publish games on the Xbox One and Windows 10 platforms.

Minecraft’s circulation on all platforms has exceeded 121 million copies since its release in 2011.

As part of a major Windows 10 update, Microsoft will introduce a number of new features aimed at gamers: a gaming section in the settings, streaming from the system, a game panel and a game mode that increases the performance of games.

The number of unique users in Solitaire games has exceeded 100 million. A message about this appeared on the Microsoft website.

The authors of Xbox reject the idea of generations in the console market. Apparently, they are just going to release more and more devices.

Epic Games founder and Unreal Engine co-creator Tim Sweeney is confident that the upcoming Windows 10 update will slowly “kill” Steam.

For seven years of existence, the game “about cubes” has sold a total circulation of 107 million versions sold.

The 17th DevGAMM conference starts in Moscow today. An online broadcast organized by Microsoft as part of the developer channelChannel9, you can watch it here.

Microsoft Corporation has introduced the Desktop App Converter service, which will transfer programs of the Win32 and .NET to Universal apps for Windows Store.

Apple has named the date of the iPhone SE presentation, Electronic Arts has made a KKI of Plants vs. Zombies, and Sony shamelessly hunts Lionhead Studios employees.

The new Age of Empires game will see the light. At least, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates promised to “consider this possibility.”

Microsoft has started accepting orders for the HoloLens Developer Edition. A set of augmented reality glasses for developers will go on sale on March 30.

Microsoft refuses to develop Project Astoria. This project for porting Android applications to Windows is being closed, but the company will continue to develop other similar technologies.

Microsoft has prepared a set of video lectures in Russian for those who plan to create VR applications, but do not know where to start. You can get acquainted with the video in our publication.