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Mass Effect: Andromeda is getting another 10-hour free trial on Xbox One and PC through November 1. Yes, this trial is going to last for months! Mass Effect: Andromeda was paed by critics when it released in a broken state and it damaged the reputation of the franchise tremendously. In order to g...

If you’re in the Xbox One Preview program, you’ve been getting a lot of builds lately. Recent builds haven’t been too interesting, with the majority of their changes simply being bug fixes, and tonight’s build is no different. You can check out the changelog below, but it isn’t too interesting. It’ll be made available tonight at 9PM Easte time/6PM Pacific time, like usual. DETAILSOS version released: rs1_xbox_rel_1608.160812-1642Available: 6:00PM PDT 8/14 (1:00 AM GMT 15/8) FIXES Xbox Universal Store– Fixed an issue which required users to click twice on the buy button.– Resolved an issue where some users were experiencing Store crashes. Sign In– Resolved an issue that was preventing some us...

Microsoft last nightreleased one more Xbox One update to its preview users. ThisOS version rs1_xbox_rel_1608.160716-2035 includes fixes related to My Gamesand Apps. Lastweek, Microsoft released an update which allowed gamers to disable Cortana voice commands and use basic Xbox voice commands. Read about this current preview build below. Aouncements • Certain content (games, apps, DLC) purchased in the new Store may only be available on consoles enrolled in the latest Preview update. This means… • Games purchased on a console ruing the latest Preview update can only be played on that console or other consoles ruing the latest Preview update. • Games purchased via Xbox.com can be played on any...

Microsoft today released another Xbox One update to its preview users. ThisOS version rs1_xbox_rel_1608.160712-2140 includes fixes related to Cortana, Xbox Universal Store and more. Earlier this week, Microsoft released an update which allowed gamers to disable Cortana voice commands and use basic Xbox voice commands. Read about it below. ANNOUNCEMENTS • Cortana Thanks for helping us test Cortana on Xbox One! We’ve received tons of excellent usage data and feedback, leading to dozens of improvements. While we continue to train Cortana, if you choose to opt out of Cortana, the “Xbox…” legacy voice command will be enabled. If you choose to opt-out of Cortana, please be aware of the following: ...

Windows 10 Microsoft will no longer accept Bitcoin for Windows Store payments byPradeeponMarch 13, 2016 Back in December 2014, we reported that Microsoft has started accepting Bitcoin as a payment mode for transactions made at Windows Store. Now, Microsoft has updated in their payments website... Snapchat client Specter back in the store, updated with two factor support and m... bySurur When Snapchat app Specter disappeared from the store 2 weeks ago we thought we had heard the last off the 3rd party Snapchat client, but it seems zombie-like the app has once again risen fro... Spotify quietly drops support for its Windows Phone app byMehedi Hassan Spotify is dropping support for its Windows ...