Video games also third highest opportunity across Windows platforms
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Skylake architecture offers graphical improvements by up to ’30 times’ on Windows 10, Microsoft claims
Read More »Microsoft HoloLens features native support for any Windows 10 app
Further details released about AR hardware include battery life, wireless functionality and display capability
Read More »iOS shipments overtook Windows last year as PC shipments suffer record decline
There were more Apple iOS devices than Windows devices shipped in 2015. It’s the first time ever that iOS has outsold Windows in a calendar year, according to Asymco, with 290m iOS devices (as well as 10m Macs) shipped versus 275m Windows machines. That latter number was down from 300m …
Read More »How Windows 10 and Cortana are bringing speech recognition to games
No longer just the Master Chief’s AI buddy, Cortana is rapidly becoming a complex and multi-talented virtual assistant. Her applications for general PC and mobile use are well known, but Microsoft is keen to educate developers on how she can be used in games. James Batchelor finds out more
Read More »Windows Store adopts ‘streamlined’ IARC rating system
PC and mobile titles to use free global classification process
Read More »Windows 10 surpasses 200m installs
Microsoft’s latest OS is “on fastest growth trajectory of any version of Windows”
Read More »Kudo Tsunoda leaves Xbox for Windows
Kinect director will now be working on HoloLens and Microsoft Edge
Read More »Games performing far worse on SteamOS than Windows
Steam machines are finally upon us, but a new report paints a grim picture of their actual gaming performance. Ars Technica has found that 3D games are in terms of frames per second typically performing between 21 per cent and 58 per cent worse on Valve’s custom Linux-based SteamOS than …
Read More »Learn how to use Cocos2d-x to make cross-platform apps
Intel Developer Blog: A short tutorial showing you how to get started with compiling a Cocos2d-x demo to run on Android and Windows
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