Another classic Neo Geo video game has been rereleased on the Xbox One today in the form of Art of Fighting 2. This game is a typical fighting game that’s not dissimilar from the likes of Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat. Here’s the official description and link:

ART OF FIGHTING 2 is a fighting game released by SNK in 1994. Twelve fighters compete to be crowned as the strongest one in the “King of Fighters” ultimate fighting championship. New mechanics such as the revamped “Rage Guage”, the addition of both weak and strong attacks, and a landing recovery mechanic mean that battles are even more intense than in the previous title!

Buy Art of Fighting 2 on Xbox One

The Neo Geo library of games on the Xbox One is now quite substantial. Do you have a favorite? Let us know in the comments.

EA SPORTS NHL 18 is now available to pre-order on Microsoft’s Xbox One console. The game is the latest in the EA SPORTS NHL series and features revamped controls and new modes such as NHL Threes. Three versions are currently available; the regular version, a Deluxe Edition, and a Super Deluxe Edition, each with a variety of additional digital content. Here’s the official game description and trailer:

EA SPORTS NHL 18 introduces the thrill and creativity of today’s young NHL superstars through new Creative Skill Stick gameplay controls, a brand new 3-on-3 arcade-inspired hockey experience in NHL Threes, and the most multiplayer options to play cooperatively or competitively with friends ever delivered in a sports videogame.

Pre-order EA SPORTS NHL 18 on Xbox One

EA SPORTS NHL 18 is due for release on September 22nd 2017. Have you pre-ordered this game yet? Let us know in the comments.

The official Wall Street Journal Windows 10 app will apparently be closing next week on June 30th. Users of the app on Windows 10 PC and Mobile have begun receiving notifications from within the app and the official app description has been updated to include the text encouraging users to download their iOS and Android apps or simply use the WSJ.com website. No reason has been given for the discontinuing of the app though it’s likely due to lack of usage (people probably just visit the website).

Do you use the WSJ Windows 10 app? Let us know in the comments below.

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There has been mounting curiosity by developers and observers as to what Microsoft’s play is with its Windows 10 Shell and its future on mobile devices.

While Microsoft has been relatively tight-lipped about Windows 10 Shell approach for mobile, but if its efforts on the desktop are anything to go by, things are arguably looking rather impressive.

In today’s Windows 10 preview 16226 release for PCs, Insiders are getting another look at improvements to the Shell experience.

Shell Improvements

Reveal: The new Reveal Highlight  behavior is an interaction visualization that helps guide users. Reveal is now enabled by default on ListView and other XAML collection controls in experiences that target the Fall Creators Update.

Note: This gif is from our UWP Style Guide, and showcases both the use of Acrylic material, and the use of Reveal. With this update, we are only enabling Reveal by default.

Update: There appears to be even more Shell tid bits found in the preview that include improvements to the File Explorer menus and the My People functionality. 

Updated File Explorer context menu: You can now Share a file in File Explorer via the right-click context menu! Right-click on a file in File Explorer or on the Desktop to bring up the context menu, then share away. NOTE: “Share with” in the context menu has been changed to “Give access to”.

My People Improvements:

We’ve added text to the overflow area in the People flyout to make it more clear the people listed there are pinned.

• We’ve updated the “Switch apps” button in the People flyout to now use the a hamburger icon, to make it more visually distinct from the back button.
• If you right-click the taskbar, you’ll now find an option to easily turn on or off People.
• We fixed an issue from the last flight where the People flyout would crash if you tapped “Find and pin contacts”.

Slowly but surely Microsoft is building a set of solid experiences that should translate across a multitude of mediums that will include but are not limited to Windows.

If you’ve been having some issues with staying connected with party chat or to your WiFi network in general, there’s good news coming. Brad Rossetti of the Xbox Insiders Program has announced via Twitter the Xbox One Insiders will be receiving a series of updates this week.

Xbox One Insiders – Preview BETA Ring new 1706 build that fixes Party chat issues @ 2.00pm PDT – Wi-Fi fix aimed Alpha tomorrow, Beta Friday

— Brad Rossetti (@WorkWombatman) June 21, 2017

Today, the first Preview Beta Ring will be introducing a new 1706 build that fixes the party chat issues, rolling out around 2pm PDT. Tomorrow, we’re looking at seeing a WiFi fix rushed through the Alpha Ring with a projected Beta release on Friday.

As you may recall, Microsoft recently rebranded the Xbox Preview Program as the Xbox Insider Program. Just like in Windows 10 Mobile and on Windows 10 PC, there are several “Rings” which are based off how fast, or how slow, features are rolled out on a weekly and monthly basis.

It’s been nearly a year since Microsoft opened up Edge to the bounty program. Since then, it has shelled out nearly $200,000 in payments for issues reported. As a result of its major success, Microsoft has decided to continue the program past its original time frame to indefinitely.

The Edge Bounty Program helps Microsoft nail down ongoing security threats, among other things. Since the tech giant takes these concerns as an ongoing priority, it’s no surprise that their payments to the research community are profitable overall for Microsoft Edge. Here are more details about the program:

• Any critical remote code execution or important design issue that compromises a customer’s privacy and security will receive a bounty
• The bounty program is sustained and will continue indefinitely on Microsoft’s discretion
• Bounty payouts will range from $500 USD to $15,000 USD
• If a researcher reports a qualifying vulnerability already found internally by Microsoft, a payment will be made to the first finder at a maximum of $1,500 USD
• Vulnerabilities must be reproducible on the latest Windows Insider Preview (slow track)
• All security bugs are important to us and we request you report all Microsoft Edge browser security bugs to [email protected] via Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) policy
• For the latest information on new Windows features included in the Insider Previews, please visit the Windows 10 Insider Program Blog.

This just one of many bounty programs that Microsoft has running currently. If you’re so inclined, check out the others that you can still take part in over at Technet.

Following up on the E3 hype last week where Hi-Rez Studios announced that Paladins would be available for the Xbox One X in 4k, this week they also announced that players are able to copy their PC accounts to consoles. According to the official site, copying an account will also include any purchases made on the original PC account. This includes currencies, experience, and unlocked content.

To begin linking your Paladins PC account to console, you’ll need to visit the Xbox One link (or PlayStation 4 if you’re so inclined). Hi-Rez requires you to link your PC account and console account together to move forward, but that doesn’t mean they will sync data. In fact, both Paladins on PC and console accounts will remain completely separate after the copy. Once successfully linked, you’ll also unlock special reward skins for those platforms. Any content that isn’t available on the console version yet will be automatically unlocked as it is released.

Most users should be able to take advantage of the limited copy availability. Unfortunately, China is the only region that won’t be able to Account Copy at this time. More information can be found on the official Account Copy FAQ.

It’s worth noting that Crystals and statistics are confirmed not to be transferred between the copied accounts. Users are only able to copy the account once and the offer for both PlayStation and Xbox will end on July 15, 2017.

Last week at E3, Microsoft revealed the final name for Project Scorpio as Xbox One X. The new console, sporting 6 teraflops of gaming power, full 4K support, and a host of new games built especially for the new platform, will launch on November 7th, just in time for the holiday season.

Microsoft is also discounting the fairly new Xbox One S, giving gamers a choice between the top of the line Xbox One X and a more incrementally updated One S.

So which one is right for you? Take our poll below and let us know what you’ll be playing this holiday season:

If you are planning on an Xbox One X, what is swaying you? To have the latest and greatest? To support your new 4K TV? To get the most out of Microsoft’s newest games? Let us know in the comments below.

Everyone seems to be feeling the heat lately, including Microsoft. The tech giant stationed in Washington felt that it was time for a cool refreshing blast from the past today, highlighting one of the most nostalgic video games of all time in their latest MSDN post: Lemonade Stand.

Ah, the good old days when a child could set up a lemonade stand in the middle of the scorching Summer days without needing a vendor and health permit. If you’re a young whippersnapper, then you might not know what the famous text based video game is. Lemonade Stand is pretty much what you get by the title, a business simulation developed for education by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium in 1973. Players would need to make decisions based on weather reports, projected income, and determining the cost and how much lemonade to make for the day.

Lemonade Stand was a success, picked up and ported to Apple II in 1979. As of the next year, it was shipping with Apple computers and was even available for Atari 8-bit computers. Remember those?

Today, you can play the game for free on Windows or Mac. Furthermore, the files have been made open-source and available for download. In Raymond Chen’s blog post, he actually picked apart the game’s formulas in an attempt to better understand what made it tick. But we won’t spoil the findings for you just in case you want to figure it out for yourself.

It’s nice to see these classics still exist, and Microsoft’s goal to celebrate all games including those forgotten is a statement that many older gamers can get behind. Even if it’s simply highlighting them in a blog post.

AMD is making attempts at re-joining the server chip market and Microsoft is helping by setting plans for using AMD’s Epyc server chips for Azure (via Bloomberg)

The new AMD Epyc server chips offer more performance and are much cheaper than those from Intel, ranging from $400 to $4,000 per chip in price. Intel, however, remains the giant in the server chip market, and AMD has not really put up much competition. Data compiled by Bloomberg shows that in 2016, Intel’s data center division sales totaled roughly about $18 billion, while AMD’s total revenue only was at $4 billion.

In a short statement, Girish Bablani, corporate vice president of Azure Compute at Microsoft, commented on the company choosing AMD for Azure.

“Microsoft intends to be the first global cloud provider to deliver AMD Epyc, and its combination of high performance and value, to customers by the end of the year.”

AMD’s Chief Executive Officer, Lisa Su, mentioned that the company is hoping to get back to success.

“Today we’re at less than 1 percent. At our peak we were above 25 percent…We’re realistic in that will take some time — across the next couple of years.”

Noted by Barron’s, Intel fired back at AMD, and pointed to their Xeon Scalable processors, 20-year data center innovation, and their broad ecosystem investments.

HP, Dell, Lenovo, and other also have plans to offer servers based on AMD’s Epyc chip. Shares of AMD were up 16 cents on Tuesday, showing that investors may have new confidence in the company.

Despite the diminishing market share, Microsoft is still going full steam ahead with its new Edge browser and is holding another Edge Web Summit for 2017.

This year’s Edge Web Summit marks the third event to date that represents a one-stop shop for all thigs Edge, including conferences on Web Authentication, CSS Grid when building modern experiences, new technologies such as Progressive Web Apps and WebVR.

Interested web developers should mark their calendars for September 13th in Seattle, Washington to attend. Registration opens in July and sign ups can be done at dev.microsoftedge.com

Beyond the wall to wall talks about Edge, developers will also have the opportunity to be nose to nose with representatives of the Quality team with help debugging issues and tweaking code for the best possible web performance and experiences.

With over two months and change in wait time, Kyle Pflung, the senior program manager for Edge promises more information about the summit in the coming months.

Earlier this month, Microsoft slashed $50 off the Xbox One S ahead of its E3 press conference, which is a great opportunity to purchase the gaming console released nearly a year ago. If this wasn’t enough to convince you though, the Xbox team has just announced another limited time offer that will grant you an additional gift at no extra cost when purchasing an Xbox One S.

The offer is currently available at US retailers Walmart.com, Best Buy, Gamestop and Target through Saturday, June 24. Here are all the different free gift options:

• For console purchases at Walmart.com, get a free Xbox Wireless controller
• For console purchases at Best Buy get a free Xbox Wireless Controller and 3 months of Xbox Live Gold
• For console purchases at GameStop and Target, get a free $50 retailer gift card

You can visit Xbox.com to select your preferred bundle, and the website will then redirect you to all participating retailers. Sound off in the comments if you’re likely to take advantage of this limited time offer.

Welcome to our weekly Xbox news recap series, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Xbox. Let’s get started.

Tons of new game announcements

E3 was huge this year, with a ton of games covered. We’ll start off with a list of some games that got covered during this year’s conference, to show off the lion’s share of announcements.

• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Cuphead
• Assassin’s Creed: Origins
• Life is Strange: Before the Storm
• Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
• Metro: Exodus

Original Xbox Backwards Compatibility

Backwards compatibility has been a big staple of the Xbox One for a while – being one of its biggest selling points since it was introduced. At E3 this year, Microsoft announced that original Xbox titles are being added to the backwards compatible library, including games like Crimson Skies an Fusion Frenzy. This is a huge deal for fans that have been with the franchise ever since the original console first came out, and will make a large library of previously irrelevant games to get their time to shine once again.

Avatars getting a total rehaul

Some time in Fall 2017, Microsoft is going to be completely redesigning avatars – something that have been core in the Xbox experience since the early years of the Xbox 360. The new avatars look quite a bit different than they used to, sporting more lifelike features and expressive faces. Mouths that used to be black lines are now fully realized, lips, teeth, and all. Noses that used to be flatly colored bumps are now glossy, and realistically shaped. It’s unclear what this means for people who spent money on props for last year, or anything – but it’s an exciting change nonetheless.

Phil Spencer expects the Xbox One X to sell at a loss

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to say that the Xbox One X won’t be a very profitable venture for Microsoft – at least, not on its own. Phil Spencer talked about the console’s potential numbers recently, admitting that “the hardware part of the console business is not the money-making part of the business.” The question for the Xbox One X is going to come down to one thing: If there are enough hardware enthusiasts out there willing to spend $500 on a console this powerful. We’ll have to wait and see.

Video streaming will be 4K/60FPS on Xbox One X

The Xbox One X is going to be able to play games in 4K and 60FPS – that much we knew already. What we didn’t know, however, is just how strong the streaming and video recording is going to be. Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra recently addressed the issue on Twitter, and gave us some news that we didn’t really expect – the Xbox One X will be able to stream to Mixer and record video at 4k/60FPS quality. This should make a pretty big difference for content creators looking to step up the quality of their broadcasts or videos.

Thanks for joining us. To keep up to date with all the latest Xbox news, keep a close eye on our Xbox One tag.

Microsoft’s annual Imagine Cup event is coming soon, letting students all around the world get a chance to grab hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money, and some time with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Imagine Cup this year will be similar to the event’s past few iterations, bringing on a new panel of judges to offer their insight on the work of Imagine Cup participants.

VR. AI. IoT. Here are the 2017 #ImagineCup World Finalists competing for $100K! Find out who wins July 27: https://t.co/IufFu56EOR pic.twitter.com/LiCYDR0qVo

— Microsoft Imagine Cup (@MSFTImagine) June 14, 2017

The blog post that came up to announce the details about the event primarily revolved around the judges that will be coming to the event to represent their fields and help direct people on the path to excellence. Here’s the cast of people coming to the Imagine Cup this year.

Kimberly Bryant
Founder of Black Girls Code, a national nonprofit that supports black girls in technology. Kimberly has also enjoyed a successful 25-year engineering career in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, holding a series of technical leadership roles at several Fortune 100 companies, including Genentech, Merck and Pfizer.

David Malan
Harvard University computer science professor David Malan, a senior member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and instructor for Computer Science 50 (CS50), the largest CS course at both Harvard and Yale University, and the largest online course at edX with lectures being viewed by more than a million people.

Mark Russinovich
Microsoft’s own Mark Russinovich, a Microsoft technical fellow and the chief technology officer for Azure. Mark is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, one of the most notable computer science universities in the world.

The blog post reminds you to tune into the Imagine Cup Championship through the live stream at 9 a.m. PDT on July 27. You’ll be able to find the livestream right over here, in the Microsoft Imagine website. There, you’ll also be able to learn more about previous winners, the academic institutions involved, and more.