Microsoft will release Visual Studio for the Mac

You’ll get to download a preview edition of Visual Studio for Mac sometime during Microsoft’s Connect() conference, which kicks off November 16th. It’s not certain when you’ll see a finished version, but the timing of the preview likely puts the polished release sometime in 2017.The Mac version may seem odd at first blush. Wouldn’t this discourage developers from writing on or for Windows? However,...

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Microsoft will release Visual Studio for the Mac

You’ll get to download a preview edition of Visual Studio for Mac sometime during Microsoft’s Connect() conference, which kicks off November 16th. It’s not certain when you’ll see a finished version, but the timing of the preview likely puts the polished release sometime in 2017.The Mac version may seem odd at first blush. Wouldn’t this discourage developers from writing on or for Windows? However,...

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‘Dishonored 2’ gets a full trailer days before launch

The original Dishonored gave players plenty of choice in how they wanted to approach what could have been a pretty standard action-adventure game, and it looks like Bethesda is taking that approach even further. Plus, you’ll get a chance to play as either the first game’s protagonist Corvo or Emily Caldwin, another character from the first game. That choice will give you different story outcomes — and let’s not...

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The Morning After Weekend Edition

As the nation ponders the US election’s outcome and the implications of its result, a city of the future is being built in Singapore — a place where a far more restrictive political system has enabled the creation of the most technologically advanced metropolis on the planet. The question remains, however, whether the loss of privacy and the opportunity for governmental abuse is worth a more efficient municipal power grid...

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Windows Store ‘CoD’ buyers can’t play with Steam friends

Developers like Epic have complained about the closed nature of the Windows 10 Store, but the Call of Duty restrictions apparently aren’t Microsoft’s fault. Windows Central reports that the decision to separate the UWP game from other Windows platform players was made entirely by Activision. Microsoft affirmed that it supports device and platform cross-play “for partners who want to enable it.”Though the lack...

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