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The Wild Update is coming June 7, adding new biomes, mobs and blocks to Minecraft. Announced at Minecraft Live 2021, The Wild Update will be available to download for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on Windows, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android – and Minecraft: Java Edition on Windows, macOS  and Linux. Head over to Minecraft.net for details on the biomes and mobs in the update. Continue reading...

Sea of Thieves fans: Help determine the fate of Golden Sands. The next Sea of Thieves Adventure, "Lost Sands," is now live. From now until June 9, side with Merrick and secure vital supplies to help restore the stricken Outpost, or ally with the Servant of the Flame to ensure it remains in ruins. "Whichever path you choose, expect Golden Sands to be a lively destination for the duration of ‘Lost Sands’ as both sides seek to exert their will upon the waves," writes Chris "Brawler" Allcock on SeaOfThieves.com. Head over to SeaOfThieves.com to watch the trailer and find out more. Continue reading...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25126 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We are beginning to roll out new account settings page improvements to Insiders in the Dev Channel starting with this build. This build includes a good set of fixes including a fix for an issue causing some Insiders to experience rollbacks trying to update to the latest Dev Channel builds. Did you miss yesterday’s webcast featuring controller bar? Watch it on-demand here! This week is our annual Build developer conference. Check out this blog post from Panos Panay on all the exciting Windows news for developers and this blog post from Giorgio Sardo on the latest improvements coming for the Microsoft Store. What’s new in...

Minecraft is celebrating its Marketplace hitting the five-year mark by launching a five-week festival. “And because it’s a celebration, there will be gifts!” writes Sophie Austin on Minecraft.net. “As well as being able to nab limited-time discounts on popular content from across the years, you’ll also be able to get your hands on freebies, kicking off today with a spectacular free adventure from Jigarbov Productions: Marketplace Creator Tycoon!” Head over to Minecraft.net for details about Marketplace Creator Tycoon and what else is coming in the celebration that’s underway between now and July 12. Continue reading...

We are thankful and humbled by the response and feedback from the developer community since we announced the new Microsoft Store on Windows last year and our Open App Store principles in February. Today, we would like to celebrate the developers that joined us on this journey and share new discoverability opportunities on Windows, the launch of Microsoft Store Ads to help developers reach the right customers at the right time, and new tools for Win32 and PWA developers. Over the past year, Microsoft Store welcomed thousands of great apps like ACDSee Gemstone, Adobe Express, Audacity, Canva, Course Hero, Discord, Drawboard PDF, Epic Games, Firefox, Luminar Neo & Luminar AI, Mailchimp, Meitu XiuXiu, Microsoft Teams, OpenOffice...