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Xbox leaders reunion panel — What went right and almost went wrong

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. The former leaders of the original Xbox game leadership team got together for a reunion panel during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). I moderated the panel, which includes former chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach, former Microsoft Game Studios head Ed Fries, and his successor Shane Kim, also a former head of Microsoft…
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Eidos Montreal is making a Guardians of the Galaxy game

The team behind the Deus Ex games is tackling one of Marvel’s most famous superhero groups next. At its E3 2021 keynote, publisher Square Enix revealed that Eidos Montreal, the studio behind games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, is working on a game titled simply Guardians…
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Back 4 Blood headlines the next 6 months of Xbox Game Pass releases

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Back 4 Blood is a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead, and it is coming day one to Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft showed the game off during its E3 conference today. The game is a major part of Microsoft’s efforts to get players excited about Game Pass. Back 4 Blood launches October 12, and Xbox Game Pass members will have…
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Battlefield 2042 gets a gameplay close-up at Xbox event

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Electronic Arts and DICE revealed the gameplay for Battlefield 2042 in a demo at Microsoft’s Xbox E3 event. While the game will be a cross-platform title across both the PC and Sony’s PlayStation…
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Hades is coming to Xbox Game Pass on August 13

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Microsoft revealed during its E3 showcase today that Hades is coming to Xbox on August 13, and it’ll be available on Game Pass. Hades is a hit rougelike action-RPG that launched last year for Switch…
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Halo: Infinite channels Combat Evolved vibes with its free multiplayer

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Microsoft is aiming to give fans of Halo a Halo-as-hell game when it launches the latest entry in the franchise this holiday. The company showed off a new multiplayer trailer today at its E3 showcase that promises that “Halo multiplayer is back” in Halo: Infinite. The trailer works hard to evoke past Halo multiplayer…
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A Plague Tale: Requiem announced at Xbox’s E3 event for 2022

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Microsoft has a rat. Actually, it has a lot of rats, as the publisher announced today during its E3 showcase that A Plague Tale: Requiem would be a launch day game for Xbox Game Pass in 2022 (along…
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Slime Rancher 2 announced at Xbox’s E3 event

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Slime Rancher is an indie hit. The 2017 simulation about raising slimes sold more than 3 million copies (after hitting Steam Early Access in 2016) for Monomi Park, which is a fantastic debut for any…
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How to mitigate bias in AI

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. As the common proverb goes, to err is human. One day, machines may offer workforce solutions that are free from human decision-making mistakes; however, those machines learn through algorithms and systems built by programmers, developers, product managers, and software teams with inherent biases (like all other humans). In…
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