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Duterte Has Brought Safety To The Philippines
Forbes - 10 Jun 2018 09:54
Filipinos feel safer nowadays than they felt back in 2014, walking alone at night in the streets.
A CEO's Perspective On Why The CMO Job Is The Hardest To Get Right
Forbes - 10 Jun 2018 02:56
Kevin Akeroyd, CEO of Cision, explains why the CMO is the most difficult C-suite role to get right, and how CEOs can approach attracting and hiring top-notch, well-rounded CMO talent able to adapt and perform in rapidly ...
Microsoft is working on a cloud service to bring Xbox to any device
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:48
You won’t need an Xbox system to enjoy the future of the Xbox platform. Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer announced today that the company is building a cloud-gaming infrastructure that will enable players to get its ...
Microsoft unveils Gears of War 5, Gears Pop, and Gears Tactics
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:42
Behold, the chainsaw bayonet is coming back. Microsoft confirmed rumors and formally announced Gears of War 5 today at its press event ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). It comes out in 2019. After many rum...
Ask the CMO: Diageo's James Thompson On Democratizing Data + Harnessing Emotional Intelligence
Forbes - 10 Jun 2018 23:35
The important thing is to fail faster and cheaper than people have failed before. So, it's not the frequency or failure you want to reduce it's the cost of it and you want to accelerate the learning from it.
Dying Light 2 takes us into the 'modern dark ages'
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:34
Good night, and good luck. That was the tagline of Dying Light, Techland’s open-world zombie game from 2015. And now, Techland is back with Dying Light 2. This is one of the rare surprises of the Electronic Entertainme...
Just Cause 4 debuts at the Xbox E3 media briefing
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:33
Avalanche Studios is busy, which may explain why it needed the backing of a new owner. The studio revealed that it is making Just Cause 4, which launches for PC and consoles on December 4. Like previous Just Cause games,...
Battletoads is coming back in 2019
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:28
Microsoft revealed during its Electronic Entertainment Expo event in Los Angeles today that it is working on a new Battletoads game. It will have three-player co-op and hand-drawn 2.5D graphics. It is coming out in 2019....
Cuphead gets The Delicious Last Course expansion
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:26
Microsoft showed off new downloadable content for its exclusive platforming shooter Cuphead at its media briefing before the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show today. The Delicious Last Course is due out on PC and ...
Devil May Cry 5 gives Nero some YouTuber swagger and a robot arm
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:19
Nero’s back, and he has a robot arm and an updated haircut. Devil May Cry 5 debuted at Microsoft’s Xbox E3 event with a fast-paced trailer that showed the iconic demon hunter wailing on baddies with a robotic arm. Th...
Session is a new skating game for Xbox One
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:14
Microsoft revealed that Session will be an Xbox One console exclusive during its Electronic Entertainment Expo event today in Los Angeles. Session is a skating game. The genre used to be popular with series like Tony Haw...
The Division 2 takes players into a wet, hot American capital on March 15
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:08
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is hitting PC and consoles on March 15. It takes place seven months after the original in the hot summer months of Washington, D.C. Like the original, it has you teaming up with friends and ...
Xbox One Game Pass starts your games faster with machine learning
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 23:01
The Xbox One Game Pass is a great deal, and Microsoft is working to make it even more enticing with a new technology called fast start. This uses machine learning to figure out ways to start games twice as fast as normal...
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds gets a snowy map this winter
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 22:56
Battle royales aren’t known for imparting warm, fuzzy holiday feelings — but PUBG Corp. is still adding in some seasonal weather in an update that’s coming this winter. The developer teased new maps and environment...
Microsoft Game Studios just added five new studios including Ninja Theory
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 22:50
Microsoft has never had as many internal studios as Sony or Nintendo, and that has prevented it from having many first-party exclusives this generation. But the Xbox company is working to change that coming out of the El...
Microsoft acquires State of Decay 2 studio Undead Labs
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 22:46
Microsoft head Phil Spencer announced during its Electronic Entertainment Expo event today in Los Angeles that it has acquired Undead Labs, the studio behind State of Decay 2. Undead Labs launched State of Decay 2 on May...
Microsoft debuts Forza Horizon 4
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 22:35
Playground Games’ arcadey series of Forza Horizon racers have become just as popular as the Forza Motorsport simulators that inspired them, so it’s no shock that Microsoft is using its Electronic Entertainment Expo (...
Nier: Automata is coming to Xbox One with new Become As Gods edition
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 22:35
The hit action role-playing game Nier: Automata is coming out for Xbox One on June 26. Microsoft announced this today during its Electronic Entertainment Expo event in Los Angeles. Nier: Automata came out for PlayStation...
Metro: Exodus shows the apocalypse in the snowy east
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 22:33
Metro: Exodus is coming in February 2019, but Microsoft showed a glimpse of the game today at its Xbox press conference ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The trailer showed a train, the Aurora, as it escap...
Sea of Thieves' updates Cursed Sails and Forsaken Shores are coming in July and September
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 22:32
Buck up, buckaroos - a pirate’s life is going to get tougher. Rare Games showed off Sea of Thieves updates, the Cursed Sails and Forsaken Shores DLCs, which will be available in July and September respectively. The new...
Kingdom Hearts III gets a Frozen level
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 22:29
Microsoft showed off a new world for Kingdom Hearts III during its Electronic Entertainment Expo event today in Los Angeles. It’s based on Disney’s hit animated film Frozen. This is the first time that a Kingdom Hear...
Life Is Strange developer's The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit debuts June 26
Venture Beat - 10 Jun 2018 22:26
The world of Life Is Strange is back with another story — The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit. Dontnod Entertainment showed off a trailer at Microsoft’s Xbox event ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, and...