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New Simpsons Short Film Will Hit Disney Plus Tomorrow
Disney+ has become the online home of The Simpsons, with 30 seasons of the much-loved animated comedy available on the service. Those hundreds of episodes are about to be joined by a new Simpsons short film, which releases tomorrow, April 10.
The short film is titled Maggie Simpson in 'Playdate with Destiny'. It was released theatrically in February with the Pixar movie Onward, which has itself already arrived on Disney+. Simpsons creator Matt Groening announced the arrival of the new Simpsons film on Instagram. Read his post below, and check out the poster at the end of this story.
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Microsoft AI for Health initiative now focused on fight against COVID-19
On January 29, 2020, we announced the launch of AI for Health, an initiative to advance the health of people and communities around the world. This five-year commitment was created to empower nonprofits, researchers and organizations with AI and data science tools.
Since then, the world has changed. As of the time of writing, the COVID-19 virus has infected more than 1.4 million people around the world. The crisis has made it painfully clear that health transcends every border, impacting every person on the planet.
Given the urgency, we are mobilizing our AI for Health initiative to focus on helping those on the front lines of research of COVID-19. We’re focusing our efforts in five specific areas where we think data, analysis and the skills of our data scientists can have the biggest impact. And we’re immediately dedicating $20 million to this specific effort.
This is part of Microsoft’s larger commitment toward fighting COVID-19, as we are working to support remote education and empower students around the world, enabling businesses to work from home, securing needed medical supplies and supporting local communities. We hope this added commitment empowers researchers and organizations to solve this crisis.
The work to fight COVID-19 is already underway. A handful of key partnerships include:
• The COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, a private-public effort spearheaded by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, for which Microsoft is providing researchers access to the world’s most powerful computing resources, which can significantly speed the pace of scientific discovery in the fight to stop the virus. Around the world, Microsoft’s research scientists, spanning computer science, biology, medicine and public health, are collaborating on projects in the consortium
• The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a global health research organization at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is releasing a set of COVID-19 data visualizations and forecasts that the White House, FEMA, governors and hospital administrators have started using to mobilize resources
• The Washington State Department of Health is working on a new dashboard that aims to increase timeliness, accuracy and speed of data reporting to the public. The dashboard relies on data reported by local health jurisdictions, healthcare facilities and labs
• Folding@home, a global organization that uses distributed computing is researching COVID-19 proteins that could help with designing therapeutics
• The Sepsis Center of Research Excellence (SCORE-UW), part of the University of Washington’s Department of Medicine, is a global collaboration between a network of hospitals, industry, blood banks, universities and funding partners. Using clinical data, radiologic imaging and other patient biomarker responses, SCORE-UW is developing novel algorithms to predict, and improve, healthcare and socioeconomic outcomes of COVID-19 positive patients
• Take, the Brazilian leader in chatbots and the smart contacts market, developed a bot to bring official and credible information to the public and connect potential patients to medical teams to avoid overloading Brazilian hospitals
AI for Health COVID-19 focus areas
Given the global scale of the pandemic, technology will play a critical role in nearly every facet of addressing COVID-19, from using AI to crunch massive datasets to analyzing disease vectors and identifying treatment impacts. We will collaborate with nonprofits, governments and academic researchers on solutions, and bring our experience to the table, providing access to Microsoft AI, technical experts, data scientists and other resources.
Our efforts to support COVID-19-related research efforts will focus on five areas:
• Data and insights to inform for people’s safety and economic impacts
• Treatment and diagnostics, enabling research to further the development of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics
• Allocation of resources, including recommendations on the allocation of limited assets, such as hospital space and medical supplies
• Dissemination of accurate information to minimize misinformation sharing
• Scientific research to study and understand COVID-19.
My colleague Eric Horvitz, Microsoft’s Chief Scientific Officer, sums it up nicely, “Data and computation will help light the path to mitigating the pandemic. We’re passionate about aiming our computing resources and expertise at empowering those with the most promising directions, including efforts in biomedicine, logistics, epidemiology and public health.”
Understanding and tracking our progress against COVID-19
We want the world to better understand COVID-19. As such, we have developed a set of interactive visualizations, available below, so everyone has full transparency into the scope of the problem and the progress we are making together to heal the world. We will continue to update and refine this visualization with new data and insights.
COVID-19 is a global problem and finding a solution will take all our efforts. We are humbled and honored to work with researchers across the globe and support them with this additional dedicated support from AI for Health.
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
Switch eShop
12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull(JetDogs, Mon 6th April, $7.99) With over a million downloads and a passionate community of players, Hercules heat arrives on Nintendo Switch yet again – this time for its breathtaking sequel! Don’t wake the sleeping dragon… or rather don’t try to mess with Hera! The Greek Goddess is upset with Hercules, and in the fit of anger decides to turn the famed Cretan Bull into a wild beast!
Battle Princess Madelyn Royal Edition(Causal Bit Games) Join Battle Princess Madelyn and her ghostly canine companion, Fritzy, as they set out on a quest to save her family and rid the land of an evil wizard–in this retro arcade action-packed epic! Pure arcade action! Redesigned with the creators original vision! New enemies, bosses, music and sfx added! Completely redesigned stages!
Black Rainbow(Ocean Media) For adventurer Helen Stone, the biggest adventure is yet to follow! Help Helen escape the burning village and guide her through the dark and dangerous forests and help the people of Amazonia. The evil behind the curtain is far bigger and dangerous than anyone could have ever imagined.
Boot Hill Bounties(Experimental Gamer Studios, Tue 14th April, $14.99) Boot Hill Bounties is the second game in a series that sees Kid and his companions journey deeper into the darkest corners of the Wild West and come face to face with the evil Creed Little, Stampede Sally, Tuco Delgado, Scorpion Saint and Burning Crow. An epic Wild West adventure packed with excitement, intrigue, terror and the occasional dose of humor.
Bridge! 3(Aerosoft, Today, $9.99) Let your creativity run as a bridge builder and take the challenge to prove yourself as a true master of bridge building! As a structural engineer and designer, you have the responsibility for a perfect static load capacity of the bridge. In Bridge! 3 you have the opportunity to build your bridges and their carrying capacity to the utmost!
Desktop Basketball(SAT-BOX) Enjoy basketball with easy to learn controls! Enjoy all kinds of stages! From factories to amusement parks! Customize your team and dunk on your friends! Experience exciting matches in single player! Play games 3v3 or 5v5. Learn the rules and controls as you go!
Doubles Hard(Ultimate Games, Wed 15th April, $5.99) Doubles Hard is a unique puzzle game taking place in a three-dimensional arena. The player’s task is to collect diamonds while avoiding boulders falling from above and other elements. You also need to run from opponents, which makes difficult for the player to pass through the game stages. There are several different types of blocks in the game that make up the board.
Fight of Animals(Digital Crafter, Today, $9.99) Meme Animals such as Power Hook Dog, Mighty Fox, Magic Squirrel, and more have now become Fighters!
Gunbrick: Reloaded(Nitrome, Today, $14.99) In a future where cars are obsolete, the Gunbrick has become a worldwide sensation! Encounter wasteland mutants, crazed nerds, law enforcement and all manner of cube based adversaries in this action-packed puzzle platformer.
Monster Viator(KEMCO, Today, $14.99) Unable to remember who he is, Culter is mysteriously able to communicate with monsters. He soon comes across Aira, a shepherd who controls monsters with a harp and sets out together on a journey to uncover his memories.
Null Drifter(eastasiasoft, Today, $4.99) Blast into a 1-bit lo-fi simulation that will gradually train your skills up to become the ultimate space-fighter pilot! Secretly part of the Project Starship world, this twin-stick shooter is designed to prepare pilots for their mission against the awakened forces of the void.
Path of Giants(Journey Bound, Tue 14th April, $8.99) Guide three explorers; Bern, Matchi and Totch on their quest for a lost treasure through icy caverns and snow-covered cliffs. Swap between the explorers as you use their teamwork to help solve the puzzles. Experience a calming atmospheric game with over 80 puzzles split into beautifully handcrafted levels. Control three adorable characters, use their teamwork, leave no one behind, and hopefully find some gold!
Push the Box(eSolutions Nordic, Sat 4th April, $8.89) “Push the Box” is a classic puzzle game invented in Japan. The objective of the game is to push boxes into their correct position. The simplicity and elegance of the rules have made the game one of the most popular logic games.
RMX Real Motocross(Ultimate Games, Fri 10th April, $6.99) Take part in exciting motocross racing – race on different tracks. Upgrade your bike to score higher place. After each race remember to Fix broken parts and upgrade your motorcycle to win! Learn tricks, earn money, and win every championship.
Rush Rover(Ratalaika Games, Fri 10th April, $4.99) Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game with gameplay mechanics similar to traditional shmups. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Solitaire Deluxe Bundle – 3 in 1(Baltoro Games, Fri 10th April, $14.99) All the classic game modes you know and love! Challenge yourself and enjoy countless hours of fun with the most popular solitaire games: Klondike, Freecell and Spider!
Tharsis(QubicGames, Sat 11th April, $11.99) A mysterious signal coming from the Tharsis region of Mars sets your crew of astronauts off on a risky mission. Who sent it? And why? Impossible questions, but your fate is sealed on finding out. Now, millions of miles away from home, a micrometeoroid storm damaged your spaceship and killed two vital members of your crew.
Arcade Archives MX5000 (Hamster) – “MX5000” is a shooting game released by KONAMI in 1987. The goal for the player is to fly in the latest fighter aircraft of the Roufanis territory and fight with the Desalis empire which is trying to dominate the world. It is a title highly regarded by a select few containing interesting content including features such as a military-style worldview, simple controls and exciting BGM.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bunny Day Event – Hippity skippity, hoppity ho! Just in time for the season, the bright Zipper T Bunny has begun visiting islands for a limited time. The energetic visitor will be hiding eggs around islands that allow residents to create special items, including furniture, flooring, décor and accessories. There are only a few more days left to find those eggs before the event ends on April 12, so get hopping and craft those seasonal DIY projects! Hop-hop-hooray!
So that’s your lot for this week’s North American Nintendo Download. Go on, be a sport and drop a vote in the poll above, and comment below with your hot picks!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region.As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
Battle Princess Madelyn Royal Edition(Causal Bit Games, 9th Apr, £11.99 / €13.3) – Join Battle Princess Madelyn and her ghostly canine companion, Fritzy, as they set out on a quest to save her family and rid the land of an evil wizard–in this retro arcade action-packed epic! Pure arcade action! Redesigned with the creators original vision! New enemies, bosses, music and sfx added! Completely redesigned stages!
Black Rainbow(Ocean Media, 9th Apr, £8.99 / €9.99) – For adventurer Helen Stone, the biggest adventure is yet to follow! Help Helen escape the burning village and guide her through the dark and dangerous forests and help the people of Amazonia. The evil behind the curtain is far bigger and dangerous than anyone could have ever imagined. It’s up to Helen to restore the balance in this hidden and unexplored world.
Convoy: A Tactical Roguelike(Triangle Studios, 8th Apr, £13.49 / €14.99) – Convoy is a tactical roguelike inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad-based tactical roguelike in its core. You travel with your combat vehicles and convoy across a wasteland to find parts needed to repair your broken spaceship.
Depixtion(£6.49 / €7.19) – Welcome to Depixtion, a relaxing puzzle game where you create beautiful works of art using logic. Based on the popular Picross series, Depixtion blends colour mixing mechanics with the rules of nonograms to create a uniquely colourful experience.
Fight of Animals(Digital Crafter, 9th Apr, £8.09 / €8.99) – Meme Animals such as Power Hook Dog, Mighty Fox, Magic Squirrel, and more have now become Fighters!
Galaxy of Pen & Paper +1 Edition(Plug In Digital, 8th Apr, £11.29 / €12.49) – Create your own game master and RPG party, as they roleplay, explore distant planets in their imagination, fight weird aliens and save the galaxy in the era of dial-up internet and floppy disks! Galaxy of Pen & Paper is a turn-based RPG that takes the pen and paper games of your childhood and launches them into space.
Grimvalor(Direlight, 7th Apr, £11.99 / €12.99) – Slice your way through the hordes of darkness and face King Valor’s guardians as you delve deep into this darkvania! A malicious power stirs in the forgotten kingdom of Vallaris. Tasked with discovering the fate of its lost king, your quest quickly takes a sinister turn and you are cast into the abyss. Surrounded and outnumbered, you must grab your sword, steel your temper and fight your way through a land that does not welcome you. Except for the friendly merchant – he’s grateful for your business.
Gunbrick: Reloaded(Nitrome, 9th Apr, £11.99 / €10.79) – In a future where cars are obsolete, the Gunbrick has become a worldwide sensation! Encounter wasteland mutants, crazed nerds, law enforcement and all manner of cube based adversaries in this action-packed puzzle platformer. Features: Roll your way through a jam-packed world set over five unique locations. Put that grey matter to the test with some seriously crafty puzzles.
Monster Viator(KEMCO, 9th Apr, £12.14 / €13.49) – Unable to remember who he is, Culter is mysteriously able to communicate with monsters. He soon comes across Aira, a shepherd who controls monsters with a harp and sets out together on a journey to uncover his memories.
Null Drifter(eastasiasoft, 9th Apr, £3.59 / €3.99) – Blast into a 1-bit lo-fi simulation that will gradually train your skills up to become the ultimate space-fighter pilot! Secretly part of the Project Starship world, this twin-stick shooter is designed to prepare pilots for their mission against the awakened forces of the void. By slowly introducing new challenges and more frenetic battles, the Null Drifter simulation will push the limits of any pilot to the next level!
Pen and Paper Games Bundle(Plug In Digital, 8th Apr, £26.99 / €29.99) – Enjoy hours and hours of adventures in these turn-based, retro style, pixel-art RPG full of danger, intrigue, and semi-appropriate cultural references! All games include all of their ever-released expansions with many new characters, enemies, quests and locations! In Knights of Pen and paper, take on the roles of in-game players taking on the roles of their characters in a traditional pen and paper RPG session in the ultimate meta roleplaying experience.
Towertale(Keybol Games, 8th Apr, £7.99 / €8.99) – Towertale is a 2D, story-driven action game that has a heavy focus on boss battles. Fight your way up the elusive Tower and challenge the bosses of each level. Unveil the mystery that lies up in its peak. Play four different stories and unlock multiple endings. Join Lionel, Faindrel, Lord Snicklefritz and “Dark Echo” in their quest to get to the top! “The Tower” is known to have been created by an ancient being.
Ubongo(USM, 8th Apr, £11.99 / €12.99) – Fast-paced, addictive, and easy to learn – Ubongo brings excitement and fun to your Nintendo Switch. In this fast-paced game, you’ll need to use your wits to solve a puzzle of various shapes as quickly as possible. Download the ultimate puzzle fun and see how quickly you can turn these puzzles around. Discover four exotic worlds in the Solo campaign.
This snapshot brings us another new Biome to the Nether. Stepping out of my Nether Portal I was greeted by the new music and eerie atmosphere that is the new Basalt Deltas. The Biome looks amazing and new blocks are always welcomed when it comes to building later projects. What do you plan to do first when you load up this snapshot?
Accessibility improvements
Added a Piglin banner pattern
Added Basalt Deltas biome to the Nether
Added soul campfires. Warm your buns with the heat of one thousand souls!
Added three new tracks of Nether music
Added chiseled nether bricks, cracked nether bricks, and quartz bricks!
Added a new set of stone blocks called Blackstone with regular, polished, and polished brick variants!
Added Gilded Blackstone – Blackstone which has been imbued with gold and has a chance of dropping gold nuggets when broken
Blackstone can be used to craft furnaces and stone tools
ACCESSIBILITY
Added “Line Spacing” chat and accessibility option
Added “Chat Delay” accessibility option
BASALT DELTAS
Basalt Deltas can now be found in the Nether!
Remnants of volcanic eruptions, this biome sports a high concentration of basalt columns and lava deltas
Walking through, you will be surrounded by flakes of flowing white ash
Magma Cubes finally have a place to call home, spawning very frequently
A new block, Blackstone, can be found in large patches here
NETHER MUSIC
We’re happy to announce that we’ve added three new tracks for the upcoming Nether Update, all composed by the very talented Lena Raine.
Rubedo will be played in the Nether Wastes
Chrysopoeia will be played in Crimson Forests
So Below will be played in Soulsand Valleys and in Basalt Deltas
Two lines from Lena about the music. More to come in a separate blog post.
“One of the primary instruments in Minecraft is the piano, and so one of my challenges to myself was to see how far I could push the sound of the piano until it resembled other things entirely–again, that alchemical process.”
“I wanted each piece to feel like a progression of emotions, or a journey from place to place within this other world. There’s a degree of beauty to the Nether, but it is also terrifying in both its details and scale.”
Take a portal to the Nether, and stay awhile and listen…
Dispenser changes
Soul sand can now be used to craft soul torches
Nether vegetation blocks (sprouts, roots, vines, fungus, wart and wart blocks) are now compostable
Walls will now connect to more things! (like iron bars, panes and even pickles!)
Hoes are now the appropriate tool for breaking leaves
Mobs avoid walking on magma blocks and lit campfires
DISPENSER CHANGES
Dispensers can now saddle pigs and horses
Dispensers can now put horse armor on horses
Dispensers can now put carpets on llamas
Dispensers can now put chests on llamas, donkeys and mules
Dispensers can now shear a Mooshroom
Dispensers can shear snow golems
Tab completion for resource location will match any part after a _
Mob and pathfinding-related optimizations
MC-171463 – Iron Bars don’t fully connect to walls
Valve’s breakdown of Steam launch earnings says ‘success’ is on the rise
The Steam team over at Valve has poked at the platform’s earnings data to paint a picture of how earnings trends on the digital storefront have shifted over the years, ultimately noting that successful launches are up 18 percent year-over-year.
That’s by Valve’s definition of success of course, which is described in the full breakdown as a game earning over $10,000 on Steam within two weeks of its launch.
By that same data, Valve says games in this pool typically go on to reap earnings of between $20,000 and $60,000 in their first 12 months, but it’s not stated if these figures mean total sales before Valve’s 30 percent cut or the actual takehome devs see from their game’s earnings.
In 2019, nearly 1,200 games cleared $10,000 earned, up from just under 1,000 the year before. The exact figures themselves are a little approximate thanks to the fact that the data is presented in a series of charts, but even with that vagueness there’s enough info offered to see the trend.
In a similar vein, Valve’s research notes report similar increases in games seeing $5,000, $50,000, $100,000, and $250,000 in their first two weeks from year to year, though the number of games hitting each milestone naturally wanes as earnings go up. Just under 300 games, for instance, earned $250,000 in their first two weeks on Steam, up from just over 225 in 2018 and 2017.
Valve notes as well that the year-over-year rise isn’t solely due to more games releasing on the platform with each passing year: the proportion of games meeting that $10k-in-two-weeks success is also up 11 percent from 2018. Looking at median game earnings, Valve also says the median game on Steam in 2019 earned 24 percent more than the median game in 2018.
Earnings aren’t up for every game on Steam however. As Valve notes in the full blog, those below the 35th percentile actually earned less than comparable launches in 2018.
“We opened the platform because we believed that ‘hand curating’ the titles released on Steam had led to some great titles being missed,” Valve writes, referencing below the graph projecting earnings if it had continued heavy curation. “While we can’t say for sure, we think the green portions of the bars above the dashed line are, largely, games that would never have previously found success on Steam… because they never would have been released on the platform at all.”
There’s more data for devs to chew through in the full report, including deeper dives into those games falling below the 35th percentile and graphs to go with many of the figures only mentioned here.
Stadia’s wider launch begins with a two-month free Stadia Pro trial
Google’s cloud-based game platform Stadia is finally within reach of the general public, potentially widening the platform’s audience through the launch of a two-month free Stadia Pro trial open to Google account holders in 14 countries.
This wider launch stands to give Stadia the accessible reach Google pushed for since the get-go, as anyone in participating countries with a Gmail account can now use their Chromecast, PC, or mobile device to stream gameplay from Stadia’s remote datacenters directly to their screens, even if they lack a powerful console or PC at home.
Opening Stadia up as a free-to-use platform has always been part of Google’s plan, but the exact timeline on which it would do so remained murky since it first launched for a select crew of premium Stadia purchasers last November. This larger roll out begins as a free trial for Stadia’s paid Pro tier, though those that choose not to pay for the subscription after the two month trial ends are able to continue to use Stadia and purchase games as free users on the Stadia Base tier.
Merging today’s launch with a free, two-month Stadia Pro trail lets new Stadia users stream at the higher quality reserved for paying Pro players and play the nine games currently offered for free in the Pro library. While they’ll lose access to both those higher settings and library of Pro titles should they chose not to pay Pro’s $9.99 per month free after the trial, users on the free tier are still able to buy games at retail price and build up a playable library of games as they would on any other platform.
Humble are running another bundle of interest to game developers, this one is the 7000 Game Dev Icon Bundle a collection of thousands of icons from inventory items, to weapons to match-3 style game icons. Be sure to check your purchase history on Humble though, many of the icons in this bundle were in previous bundles.
As with all bundles, this one is organized into tiers:
1$ Tier
Fantasy Weapon Icons
Blue Loot Box
Jewelry Icons
Armor Icon Pack
Flat Skills Icon
15$ Tier
Spellbook Page 01
Spellbook Page 02
Spellbook Page 03
Spellbook Page 04
Sci-Fi Icons Pack
Sci-Fi Skill Icons Pack
Pirates Icons Pack
Witch Craft Icons
Fruit and Vegetables Icons
Gems Icon
Trading Icons
RPG Armor Sets
RPG Weapons Icons
Loot Icons
Herbal Icons
Prehistoric Age Icons
20$ Tier
Bags and Boxes Icons
Scrolls and Books Icons
Magic Items
Potions Icons
Resources and Craft Icon Pack
Weapon and Armor Icon Pack
Fishing Icons
Hunting Icons
Forest Icons
Necromancer Icons
Sci-Fi Armor Icons
Mining Icons
Trophy Icons
Barbarian Icons
Engineering Craft Icons
Food Icons
Spellbook Page 05
Spellbook Page 06
Spellbook Page 07
Spellbook Page 08
Spellbook Page 09
Skill Icon Pack
Sci-Fi Flat Skills
Strategy Game Icons
As with all Humble Bundles, you decide how your money is allocated, between charity, humble the publisher and if you so choose (and thanks if you do!) to support GFS if purchased using this link. You can learn more and see inside one of the icon packs in the video below.
Surface Neo, Windows 10X reportedly won’t ship in 2020
By Amber Neely Thursday, April 09, 2020, 11:40 am PT (02:40 pm ET)
Microsoft may be forced to delay the release of the Surface Neo and Windows 10X as a whole to focus on single-screen uses, according to sources within Microsoft.
In October of 2019, Microsoft revealed a future product that it didn’t plan on shipping until 2020 —the Surface Neo. It consisted of a dual-screen notebook with an extra keyboard and stylus support. The devices were set to ship with Microsoft’s new branch of Windows called Windows 10X.
On Thursday, rumors surfaced that Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer Panos Panay had said the Surface Neo dual-screen Windows 10X devices wouldn’t ship in 2020. Microsoft intends Windows 10X as a new, modern form of Windows 10 designed from the ground-up for dual-screen device. Furthermore, it guts many of the older Windows 10 features in favor of increased security and a more streamlined experience.
Dual-screen devices with Windows 10X were slated to ship around the holiday season of 2020. Likely due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft appears to have fallen behind in developing the Surface Neo and Windows 10X.
Microsoft has allegedly said they would not be allowing third-party dual-screen devices to ship with Windows 10X either, according to ZDNet.
In February, Microsoft had stated that they were hit hardest in their “More Personal Computing Segment,” a part of the company that deals with Windows licensing, accessories, all of Microsoft’s gaming initiatives, and Surface hardware.
Microsoft has not as of yet commented on the report.
