Hotmail email and Windows instant messaging under the "Live" umbrella. In 2012, Microsoft began dropping the Live brand and moved the remaining applications into the Windows Essentials suite.

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or wherever you like to watch your live broadcasts. As Microsoft previously revealed, we're getting in-depth looks from the developers themselves on the likes of Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: ...