A brand new episode of the Ninjala Dev Diary series has been released, sharing more in-depth news surrounding the game’s upcoming content.

We have a full rundown of all the news for you below. Dedicated players will likely already know about the Crow Tengu DLC which actually launched yesterday, but the video also explores an in-game festival where players can receive rewards, and offers more info on the upcoming Season 2.

Crow Tengu DLC Bundle – released July 21

• Ninjala has released its first DLC bundle themed after the mythical Japanese demon, the crow tengu
• Players who purchase the pack will get a special costume, emote, and sticker themed after the crow tengu – a crow possessed by the spirit of a fallen samurai – along with 2,000 Jala to spend on in-game items
• The Crow Tengu DLC Bundle launched on July 21 for a suggested retail price of $29.99 USD

IPPON MATSURI (Festival) – July 21 – 26

• Players will receive rewards based on the total amount of IPPONs scored by all players during the event. The rewards will increase throughout the event based on the collective number of IPPONs achieved. If the total number of IPPONs achieved during the event reaches 10 million, all users will receive a total of 30 Gold Medals
• There will also be special bonuses to the rewards players receive at match end, such as higher rates for Ninja-Gums, Assist Codes, and Medals
• To celebrate the event, a Twitter campaign will also be held where 100 users who follow and retweet Tweets tagged with #IPPON_MATSURI from the official @PlayNinjala and @Ninjala_JP Twitter accounts will be randomly selected to receive 1,000 Jala

Season 2 – launching August 26 (Free to all players)

• Season 2 will introduce a new weapon class – the Board. Players will have access to four variations of this weapon – the Festival Board, the Home Run Surfer board, the Camu Camu Plate, and the Ninja Caliber board. Each weapon will come with new Gum Ninjutsu, abilities, and specials
• A new stage – Shinobi City. This is a Japanese-themed stage that explores the hometown of the shinobis, hot springs, and all! Players can use this stage to their advantage by using the hot springs to recover their health and increase their Shinobi Gauge

Have you been enjoying Ninjala since it launched last month? How have you been doing now that you’ve had a few weeks’ practice? Let us know in the comments below.

Mega Cat Studios and publisher Graffiti Games have given us a release date for their upcoming RPG shooter, Bite the Bullet. You’ll be able to sink your teeth into this one on 13th August.

In case you’ve missed our previous coverage on this one, we really mean it when we talk about sinking your teeth in. The game’s actually being marketed as a ‘run and gun and eat’ title, where players have to eat enemies, bullets and more to power-up their character, weapons and abilities. A press release describes it as “Contra meets professional eating”, and we can’t really argue with that.

Key Features Include
– Devour enemies to powerup Chewy/Chewella, weapons, and abilities.
– Chow down on everything – enemies, walls, even bullets.
– Play solo or with a friend in local co-op.
– Four character classes (Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore, and Robovore – which means eating metal) that have their own unique abilities and perks.
– Gorge on 50 levels.
– Character customizations with a deep, branching skill tree.
– Loot powerful weapons with fun modifiers such as Spicy Critter Cannons.
– Craft exotic new weapons by wolfing down special types of characters and enemies.
– Eat enemies to energize skills and special attacks.
– Use a highly advanced shield for protection from oncoming fire or knock enemies away.
– Earn action hero bandanas by fully completing each world.
– Chew carefully – every enemy has its own nutritional information, and a body type will change based on the types of enemies consumed.
– Transform into the powerful Zombro form and smash enemies into bite-sized bits.

As mentioned above, you’ll be able to download this one from 13th August, and it’ll be priced at $14.99. If you haven’t already, make sure to check out the new trailer above.

numpy.argpartition(a, kth, axis=-1, kind='introselect', order=None)

The NumPy argpatition function performs an indirect partition along the given axis using the algorithm specified by the kind keyword. It returns an array of indices of the same shape as a that index data along the given axis in partitioned order.

The following table shows the return value of the function:

Related: See partition for notes on the different selection algorithms.

Let’s dive into some examples to show how the function is used in practice:

Examples

One-dimensional array:

import numpy as np x = np.array([3, 4, 2, 1]) print(x[np.argpartition(x, 3)])

# [2 1 3 4] print(x[np.argpartition(x, (1, 3))])

# [1 2 3 4]

Multi-dimensional array:

import numpy as np x = np.array([3, 4, 2, 1]) print(x[np.argpartition(x, 3)])

# [2 1 3 4] print(x[np.argpartition(x, (1, 3))])

# [1 2 3 4] x = [3, 4, 2, 1]

print(np.array(x)[np.argpartition(x, 3)])

# [2 1 3 4]

Any master coder has a “hands-on” mentality with a bias towards action. Try it yourself—play with the function in the following interactive code shell:

Exercise: Change the parameters of your polynomials and print them without the comparisons. Do you understand where they come from?

Master NumPy—and become a data science pro:

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Last modified on July 22nd, 2020.

Are you interested in creating an image editor tool? If so, this article will help you to get started with it.

An image editor will have a range of tools. It can be very basic with only tools like resize, rotate and crop. Or it can be super extensive like a Photoshop.

Rotate is a basic and essential tool that is part of any image editor. Let us start with something easy and basic like rotate then add some more essential tools.

I will be using CSS transform property as the core and add JavaScript to enrich the tool.

This can become a basic starter toolkit that can be expanded to a full fledged image editor in the future.

Following is a preview of the things to come.

What is inside?

1. How to edit an image?
2. A quick glance on CSS transform and image editing
3. Examples and demo on image editing
4. Conditions and exceptions on applying transform property
5. Importance of respecting system preferences

How to edit an image?

Do not underestimate the power of CSS. Gone or those days, where CSS just applies decoration on top of HTML and beautifies the document. CSS3 and beyond, with the combined support of HTML5, advancements in the browser support has change CSS to a powerful UI tool.

It complements well with the JavaScript. When we combine it together, we can create wonders. The divide between thin-client and thick-client has vanished. The CSS is a very good beginner’s tool to start with simple image editor features.

When you work on image editing capabilities with CSS, you must consider browser compatibility. Some browsers will not render as you code. So, we have to be carefully choosing the properties.

I have used CSS keyframesrules to set the core properties.

In an older article, we have see several animation effects with CSS and Javascript.

In this article, you can find the example code of the below items with a demo.

• Rotation and spin
• Skew
• Scale
• Translation

A quick glance on CSS transform and image editing

CSS transform property can be used to do basic image editing. It supports functions like rotation, skew, scale and translate.

The key functions are rotate(), skew(), scale(), translate().

The transform functions have classification based on the axis of animation. For example rotateX(), rotateY() and more. This can be used for image animation.

We can apply the transform functions in a combination way for a single UI element’s selector. When we use many transform function, the animation effects happen in a right to left order.

Examples and demo on image editing

Scaling an image

The scaling is a transform function that allows us to scale up or down the element’s dimension. The scaling transform output varies based on the function used and its parameters.

The scale() function can have single or dual parameters. With a single parameter, it applies uniform scaling in both x, y-axis. When we supply separate values for the x, y-axis, then the scaling range will vary.

With three params the scale3d() function allows scaling in x,y,z axis.

We can also apply scaling with respect to single axis by using scaleX(), scaleY() or scaleZ().

The above demo has a slider to scale up and down an image.

Below code has the UI elements to apply scaling transform on an image element. It has a pallet with an image element and animation tools.

image-scale/index.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link href="../assets/css/phppot-style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<link href="./assets/css/style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<link href="../vendor/jquery/ui/jquery-ui.min.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<script src='../vendor/jquery/jquery-3.3.1.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

<script src='../vendor/jquery/ui/jquery-ui.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

</head> <body> <div class="phppot-container"> <div class="container"> <div class="image-demo-box"> <div id="slider"> <div id="scale-handle" class="ui-slider-handle"></div> </div> <img src='../sweet.jpg' id='image' /> </div> </div> </div> <script src='./assets/js/scale.js'></script>

</body>

</html>

This jQuery script initiates UI slider by setting the min max ranges. The slider handle will show the scaling factor.

On dragging the slider, the script applies scaling transform on the image element. The slider’s step property defines the scaling multiples.

On dragging the slider handle, the script will populate the scaling factor in the handle.

image-scale/assets/js/scale.js

$(document).ready(function() { var scaleX = 2; var handle = $("#scale-handle"); $("#slider").slider({ min : 1, max : 2.5, value: scaleX, step: 0.1, create : function() { handle.text(scaleX+"x"); scale(scaleX); }, slide : function(event, ui) { scaleX = ui.value; handle.text(scaleX + "x"); scale(scaleX); } });

}); function scale(scaleX) { $('#image').css('transform', 'scale(' + scaleX + ')');

}

Translating image element

Like other transform functionality, the translate() function performs 2D, 3D translation.

The translate() function with one or two params results in 2D translation. The two params are to move the image in the x, y-axis of a 2D plane. With single param, the translate() will happen in a horizontal direction.

The translateX() and translateY() are for implementing translation in a particular direction.

The translate3d() with x, y, z factors allows creating 3D animation.

In this demo, there are two sliders in horizontal and vertical directions. On dragging the handle of these sliders, it moves the image on the 2D plane shown above.

This HTML shows the template elements to set the image-translate demo.

image-translate/index.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link href="../assets/css/phppot-style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<link href="./assets/css/style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<link href="../vendor/jquery/ui/jquery-ui.min.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<script src='../vendor/jquery/jquery-3.3.1.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

<script src='../vendor/jquery/ui/jquery-ui.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

</head> <body> <div class="phppot-container"> <div class="container"> <div class="image-demo-box"> <div id="slider"> <div id="translate-x" class="ui-slider-handle"></div> </div> <div id="v-slider"> <div id="translate-y" class="ui-slider-handle"></div> </div> <img src='../sweet.jpg' id='image' /> </div> </div> </div> <script src='./assets/js/translate.js'></script>

</body>

</html>

This script sets the horizontal and vertical translation slider properties. The horizontal slider has the range between o -160. And, the vertical translation ranges between  0 to 50.

image-translate/assets/js/translate.js

$(document).ready(function() { var translateX; var handle = $("#translate-x"); $("#slider").slider({ range : "min", min : 0, max : 160, create : function() { handle.text($(this).slider("value") + " px"); }, slide : function(event, ui) { translateX = ui.value; handle.text(translateX + " px"); translate(translateX); } }); var translateY; var vhandle = $("#translate-y"); $("#v-slider").slider({ range : "min", min : 0, max : 50, orientation : "vertical", create : function() { vhandle.text($(this).slider("value") + " px"); }, slide : function(event, ui) { translateY = ui.value; vhandle.text(translateY + " px"); translatey(translateY); } }); }); function translate(translateX) { $('#image').css('transform', 'translateX(' + translateX + 'px)');

} function translatey(translateY) { $('#image').css('transform', 'translateY(' + translateY + 'px)');

}

Tools for rotating an image

Ah yes, we have reached the rotate tool. This is a core feature in any image editor. Rotation spins the image or other UI elements based on the angle specified.

With a negative degree, the animation will happen in counter-clockwise rotation.

Like scale and translate, rotate function also has classification based on the axis. Those are,

• rotate(angle)
• rotate3d(x, y, z, angle)
• rotateX(angle)
• rotateY(angle)
• rotateZ(angle)

The rotate3d() function needs the angle and the x, y, z co-ordinates of the rotation axis.

A spin will make the image rotate from 0 to 360 degrees. You can stop spinning or refresh the image orientation back to its original.

image-rorate/index.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link href="../assets/css/phppot-style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<link href="./assets/css/style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<link href="../vendor/jquery/ui/jquery-ui.min.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<script src='../vendor/jquery/jquery-3.3.1.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

<script src='../vendor/jquery/ui/jquery-ui.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

</head> <body> <div class="phppot-container"> <div class="container"> <input type='text' id='txtInputAngle' class="degree" value="10" /> <input type='button' id='btnRotate' value='Rotate' /> <input type='button' id='btnSpin' value='Spin' data-state='off' /> <input type='button' id='btnRefresh' value='Refresh' /> <div class="image-demo-box"> <div id="slider"> <div id="rotation-angle" class="ui-slider-handle"></div> </div> <img src='../sweet.jpg' id='image' /> </div> </div> </div> <script src='./assets/js/rotate.js'></script>

</body>

</html> 

I have used CSS keyframes to allow continuous spinning. Below CSS shows the styles used for the image rotation demo.

image-rorate/assets/css/style.css

.image-demo-box { border: #CCC 1px solid; text-align: center; margin: 15px 0px; } input[type=button] { width: 65px; margin-right: 8px; outline: none; background: #f6f5f6;

} input.degree

{ width: 50px;

} #image { margin: 50px auto; border: #f6f5f6 10px solid; width: 200px;

}

.rotate { animation: rotation 8s infinite linear;

} div#slider { border-bottom: 1px solid #c5c5c5;

} #slider .ui-slider-range { background: #c5c5c5; } #rotation-angle { width: 50px; padding: 3px 5px 1px 5px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; border-radius: 2px; outline: none; } .ui-slider-handle.ui-corner-all.ui-state-default { border: 1px solid #c5c5c5; background: #f6f6f6; font-weight: normal; color: #454545;

} @keyframes rotation { from { transform: rotate(0deg); } to { transform: rotate(359deg); }

}

When you click the rotation tool, a jQuery script rotates the image based on the specified angle.

It changes the images’ transform property using jQuery $.css() function.

The rotation slider ranges from 0 to 360 degrees. I have added the rotation script below. It shows how to turn on a jQuery UI slider to rotate an image element.

image-rorate/assets/js/rotate.js

$(document).ready(function() { var rotationAngle; var handle = $("#rotation-angle"); $("#slider").slider({ range : "min", min : 0, max : 360, create : function() { handle.text($(this).slider("value") + " deg"); }, slide : function(event, ui) { $('#image').removeClass('rotate'); rotationAngle = ui.value; handle.text(rotationAngle + " deg"); rotate(rotationAngle); } }); $('#btnSpin').on('click', function() { if ($(this).data('state') == 'off') { spin($(this)); } else { stopSpin($(this)); } }); $('#btnRotate').on('click', function() { $('#image').removeClass('rotate'); rotationAngle = $('#txtInputAngle').val(); rotate(rotationAngle); }); $('#btnRefresh').on('click', function() { $('#image').removeClass('rotate'); rotate(0); });

}); function spin(buttonElement) { $('#image').addClass('rotate'); $("#image").css("animation-play-state", "running"); $(buttonElement).data('state', 'on'); $(buttonElement).val('Stop');

} function stopSpin(buttonElement) { $("#image").css("animation-play-state", "paused"); $(buttonElement).data('state', 'off'); $(buttonElement).val('Spin');

} function rotate(rotationAngle) { if ($('#btnSpin').data('state') == 'on') { stopSpin($('#btnSpin')); } $('#image').css('transform', 'rotate(' + rotationAngle + 'deg)');

}

Apply skew transform

By changing each point of the element in a fixed direction will skew the element. This change will tilt or skews the elements layout based on the specified angle.

The skew transform functions skewX(), skewY(), skewZ() tilting element boxes along with the X, Y, Z axis.

image-skew/index.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link href="../assets/css/phppot-style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<link href="./assets/css/style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<link href="../vendor/jquery/ui/jquery-ui.min.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

<script src='../vendor/jquery/jquery-3.3.1.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

<script src='../vendor/jquery/ui/jquery-ui.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

</head> <body> <div class="phppot-container"> <div class="container"> <div class="image-demo-box"> <div id="slider"> <div id="skew-angle" class="ui-slider-handle"></div> </div> <img src='../sweet.jpg' id='image' /> </div> </div> </div> <script src='./assets/js/skew.js'></script>

</body>

</html>

image-skew/assets/js/skew.js

$(document).ready(function() { var skewAngle; var handle = $("#skew-angle"); $("#slider").slider({ range : "min", min : 0, max : 40, create : function() { handle.text($(this).slider("value") + " deg"); }, slide : function(event, ui) { skewAngle = ui.value; handle.text(skewAngle + " deg"); skew(skewAngle); } }); });

function skew(skewAngle) { $('#image').css('transform', 'skew(' + skewAngle + 'deg)'); }

Conditions and exceptions on applying transform property

The CSS transform property will not work with some UI elements.

For example, table column element <col>, table column group element <col-group>, and more. Those are non-transformable elements.

What are transformable elements?

Most of the UI elements enclosed with the CSS box model are transformable. The following image shows the HTML element layout enclosed by a CSS box model.

Also, renderable graphical elements, clipPath elements are also known as a transformable element.

Importance of respecting system preferences

The system preferences will affect the motion of elements. If your system preferences is set to reduce animation is on, it will omit the animation effect of the above demo.

To respect this settings we have to add a CSS media rule to set the
prefers-reduced-motion. The possible values are no-preferences and reduce.

This media rule with reduce option provides a CSS block to suppress animation.

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .rotate { transform: none; }

}

In the above examples, I have used the media rule to respect the user’s system preferences. You can test this with the demo by enabling the reduced-motion.

Conclusion

We have seen the CSS transform based image editing. This is just a beginning only. This can serve as a bootstrap for building a full fledged image editor.

With CSS transform, we have added JavaScript and enriched the tool. We have also added various motion effects.

I have added most of the template files and the jQuery scripts above. But you can find the complete bundle with the downloadable source code here below.

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Have you ever wondered what Dark Motes taste like? How about
Vanilla Blades? What might a meal inspired by Izanagi’s Burden be like? Or cookies
based on Gjallarhorn? Would they be sweet? Bitter? Perhaps even… exotic?

The recent release of the Destiny: The Official Cookbook is
Bungie’s attempt at answering these kinds of pressing questions. Whether you’re
a budding gourmet or someone whose idea of a meal is putting in an order with
your delivery service of choice, there’s something here for every level of culinary
skill. The book, which was released this week and is available on the Bungie
Store now, features dozens of recipes inspired by the worlds, characters and,
yes, sometimes, even the weapons of Destiny 2. From Radiolarian Pudding to
Infinite Forest Cake; Traveler Donut Holes to spicy ramen (naturally!), there’s
lots of culinary treats to prepare and enjoy, and no shortage of goodies for
Destiny lore connoisseurs along the way.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to hear
that Victoria is a Destiny 2 player herself (a Warlock main, for the record).
And, in addition to collecting and providing the recipes, and writing all the
character entries, Victoria also took all of the photographs that
grace the cookbook’s pages. An avid photographer, she said this project pushed
her skills in new directions, whether it was setting up attractive shots
of large meals (a tricky proposition when compared to more traditional
Instagram-like shots of single servings), to making sure the photos themselves
felt like they were pulled from the world of Destiny 2.

The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry!

Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.

Location: Los Angeles, California

Yacht Club Games is working on a new 3D project and is building out our 3D team (and custom engine) to complement our existing 2D team. We are on the lookout to hire a capable mid to senior level gameplay programmer with a desire to build great gameplay experiences in a small, team-centered environment!

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with designers, artists, musicians, programmers to implement and improve upon game designs with efficacy and efficiency
• Write and extend tools and gameplay systems
• Optimize runtime performance and team productivity

Qualifications

• Deep interest in playing and making games
• Self-motivated and curious with a willingness to continue learning
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of game design
• Proficient in C and C++ programming languages for creating 2D and 3D games
• Strong 3D math skills (linear algebra, vector math)
• Applied problem solving abilities – in particular related to game design and developing gameplay systems
• Good oral and written communication skills; ability to work and contribute in a collaborative environment

Bonus

• Experience with multi-threading
• Experience with low level debugging and optimization
• Experience writing multi-platform code
• Experience with GPU programming (graphics shaders, compute)
• Experience with network programming
• Experience with UI programming
• Experience with build systems
• Experience playing products from Yacht Club Games

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• Working in a collaborative environment where you are a core part of the team and are welcome to contribute to any aspect of the company that interests you!
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The team at Yacht Club Games is committed to diversity and inclusion and we wholeheartedly encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds and voices to apply for this position!

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REDMOND, Wash. — July 22, 2020 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:

• Revenue was $38.0 billion and increased 13%
• Operating income was $13.4 billion and increased 8%
• Net income was $11.2 billion and decreased 15% GAAP (up 5% non-GAAP)
• Diluted earnings per share was $1.46 and decreased 15% GAAP (up 7% non-GAAP)

“The last five months have made it clear that tech intensity is the key to business resilience. Organizations that build their own digital capability will recover faster and emerge from this crisis stronger,” said Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft. “We are the only company with an integrated, modern technology stack – powered by cloud and AI and underpinned by security and compliance –  to help every organization transform and reimagine how they meet customer needs.”

“Our commercial cloud surpassed $50 billion in annual revenue for the first time this year. And this quarter our Commercial bookings were better than expected, growing 12% year-over-year,” said Amy Hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Microsoft. “As we drive growth across the company, we remain committed to investing in long-term strategic opportunities.”

The following table reconciles our financial results reported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to non-GAAP financial results. Additional information regarding our non-GAAP definition is provided below. All growth comparisons relate to the corresponding period in the last fiscal year.

GAAP results include a $450 million charge for the closure of the Microsoft Store physical locations in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020. GAAP results also include a net income tax benefit of $2.6 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, which is excluded from our non-GAAP results and explained in the non-GAAP definition section below.

COVID-19 Impact

In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020, similar business trends to the previous quarter continued.

In the Productivity and Business Processes and Intelligent Cloud segments, cloud usage and demand increased as customers continued to work and learn from home. Transactional license purchasing continued to slow, particularly in small and medium businesses, and LinkedIn was negatively impacted by the weak job market and reductions in advertising spend.

In the More Personal Computing segment, Windows OEM, Surface, and Gaming benefited from increased demand to support work-, play-, and learn-from-home scenarios, while Search was negatively impacted by reductions in advertising spend.

 Business Highlights

Revenue in Productivity and Business Processes was $11.8 billion and increased 6% (up 8% in constant currency), with the following business highlights:

• Office Commercial products and cloud services revenue increased 5% (up 7% in constant currency) driven by Office 365 Commercial revenue growth of 19% (up 22% in constant currency)
• Office Consumer products and cloud services revenue increased 6% (up 7% in constant currency) and Office 365 Consumer subscribers increased to 42.7 million
• LinkedIn revenue increased 10% (up 11% in constant currency)
• Dynamics products and cloud services revenue increased 13% (up 15% in constant currency) driven by Dynamics 365 revenue growth of 38% (up 40% in constant currency)

Revenue in Intelligent Cloud was $13.4 billion and increased 17% (up 19% in constant currency), with the following business highlights:

• Server products and cloud services revenue increased 19% (up 21% in constant currency) driven by Azure revenue growth of 47% (up 50% in constant currency)
• Enterprise Services revenue was relatively unchanged (up 2% in constant currency)

Revenue in More Personal Computing was $12.9 billion and increased 14% (up 16% in constant currency), with the following business highlights:

• Windows OEM revenue increased 7%
• Windows Commercial products and cloud services revenue increased 9% (up 11% in constant currency)
• Xbox content and services revenue increased 65% (up 68% in constant currency)
• Surface revenue increased 28% (up 30% in constant currency)
• Search advertising revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs decreased 18% (down 17% in constant currency)

Operating expenses were $12.3 billion and increased 13%, including the $450 million charge for the closure of the Microsoft Store physical locations.

Microsoft returned $8.9 billion to shareholders in the form of share repurchases and dividends in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020, an increase of 16% compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019.

Fiscal Year 2020 Results

Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:

• Revenue was $143.0 billion and increased 14%
• Operating income was $53.0 billion and increased 23%
• Net income was $44.3 billion and increased 13% GAAP and 20% non-GAAP
• Diluted earnings per share was $5.76 and increased 14% GAAP and 21% non-GAAP

The following table reconciles our financial results reported in accordance with GAAP to non-GAAP financial results. Additional information regarding our non-GAAP definition is provided below. All growth comparisons relate to the corresponding period in the last fiscal year.

GAAP results include a net income tax benefit of $2.6 billion and a net income tax charge of $157 million for the twelve months ended June 30, 2019. These net tax impacts are excluded from our non-GAAP results and explained in the Non-GAAP Definition section below.

Business Outlook

Microsoft will provide forward-looking guidance in connection with this quarterly earnings announcement on its earnings conference call and webcast.

Responding to COVID-19

At Microsoft, our focus remains on ensuring the safety of our employees, striving to protect the health and well-being of the communities in which we operate, and providing technology and resources to our customers and partners to help them do their best work while remote. Additional information about Microsoft’s COVID-19 response can be found here.

Quarterly Highlights, Product Releases, and Enhancements 

Every quarter Microsoft delivers hundreds of products, either as new releases, services, or enhancements to current products and services. These releases are a result of significant research and development investments, made over multiple years, designed to help customers be more productive and secure and to deliver differentiated value across the cloud and the edge.

Here are the major product releases and other highlights for the quarter, organized by product categories, to help illustrate how we are accelerating innovation across our businesses while expanding our market opportunities.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

To better execute on Microsoft’s mission, we focus our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts where we can have the most positive impact. To learn more about our latest initiatives and priorities, please visit our investor relations ESG website.

Webcast Details

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer, Amy Hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Frank Brod, chief accounting officer, Keith Dolliver, deputy general counsel, and Michael Spencer, general manager of investor relations, will host a conference call and webcast at 2:30 p.m. Pacific time (5:30 p.m. Eastern time) today to discuss details of the company’s performance for the quarter and certain forward-looking information. The session may be accessed at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor. The webcast will be available for replay through the close of business on July 22, 2021.

Non-GAAP Definition

Transfer of Intangible Properties. In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, in response to the TCJA and recently issued regulations, Microsoft transferred certain intangible properties held by its foreign subsidiaries to the United States and Ireland. The transfers of intangible properties resulted in a net $2.6 billion tax benefit recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, as the value of future tax deductions exceeded the current tax liability from foreign jurisdictions and United States Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) tax.

The TCJA Impact. Microsoft recorded a net charge of $157 million during the twelve months ended June 30, 2019 related to the TCJA.

Microsoft has provided non-GAAP financial measures related to the transfer of intangible properties and the TCJA to aid investors in better understanding our performance. Microsoft believes these non-GAAP measures assist investors by providing additional insight into its operational performance and help clarify trends affecting its business. For comparability of reporting, management considers non-GAAP measures in conjunction with GAAP financial results in evaluating business performance. The non-GAAP financial measures presented in this release should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Constant Currency

Microsoft presents constant currency information to provide a framework for assessing how our underlying businesses performed excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. To present this information, current and comparative prior period results for entities reporting in currencies other than United States dollars are converted into United States dollars using the average exchange rates from the comparative period rather than the actual exchange rates in effect during the respective periods. All growth comparisons relate to the corresponding period in the last fiscal year. Microsoft has provided this non-GAAP financial information to aid investors in better understanding our performance. The non-GAAP financial measures presented in this release should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 Financial Performance Constant Currency Reconciliation

 Segment Revenue Constant Currency Reconciliation

 Selected Product and Service Revenue Constant Currency Reconciliation           

About Microsoft

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this release that are “forward-looking statements” are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially because of factors such as:

• intense competition in all of our markets that may lead to lower revenue or operating margins;
• increasing focus on cloud-based services presenting execution and competitive risks;
• significant investments in products and services that may not achieve expected returns;
• acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances that may have an adverse effect on our business;
• impairment of goodwill or amortizable intangible assets causing a significant charge to earnings;
• cyberattacks and security vulnerabilities that could lead to reduced revenue, increased costs, liability claims, or harm to our reputation or competitive position;
• disclosure and misuse of personal data that could cause liability and harm to our reputation;
• the possibility that we may not be able to protect information stored in our products and services from use by others;
• abuse of our advertising or social platforms that may harm our reputation or user engagement;
• the development of the internet of things presenting security, privacy, and execution risks;
• issues about the use of artificial intelligence in our offerings that may result in competitive harm, legal liability, or reputational harm;
• excessive outages, data losses, and disruptions of our online services if we fail to maintain an adequate operations infrastructure;
• quality or supply problems;
• the possibility that we may fail to protect our source code;
• legal changes, our evolving business model, piracy, and other factors may decrease the value of our intellectual property;
• claims that Microsoft has infringed the intellectual property rights of others;
• claims against us that may result in adverse outcomes in legal disputes;
• government litigation and regulatory activity relating to competition rules that may limit how we design and market our products;
• potential liability under trade protection, anti-corruption, and other laws resulting from our global operations;
• laws and regulations relating to the handling of personal data that may impede the adoption of our services or result in increased costs, legal claims, fines, or reputational damage;
• additional tax liabilities;
• damage to our reputation or our brands that may harm our business and operating results;
• exposure to increased economic and operational uncertainties from operating a global business, including the effects of foreign currency exchange;
• uncertainties relating to our business with government customers;
• adverse economic or market conditions that may harm our business;
• catastrophic events or geo-political conditions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, that may disrupt our business; and
• the dependence of our business on our ability to attract and retain talented employees.

For more information about risks and uncertainties associated with Microsoft’s business, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of Microsoft’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained by contacting Microsoft’s Investor Relations department at (800) 285-7772 or at Microsoft’s Investor Relations website at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor.

All information in this release is as of June 30, 2020. The company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the company’s expectations.

For more information, press only:

Microsoft Media Relations, WE Communications for Microsoft, (425) 638-7777, rrt@we-worldwide.com

For more information, financial analysts and investors only:

Michael Spencer, General Manager, Investor Relations, (425) 706-4400

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