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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 15, 2012
We're here with another From the Forums, where we pick out the top discussions from the Windows Phone Central forum that demand your attention. If you've been absent over the course of the...
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by Paul Acevedo
Oct 11, 2012
Way back in February, Microsoft announced a handful of Xbox Windows Phone games. Only two of those games have yet to be released: Pinball FX2 and Carcassonne. The Windows Phone version of Pinball...
Review
by Paul Acevedo
Oct 10, 2012
Electronic Arts’ UK-based Chillingo label has been a terrific supporter of the Windows Phone platform. They’re primarily known for their puzzle games – including Cut the Rope,...
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by Paul Acevedo
Oct 09, 2012
We’ve had lots to say about Rocket Riot lately. A few weeks ago it received an update that added Avatar Awards and asynchronous multiplayer, and not long after that we published our exclusive...
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by Paul Acevedo
Oct 09, 2012
Last week’s Xbox release, Extraction: Project Outbreak (review coming tomorrow!) was a surprising strategy title mixed with elements of action. This week, we get another strategy title, but...
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by Paul Acevedo
Oct 08, 2012
Extraction: Project Outbreak differs from what we’ve come to expect from Chillingo games on Windows Phone. Besides a complete lack of cuteness, it’s also pretty tough! At first players...
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by Paul Acevedo
Oct 06, 2012
Very seldom does an Xbox for Windows Phone game get cancelled after its announcement. In fact, Microsoft hardly even announces new mobile games in advance any more, making practically every game...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 05, 2012
A new update for the Xbox Extras app for Windows Phone is being seeded out to the Store. What makes this interesting is the continued purge of “LIVE” from the Xbox brand on the mobile...
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by Paul Acevedo
Oct 05, 2012
Xbox Live Arcade is heating up to a boiling point lately, with top-shelf titles coming out pretty much every week (sometimes more than once a week). We’ve just posted impressions of SEGA...
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by Paul Acevedo
Oct 03, 2012
As I’ve said on a few occasions, getting a platformer to work just right on mobile phones can be very challenging for developers. Whether they opt for touch screen controls, tilt, or even a...
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by Paul Acevedo
Oct 02, 2012
This week’s Xbox Windows Phone release is a title we didn’t know was coming, but it comes from fan favorite publisher Chillingo and sells for a low price, so let’s call it a good...
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by Paul Acevedo
Oct 02, 2012
A short while ago, Microsoft announced 40 Xbox games that will release within the Windows 8 launch window. A few are titles that have never been released within Microsoft’s Xbox ecosystem, but...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 28, 2012
In case you missed it, Electronic Arts’ Tetris recently dropped to $2.99 (AKA the maximum price it ever should’ve cost). That’s all well and good, but how about a price drop on...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 25, 2012
Gooooooooaaaaaal!
As promised, Gameloft’s long-in-development soccer simulator, Real Soccer (also known as Real Football in Europe) has made it to the Windows Phone Store. It took some digging...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 25, 2012
It’s Gameloft week on Windows Phone, folks. Not only do we get a long, long, long-awaited new Xbox release from the big G (Real Soccer), but another one of their titles is going on sale as...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 25, 2012
The July release of Gameloft’s Asphalt 5 surprised us in more ways than one. First, a non-Mango Xbox Live game in mid-2012 is entirely unheard of. Second, before hearing otherwise from...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 24, 2012
Rocket Riot was among the first Xbox Live games released on Windows Phone, way back at the end of 2010. Despite the game’s age, developer Code Glue continues to pump out updates for it, with a...
Review
by Paul Acevedo
Sep 20, 2012
The Xbox on Windows Phone lineup, on the whole is far too casual for some gamers’ tastes. Xbox Live features have attracted a sizable minority of Xbox 360 fans to Microsoft’s mobile...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 18, 2012
Update: Game is now available. See link below.
If you’re like me, you’re still plugging away on last week’s Xbox Windows Phone release, the awesome Crimson Dragon Side Story. But...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 18, 2012
At Windows Phone Central we usually get the Xbox Live release information a bit early, but this week we’re pleased to announce the Xbox Live Deal of the Week ahead of schedule as well....
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 14, 2012
Let's get ready to...wait, wrong sport
When you’re done pounding down your scotch, you may want to watch some brawny guys beat the heck out of each other—if so the official UFC...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 12, 2012
Last week’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week marked the return of the popular sales program, but it failed to impress due to the subterranean quality of the game on sale, Fusion: Sentient. Still,...
Review
by Paul Acevedo
Sep 12, 2012
Last year, Namco Bandai released a Windows Phone-exclusive port of XBLA/PSN hit Pac-Man Championship Edition DX. I was concerned about the amount of content that was needlessly cut from the port and...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 11, 2012
Last week, Microsoft suddenly announced that we’d be getting Crimson Dragon Side Story on Windows Phone. We were pumped to see a Crimson Dragon/Panzer Dragoon game coming to the platform (see...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 11, 2012
This Shoot1UP skin can be yours
Remember that picture of an LG Quantum wearing a Shoot 1UP skin that we included in our interview with Shoot 1UP developer Mommy’s Best Games over the weekend?...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 08, 2012
We’re back with another installment of our in-depth Xbox Live Developer Interview series. This time we probe the mind of Nathan Fouts, President of Mommy’s Best Games. MBG’s first...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 08, 2012
The most challenging Xbox Live Achievements in the Windows Phone version of Galaga Legions DX involve reaching high score milestones on Area 1, Area 2, Area 3, and Championship. These goals are no...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 06, 2012
Xbox Live isn’t exactly overflowing with shoot-em-ups. After the pretty but generic and sadly unsupported by its developer OMG: Our Manic Game came along, it took over a year for the...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 05, 2012
Sometimes Xbox Live games get announced well in advance, and other times they just pop up out of nowhere. I could complain about the reticence of the mobile marketing team, but then we’d be...
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by Paul Acevedo
Sep 05, 2012
Last Wednesday the price of Sally’s Salon Luxury Edition dropped, sparking speculation that the Xbox Live Deal of the Week might have restarted. As it turns out, the Deal of the Week did not...
