PlayXBLA released a list of 13 upcoming titles for the Windows 8 platform as well as 15 others to be expected in the future. Most of the games are expected to be released October 26, as others will be released throughout the holiday season and beyond. The upcoming titles include Gunstringer, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, Pinball FX 2, Toy Soldiers and Wordament.
You get the chance to do dirty deeds for dirt cheap. The anticipated game Contract Killer releases on the Windows market place today.
Contract Killer pulls you into the life of an assassin who takes bounties or contracts for cash, experience and a good time. You can play 17 story missions, unlimited random missions and against friends on Xbox Live.
You can grab the game here or by scanning the tag below, however it appears to not be working on some phones as of the moment.
Max & the Magic Marker was developed by Press Play (now owned by Microsoft) and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is currently available on Windows Phone for $.99 USD . It is an XBOX LIVE game and is available in the Marketplace (here).
Max & the Magic Marker is a creative offering from Press Play, that is part platformer and part physics based puzzle game. It was a launch title for Windows Phone, first being offered for the price of $6.99. It’s been almost two years since then, and the Windows Phone marketplace has grown significantly. Does Max & the Magic Marker stand the test of time? If you are new to Windows Phone, is this game a worthy purchase?
The story behind Max & the Magic Marker is simple, and is viewed by the player in a short animatic. Max is a regular kid who likes to draw. He gets a mysterious package in the mail, and opens it to find an orange marker. So he does what any kid would do with a marker: he draws with it.
A few days ago we published an article introducing you to XBOX SmartGlass.
If you’re interested in finding out more about this emerging technology, be sure to watch Plan8’s video of a live demonstration of SmartGlass by Lisa Brumfield, a Marketing Manager at Microsoft.
The video shows SmartGlass being used with Ascend:New Gods, a game by Signal Studios, that is expected to launch on XBLA and Windows Phone in 2013. In it, we see that a Windows Phone, or other supported device, can provide support information while playing the game. The examples presented showed the player’s position on a map to aid in navigation. It also gave information describing a boss character that the player was about to face. Developers who adopt SmartGlass early will be able to differentiate themselves from the competition with useful functionality. This will help those games stand out from the crowd. Read the rest of this entry »
When the Nokia Lumia 610 and the ZTE Ortbit announced they would have lower specifications the intention was to introduce a lower entry level handset for the budget-minded. While all built-in functionality is maintained, one consequence of the lower specs -specifically the 256MB RAM – is that some apps will not work. According to a survey conducted by AAWP this lower memory capability means that only 1.6% off all apps are effected by the memory limitation. However, when looking at Xbox Live games the number jumps up to 25%. They did note that the majority of these incomparable games are older with only 0.8% of newer games fall into this category.
Remember when we told you about Skulls of the Shogun? 17-BIT has now released a new E3 trailer, that showcases some of the game’s whimsical story elements and characters.
Soon you're knee deep in 数独.
Blugri, the developer of the app Sudoku, has come out with a new press release, announcing some slightly interesting things:
First off, Sudoku has been updated with the new “Kanji mode”, which allows players to play sudoku with kanji instead of the usual Arabic numbers. For those unaware, kanji is that intimidatingly complex looking Japanese writing script, originating from Chinese characters. One of the major hurdles in learning Japanese is getting to know all the common kanji—a task that might get a tiny bit easier with this new Sudoku update! You’ll learn numbers 1-9 in no time!
In another news, Blugri’s Boxes is among the finalists to win the App of the Year 2012 award, by MobileRevolution.be. Boxes is basically one of those Tetris-variation games, which isn’t really inherently a bad thing. Some features, like accelerometer control, sound quite nice. There’s just something about human psyche that really enjoys organizing falling blocks.
Check out the full press release and Sudoku introduction video after the jump.
Get ready to maze it up and blast some creeps! geoDefense Swarm has now arrived on the Marketplace, bringing with it countless tragedies of addiction and neglect of daily duties. That’s just the price we have to pay when it comes to tower defense-games. If you have high tolerance for flashing colors and hectic gameplay, this game is for you.
“geoDefense Swarm takes all the dizzying vectorized visuals, vexing challenges and highly kinetic addictive gameplay from the original and changes the equation – instead of defeating creeps along a pre-defined path, geoDefense Swarm challenges you to use your creativity, building mazes for creeps to navigate across obstacle-laden open levels.”
- Classic ‘Open Field Tower Defense Gameplay
- 30 Levels, Each With its Own Unique Challenges
- One ‘Endless’ Level in Each Difficulty Group – the Creeps Keep Comin’!
- geoDefense Swarm is OpenFeint Enabled – Featuring Online Leaderboards
- New Tower, new creep, new Challenges!
geoDefense Swarm is available now, for $2.99.
Source: Marketplace (via WMPU)
New games, including Battleship and Mirror’s Edge, are likely headed to the windows phone soon. Many of these games have not been formally announced, but the respective achievements were discovered through Xbox360Achievements.
Are you excited for any of these titles? Tell us about it below.
Source: Xbox360Achievements via windowsphonedaily
