Category Archives: Windows Phone 7

Microsoft has laid bare its plans for a single log-in with enhanced security across its suite of Xbox and Windows services, as well as other apps owned by the company.

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Industry veteran Tom Frisina has poured $40 million into a new publishing initiative called Tilting Point. The company aims to publish the best mobile developers, with the whopping initial investment intended to last just three years; it will provide development funds, marketing and consultancy with industry partners like EEDAR. Frisina has some serious chops, having founded EA Partners and served as chairman of thatgamecompany, so this massive bet on mobile is worth thinking about; he’s also brought former EA and Zynga staff on board, as well as some savvy investors. More deals are in the works, but Tilting Point has already signed Signal Mobile, Housemarque, and 1337 Game Design & Senri.

Thanks, GamesIndustry.

Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City developer Slant Six has released a new game – a science fiction strategy effort called Galactic Reign. The Windows 8, RT and Windows Phone app has players colonising planets, designing ships, building fleets and battling in space in both single-player and head-to-head modes. Combat is turn-based and plays out in cinematic sequences rendered on Microsoft’s cloud servers. You can try the game for free with just one species or pick up the full thing for $5, both from the Windows store.

You can’t yet have Crimson Dragon, nor even its demo, but you can have this mobile spin off.

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Microsoft is rumoured to be entering the smartphone race against Apple and other manufacturers, according to the claims of recent sources.

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The Xbox 360 finalists for Microsoft’s 2012 Dream.Build.Play challenge have been announced.

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17-BIT has said it’s “shooting for a day one release,” with Windows 8 for Skulls of Shogun. Microsoft announced yesterday Windows 8 would release on October 26.

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Square Enix’s 1987 classic Final Fantasy famously saved the fledgling developer from bankruptcy, and now you can help line the international publisher’s coffers by buying it again. The madly vintage RPG is available for $6.99 on Windows Phone 7 with multi-language support. Amazing.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Skulls of Shogun developer 17-BIT has announced that the quirky turn-based strategy title will be launching simultaneously on Xbox Live Arcade, Windows 8, and Windows Phone.

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Phil Spencer, corporate VP of Microsoft Studios, has said SmartGlass support will be included in all the firm’s first-party titles once the new app is released in the fall.

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Microsoft has acquired Danish mobile studio Press Play.

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Microsoft marketing boss Yusuf Mehdi has said Xbox Live is leaving hardware behind to become a major force in Microsoft’s broader strategy.

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Marc Whitten, the head of Xbox Live, took to the stange to announce Xbox Smart Glass which connects your tablets, phones, and console together. It was rumored earlier this week. A demo showing how you can send a movie from your tablet to your Xbox and pick up where you left off on your 360 was shown.

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Microsoft plans to release an app called Smart Glass next week, which is a companion application that will “act much like AirPlay for the Xbox 360,” according to a report on Engadget. Users will be able to play video and other media on their phones and tablets while “pushing” it onto their Xbox 360 console for later playback. It will be made available on tablets and mobiles running Windows, Windows Phone, Android and iOS, and will likely be revealed at E3 on Monday.

Rovio announced in its latest financial report that its Angry Birds franchise has been downloaded 1 billion times.

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Nathan Grayson pulls no punches in his attack on the core gaming press, issuing a rallying cry to promote and support one of the most important sectors of our rapidly transitioning industry.

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After all that is-it-or-isn’t-it over whether Angry Birds Space would reach Windows Phone, Rovio has apparently confirmed the new port is not far off.

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The Xbox Live Indie Games Companion app is now available for Windows Phone users. The app allows the user to browse through Xbox Live Indie Games and it’s free. A video for it is below.

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Cave’s confirmed it’ll release a new Dodonpachi game, called Dodonpachi Maximum, on Windows Phone 7 tomorrow (March 7). The game will feature enemies and ships from save Dodonpachi games Blissful Death and Resurrection. You can buy it for $5.

There’s a video of it below, via Joystiq.

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A mobile version of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction has released on Windows Phone 7, according to AnythingButiPhone. It features gameplay mechanics from its console and PC brother, such as “mark and execute”. An iOS version was released in 2010. Conviction original hit 360 and PC in June 2010.