Articles by Paul Acevedo

D.R. Albright III of Signal Studios
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 30, 2012

Windows Phone Central visits with Signal Studios

One of the more enjoyable Xbox 360 games we played at E3 this year was Ascend: New Gods from Signal Studios. We played through an early part of the XBLA game and discussed the...

Paul Acevedo and Ben Ahroni
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 30, 2012

Paul Acevedo (left) and Ben Ahroni

I made no secret of my love for recent XBLA release Zuma’s Revenge in my review – after all, it’s a PopCap game. Those guys practically always knock it out of the park. As it happens, Casual...

Lindsay Duffy and Camay Wells of Game House
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 29, 2012

Lindsay Duffy (left) and Camay Wells

Windows Phone Central exclusively announced Sally’s Spa for Windows Phone a few months ago, and now we’re back with the first footage of the game running on our platform of choice.

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Jake Kazdal and Paul Acevedo
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 28, 2012

Jake Kazdal (left) and Paul Acevedo

At E3 this year we interviewed Ben Vance and Borut Pfeifer, two members of 17-BIT about their upcoming Xbox Live game Skulls of the Shogun. Yet we still had much to learn about the unique...

Eros Resmini of GREE
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 28, 2012

Japanese social gaming giant GREE International made a big splash at E3 this year. Nobody expected a massive booth dedicated to mobile gaming at the console centric show, but GREE’s booth outshined many a console publisher’s. And that’s to say nothing of their party at...

Giant Phones
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 26, 2012

We're in Washington this week for Casual Connect Seattle, one of the country's largest game developer-centric conferences. As you might know, Redmond is only a stone's throw away from Seattle. As such, we threw our own stones over to Microsoft headquarters (also known...

Battleship iOS
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 25, 2012

When Windows Phone launched way back in 2010, Electronic Arts released a competent version of board-game classic Monopoly as an Xbox Live title. Board games are naturally better when played with friends though, and that port of Monopoly sadly lacks...

Spider Jack for Windows Phone
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 23, 2012

While some mobile Xbox Live games never get the updates they deserve (ahem, MiniSquadron!), other developers do a much better job of supporting their games post release. Why, over the weekend Russian developers MaxNick published their third update to Spider...

Mush Happy Wallpaper
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 20, 2012

Mush is probably the most charming platformer in the mobile Xbox Live lineup – and it’s an exclusive to boot. Developer Angry Mango has kindly provided Windows Phone Central with some exclusive goodies to share with you.

First off, Mush is a...

WP Central
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 20, 2012

Games often receive title updates when they have major glitches or bugs that need squashing. But sometimes updates just make little tweaks for other reasons. Such is the case with this week’s Dodonpachi Maximum update.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 18, 2012

The Summer of Arcade officially kicks off today, and we’ve got a big batch of Xbox Live Arcade news to share with you.

First off, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is now available for 1200 Microsoft Points. The HD version takes seven classic stages compiled...

MiniSquadron Crashes
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 18, 2012

This week we got a surprise double release on Xbox Live, with not only Contract Killer but also Lode Runner Classic launching simultaneously. Still, the overall number o Xbox Live games only increased by one. Why? MiniSquadron from Supermono...

Splinter Cell: Conviction
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 18, 2012

It took a bit longer than usual, but we have a new Xbox Live Deal of the Week at last. And I do mean new – Splinter Cell: Conviction is on sale for the first time. It’s just $2.99 this week, down from $4.99.

This version of Splinter Cell tells...

Contract Killer
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 18, 2012

Ready to shoot some thugs, Windows Phone gamers? As we promised yesterday, Contract Killer from Glu Mobile is now on the Marketplace.

Contract Killer allows players to take on the ruthless world of corporate business, making deals with...

Dave Lang
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 14, 2012

It’s time for another installment of Windows Phone Central’s Xbox Live Developer Interview series! We jumped at the opportunity to speak with Chicago-based Iron Galaxy Studios, developers of the upcoming Ms. Splosion Man for Windows Phone (based on Twisted...

Zuma’s Revenge
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by Paul Acevedo
Jul 12, 2012

PopCap Games may be best known for their sublime Plants vs. Zombies (on sale for $2.99 this week!), but they actually produce a number of stellar franchises like Peggle and Zuma. We interviewed PopCap about those two series coming to Windows...

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