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by Seth Brodeur
Feb 29, 2012
PlayPhone Social Gaming Network announced at Mobile World Congress yesterday that they now support Windows Phone. And in doing so, it appears to have become the first social gaming service to...
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by Rich Edmonds
Feb 20, 2012
Unity Technologies, the company behind the Unity gaming engine, previously announced they would be 'skipping' Windows Phone 7.x due to a closed environment being present, much like Epic...
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by Rich Edmonds
Feb 14, 2012
David Bandey, the brains behind the ZX Spectrum ringtones and owner of the Retro Video Game (RVG) music blog, has released a number of wallpapers that fit perfectly on your Windows Phone. Titles...
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by Rich Edmonds
Feb 08, 2012
Yet another step in the right direction has been carried out for multiplayer gaming on Windows Phone. Already available on other platforms, Exit Games have released a free Windows Phone SDK that...
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by Seth Brodeur
Nov 28, 2011
NinjasFate is a site that has gained some popularity amongst gamers for its aggregation of info on XBox games that offer Avatar Awards. Now they have created a mobile site for WP7 users to...
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by Seth Brodeur
Nov 16, 2011
Unity Technologies, maker of the ubiquitous gaming engine of the same name, will be "skipping" Windows Phone 7, according to their CEO, David Helgason. He explained that the decision was made...
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by Rich Edmonds
Nov 04, 2011
Gamex, a video game event being held in Sweden, is running from November 3rd to the 6th this week where Microsoft and Nokia will be present with Windows Phones. This should come as no surprise...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 14, 2011
Here's a cool little site you'll want to bookmark: www.playxbla.com
The new site is described as "the official voice for Microsoft Studios’ Xbox LIVE Arcade and Windows Phone games" and looks to...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 03, 2011
Right, so this is just friggin' awesome (in the words of our oversea brothers). An MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) called Wowo World has sprung up that is developed with...
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by Rich Edmonds
Aug 23, 2011
Fan of the jumping cartoon with continuous growth spurs? You can no get Mario and friends on your Windows Phone as a cool wallpaper after some cropping of Cenix13xpe's designs for the iPhone and...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jul 07, 2011
This sort of headline is enough to make our Paul Acevedo jump around with joy and pull many smug faces to the rest of the team due to gaming dominating other categories in terms of usage on...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jun 13, 2011
Depending on your view of things, this will either be great news or bad news--but evidently Microsoft is 100% committed in driving Windows Phone as their gaming platform, meaning we won't be...
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by Rich Edmonds
Feb 19, 2011
Scoreloop has announced that they will be supporting Windows Phone 7 and will be including the platform within their cross-platform social gaming system. Why is this big news for developers? Social...
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by Daniel Rubino
Feb 09, 2011
For those of you who know about Machinima.com, you'll be pleased to know they just published an official app for Windows Phone. Machinima is basically a top-rated gamer site, that features news,...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jan 16, 2011
We often get questions about the Xbox Live service on WP7 devices and how it correlates to the Xbox Live service on Xbox 360 consoles or on Windows PC's (where it's called Games for Windows - LIVE...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jan 07, 2011
No word on when Fable Coin Golf will be available to download, but the idea of collecting gold in your spare time that you can actually use in-game on Fable III is pretty fly. The game itself...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 13, 2010
This morning on Bill Reiss's blog, Silverlight Games 101, he makes some pretty good and in our opinion, even handed, criticisms of the Marketplace, specifically in relation to indie games and...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 04, 2010
All right you Final Fantasy nerds, if we know one thing, we know the following video footage will get you all giddy.
Somehow, someway, Final Fantasy VII is evidently running on Windows Phone 7...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 17, 2010
Back in late October Microsoft had announced that it would be completely rebuilding the Games for Windows Marketplace and updating the Games for Windows LIVE software (and website) to accommodate...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 17, 2010
I like puzzle games and I like things that are expressly cute without overdoing it. I like quirky fun music and the graphic styles of old story books. Forgive me if I'm not just a little bit biased...
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by Daniel Rubino
Oct 07, 2010
Word on Twitter is that the winner of the French Microsoft Windows Phone 7 application contest is a nifty game called Arcane's Tower Defense by GraphicStream, which admittedly has some pretty 'wow'...
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 28, 2010
On Windows Phone 7 there are two types of games: Xbox LIVE supported and non-LIVE supported. The former requires more time, money and skills for getting approval and is typical reserved for the "...
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 23, 2010
'Zombies!!!' is the latest title slated for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 launch. Based on the award-winning board game by Twilight Creations. Software developer Babaroga will be offering the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 30, 2010
We've mentioned in the past about 'Orion', the geolocation service/API for Windows Phone 7 which allows developers access to many forms of locating the phone's location extremely quickly.Now that...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 24, 2010
For those of you who live near Seattle or are planning on attending PAX 2010, you'll be glad to know Microsoft's Xbox LIVE and Windows Phone 7 will be present, at least according to Mike Klucher...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 20, 2010
For those who wanted a recap on that Microsoft Backstage event that happened yesterday, it may be awhile.The video chat event, hosted by Xbox guru Major Nelson and focusing on the new Xbox LIVE +...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 11, 2010
Just ahead of Gamescom and their reported multiple gaming announcements, Microsoft is evidently launching Mobile Gaming Studio, under the umbrella of the larger Microsoft Game Studios.The...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 10, 2010
We're headed into the finial lap for the Windows Phone 7 launch and we think Microsoft still has a few tricks up their sleeves to announce before release.Next week, Microsoft is confirmed to be...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 03, 2010
We've been a little reluctant to post every since "demo" app that people are making for Windows Phone 7 for a few reasons, one of which is that there are almost too many to showcase (the other being...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jul 21, 2010
Sometimes, we folks around here wish we had the skills to actually write software for our phones as opposed to just report on 'em, but alas we know our lot in life.For some of you though, you're a...
