FIFA on the go
FIFA 17 Mobile is now available for Windows 10 Mobile
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FIFA 17 Mobile has arrived for Windows 10 Mobile devices, bringing some free to play football goodness to your handset. Here's what you need to know.
Windows Phone games
Not exactly Super Hang On but it'll do
Race in the Superbike World Championship with SBK16
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SBK16 Official Mobile Game, the sequel to last year's SBK15, recently cruised onto the Windows Phone Store. This year's iteration brings lots of motorcycle racing thrills on real-life circuits and surprisingly detailed graphics. SBK15 was a paid game, but SBK16 is free with ads.
Get it now
Traffic Rider now available for Windows Phone
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Traffic Rider, an endless-racer that puts you behind the bars of a motorcycle, is now available to download from the Windows Store for Windows Phone users. The game is free, so give it a shot.
In R'lyeh
Game Troopers tease Abyss on Xbox for Windows Phone
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Game Troopers just announced yet another Xbox for Windows Phone game, this time in the form of Abyss, a shadowy exploration adventure set to hit the Windows app stores as soon as next week.
Big bug fixes
What in the World for Windows Phone gets updated
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Publisher Game Troopers has released a major bug fix update for the trivia game What in the World for Windows Phone. The update fixes a number of instability issues that have been found since the game's release
Universal plagues
Plague Inc. spreads to Windows 8.1
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Hit disease strategy game Plague Inc. has made the jump from Windows Phone to Windows 8.1, mutating into a universal app with cross-buy purchasing in the process.
Strike 2!
Review: Halo Spartan Strike on Xbox for Windows
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Halo Spartan Strike is the follow-up to 2013's Halo Spartan Assault, and marks Halo's first outing on iOS (in addition Windows 8.1 touch devices and PC). I've been hands on with the game for some time now, and here are my thoughts.
Q&A
We talk ID@Xbox for Windows 10 with Chris Charla
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Xbox is hitting Windows 10 in a big way later this year. Announced back in January, Xbox will receive a dedicated app for Windows 10, providing Game DVR for all PC games, access to your Xbox One social features and game streaming across devices in your home network. In addition to this, independent developers will be able to include Xbox APIs into their games that appear in the Windows...
Magnets - how do they work?
ID@Xbox Spotlight: MagNets interview with Total Monkery
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MagNets is a colourful upcoming ID@Xbox action puzzle game from the mind behind Rat Attack! - a similar title from the PS1/N64 era. In MagNets - your charge is the recapture and recycling of malfunctioning Bloxkbots, maintenance droids who have inexplicably gone haywire. In order to achieve this, you enlist the help of your trusty MagNet, the game's signature mechanic which allows you...
Extreme Biking
Shred! Extreme Mountain Biking comes to Windows Phone
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Shred! Extreme Mountain Biking is a new Windows Phone game that, as its name implies, brings the mountain biking action to your phone with downhill and free-ride biking. Previously available for iPhone and Android, the title has made its way to Windows Phone and brings along its stunning graphics and controls. Here are some of the features of the game: Awesome 3D graphics!...
Super Tap Ultra – Tap buttons like crazy in this universal Windows Phone and Windows 8 game
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We often like to look to the forums to discover new games and apps to cover. The stuff that you guys have on your minds enough to share it in the forums is probably interesting for us as well. And being a gaming guy, the most interesting forum thread for me is the " Newly discovered games thread." I use it a lot! One of the games I recently came across within that thread is Super Tap...
Avengers Alliance for Windows Phone arrives; time to enroll as a S.H.I.E.L.D agent
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It’s time to take up the role of a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, join hands with the Marvel super heroes, and take down Dr. Doom, Loki, and other super villains, essentially saving the world in the process! Avengers Alliance, a popular game for Windows 8 devices has now made it to the Windows Phone Store. The game allows you to choose from more than 20 super heroes to help your cause, including...
What you can do to help get game makers on board with Windows Phone
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Popular mobile games often take a long time to arrive on Windows Phone - if they ever make the trip at all. Last year I wrote an editorial explaining the delay in porting games to Windows Phone and the market situations that make such delays inevitable. To make a long story short, bringing games from iOS and Android to Windows Phone at the same time as the lead version often doesn’t...
PLATFORMANCE: Castle Pain goes free for 24 hours with myAppFree
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Mobile operating systems aren't short of games when it comes to platformer titles and Windows Phone has some real gems available for download - we recently took a look at Paper Monsters to name but one. We're also major fans of myAppFree, bringing commercial apps and games to consumers for no cost at all. When both of these mix together, we're excited to see the end result. Cue...
Collect cards, defeat enemies and top the ranks in the fantasy world of Permia Duels
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Collectible card games are a fairly popular genre of video games as of late. You’ve got the likes of Hearthstone in closed beta from Blizard (the company behind World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo), but there are also small gems out there looking to tap into the market. This movement includes the likes of Permia Duels (www.permiaduels.com) from Seepia Games. If you’re seeking a...
Popular Windows Phone puzzle game Glean goes free for 72 hours (US and UK)
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The popular puzzle game Glean has gone on sale on the Windows Phone Store. Not only is this a sale, but you're able to pick up the title for absolutely nothing. If you're not familiar with the name, the goal of the Glean is for players to draw a path with their finger from a provided starting point, collecting all the small and large objects without crossing paths. It may sound like a...
Disney updates Where's My Water 2? to remove controversial energy system
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When Where's My Water? 2 launched late last year, it was met with criticism from not only ourselves, but consumers too. This was due to the energy system implemented, which almost acted as a deterrent to play the game itself. Just like popular free online games available that make use of said system, players were forced to pick up in-app purchases to continue playing (or wait until...
Disney's latest game, Nemo's Reef, surfaces for Windows Phone 8
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Fans of Disney's Nemo will be able to join the cute, little fish and his friends in the latest time management game to hit the Windows Phone Store. Nemo's Reef enables players to construct their own beautiful habitat and make a home for all their favourite Finding Nemo characters. Are you ready to help Nemo and his dad, Marlin to create the best reef in the class? Swim past the break...
Temple Run 2 might be an Xbox Live game for Windows Phone
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Temple Run 2 has been a highly anticipated game for Windows Phone 8. It was finally announced (along with a few other apps and games) at Nokia World 2013, but sadly didn’t include a release date for the platform. A new video has leaked showing off the game on Windows Phone and with a little surprise in tow – Xbox Live support. The folks over at WindowsPhoneApps.Es have a video of what...
SongArc version 2.0 rolling out, adds native Windows Phone 8 support and much more
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It’s no secret that SongArc is one of our favorite games. It’s also quite popular with you guys and the Windows Phone community at large. It has north of a 500,000 users playing and is by far the most popular music game in the Windows Phone Store. A few weeks ago we gave you a sneak peek at the changes coming in version 2.0 of the game, which will be rolling out into the Windows Phone...