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Exclusive: We discuss ID@Xbox for Windows 10 and phones with Microsoft's indie chief Chris Charla

By Jez Corden, Friday, Apr 17, 2015 at 5:58 pm EDT

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 app store via the ID@Xbox program, currently available only on Xbox One.

I caught up with ID@Xbox head Chris Charla to discuss how the program has been faring so far, ID@Xbox for Windows 10 (phones too!), and more!

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ID@Xbox Spotlight: Total Monkery discuss MagNets for Xbox One and Elementales for Windows Phone 8

By Jez Corden, Tuesday, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:25 pm EDT

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 to ensnare and wrangle the wayward robots.

We spoke to Total Monkery's technical director, Richard Weeks, who has turned his skills to games such as Viva Piñata and Bit Trip. In the interview, we talk ID@Xbox, the exclusive reveal of Elementales for Windows Phone, and of course, MagNets for Xbox One!

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Super Tap Ultra – Tap buttons like crazy in this universal Windows Phone and Windows 8 game

By Paul Acevedo, Thursday, Jun 19, 2014 at 1:06 pm EDT

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 Ultra from InHuman Entertainment. The same developer released an interesting organization app called Node last year, although that app seems to have been abandoned. Super Tap Ultra shows a lot of the same cleverness – it's super simple to play, features great retro pixel art and chiptunes, and is a universal app. Oh, and it's free till the end of the month.

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What you can do to help get game makers on board with Windows Phone

By Paul Acevedo, Tuesday, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:09 am EDT

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 make financial sense for the publisher… Not that we have to like it.

In fact, one of our dedicated readers doesn’t care to wait-and-see whether popular games like Candy Crush Saga will make it to Windows Phone at all. Tjecco been running a forum thread dedicated to contacting mobile developers about support for Microsoft’s mobile OS for a while now. With the help of other fine readers, he continues to reach out to developers and update the thread with their responses. Find out which developers have recently confirmed Windows Phone support (and what you can do to help) after the break!

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PLATFORMANCE: Castle Pain goes free for 24 hours with myAppFree

By Rich Edmonds, Monday, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:04 am EST

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 PLATFORMANCE: Castle Pain, which is available for nothing over the course of the next 24 hours.

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Collect cards, defeat enemies and top the ranks in the fantasy world of Permia Duels

By Rich Edmonds, Friday, Jan 24, 2014 at 5:01 pm EST

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 fantasy adventure, while being able to build an unbeatable deck of cards, pass the break for more details as this is the mobile game for you.

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Popular Windows Phone puzzle game Glean goes free for 72 hours (US and UK)

By Rich Edmonds, Friday, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:10 am EST

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 simple concept, but it can prove challenging. Hop past the break for more details and download links.

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Disney updates Where's My Water 2? to remove controversial energy system

By Rich Edmonds, Saturday, Jan 11, 2014 at 3:46 am EST

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 their energy replenished). This sucked.

Luckily, Disney has been listening to consumer feedback and has released an update to the Windows Phone version of the game, removing the energy system altogether. 

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Disney's latest game, Nemo's Reef, surfaces for Windows Phone 8

By Rich Edmonds, Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:59 pm EST

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 for the full read.

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SongArc version 2.0 rolling out, adds native Windows Phone 8 support and much more

By Sam Sabri, Wednesday, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:31 pm EST

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 Store in the next few hours.

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