Today at gamescom 2010 in Germany, Microsoft revealed the full extent of Xbox Live features planned for its Windows Phone 7 mobile OS. With Windows Phone 7, gamers will be able to access Xbox Live’s full featureset, including gamertags, Avatars, and achievements, anywhere they take their phone. In addition, Microsoft revealed new games specifically for Windows Phone 7.
Windows Phone 7 will be supported with games from Microsoft Game Studios, with titles like Halo: Waypoint and Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst leading the way. Third party titles like Bejeweled LIVE, Assassin’s Creed, and Guitar Hero 5 will also be a part of the launch portfolio. The full launch list includes:
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"3D Brick Breaker Revolution” (Digital Chocolate)
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“Age of Zombies” (Halfbrick)
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“Armor Valley” (Protégé Games)
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“Asphalt 5” (Gameloft)
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“Assassins Creed” (Gameloft)
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“Bejeweled™ LIVE” (PopCap)
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“Bloons TD” (Digital Goldfish)
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“Brain Challenge” (Gameloft)
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“Bubble Town 2” (i-Play)
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“Butterfly” (Press Start Studio)
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“CarneyVale Showtime” (MGS)
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“Castlevania” (Konami)
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“Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst” (MGS)
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“De Blob Revolution” (THQ)
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“Deal or No Deal 2010” (i-Play)
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“Earthworm Jim” (Gameloft)
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“Fast & Furious 7” (i-Play)
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“Fight Game Rivals” (Rough Cookie)
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“Finger Physics” (Mobliss Inc.)
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“Flight Control” (Namco Bandai)
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“Flowerz” (Carbonated Games)
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“Frogger” (Konami)
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“Fruit Ninja” (Halfbrick)
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“Game Chest-Board” (MGS)
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“Game Chest-Card” (MGS)
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“Game Chest-Logic” (MGS)
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“Game Chest-Solitaire” (MGS)
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“GeoDefense” (Critical Thought)
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“Ghostscape” (Psionic)
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“Glow Artisan” (Powerhead Games)
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“Glyder 2” (Glu Mobile)
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“Guitar Hero 5” (Glu Mobile)
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“Halo Waypoint” (MGS)
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“Hexic Rush” (Carbonated Games)
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“I Dig It” (InMotion)
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“iBlast Moki” (Godzilab)
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“ilomilo” (MGS)
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“Implode XL” (IUGO)
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“Iquarium” (Infinite Dreams)
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“Jet Car Stunts” (True Axis)
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“Let’s Golf 2” (Gameloft)
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“Little Wheel” (One click dog)
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“Loondon” (Flip N Tale)
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“Max and the Magic Marker” (PressPlay)
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“Mini Squadron” (Supermono Limited)
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“More Brain Exercise” (Namco Bandai)
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“O.M.G.” (Arkedo)
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“Puzzle Quest 2” (Namco Bandai)
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“Real Soccer 2” (Gameloft)
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“The Revenants” (Chaotic Moon)
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“Rise of Glory” (Revo Solutions)
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“Rocket Riot” (Codeglue)
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“Splinter Cell Conviction” (Gameloft)
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“Star Wars: Battle for Hoth” (THQ)
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“Star Wars: Cantina” (THQ)
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“The Harvest” (MGS)
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“The Oregon Trail” (Gameloft)
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“Tower Bloxx NY” (Digital Chocolate)
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“Twin Blades” (Press Start Studio)
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“UNO” (Gameloft)
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“Women’s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet” (i-Play)
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“Zombie Attack!” (IUGO)
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“Zombies!!!!” (Babaroga)
“Windows Phone 7 is the launch of a major gaming platform for Microsoft,” said Matt Booty, general manager of mobile gaming for Microsoft Game Studios. “Just like we’ve done with Xbox 360, our charter is to push the envelope and deliver definitive games that maximize the platform. We will have an incredible line-up of MGS titles, and that’s just the beginning.”
With Microsoft’s new mobile OS, the company will connect your phone to the 25 million active Xbox Live users. Windows Phone 7 will have the full suite of Xbox Live features, including your Live friends list, your Avatar props closet, Xbox Live Marketplace, Live messaging, and turn-based multiplayer between Windows Phone 7 phones and the PC.
“We believe that no matter where life takes you, the best in gaming and entertainment should follow,” said Marc Whitten, corporate VP of Xbox LIVE at Microsoft. “Windows Phone 7 takes a different approach to handheld gaming, utilising Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Game Studios, leading game publishers, and innovative indie developers, to create powerful, shared experiences for everyone.”
