Escapa, a simple yet challenging Windows Phone 8 game
Escapa is a simple, straightforward Windows Phone 8 game that isn't without challenge. The goal is to guide a little red square around the playing field, avoiding contact with the blue objects and the...
View ArticleFruit Ninja slashes its way to Windows Phone 8 on Xbox, though previous...
The popular game Fruit Ninja, which has taken the Kinect and Xbox 360 by storm, has not had an update in so long we though the game was dead. More specifically, the previous version had not been...
View ArticleCasual Connect: Puzzle Retreat coming to Windows Phone 8
A couple of days ago we promised you lots of gaming coverage from the Casual Connect event in San Francisco. Well, my schedule has been overstuffed with meetings (including some I didn’t list in the...
View ArticleNew and rising games for your Windows Phone
Windows Phone Central Game Roundup: New and Rising GamesWe're turning the spotlight on to a few New and Rising Games from over in the Windows Phone Store in this week's roundup.These are games that...
View ArticleDelicious: Emily's Wonder Wedding for Windows 8 looks extra wonderful on a...
Yesterday we brought you the news from Casual Connect that Puzzle Retreat would be coming to Windows Phone 8 this year. Now let’s follow up by discussing a Windows 8-specific game. This one comes from...
View ArticleSolar Warfare coming to Windows 8 with Leap Motion controls (Windows Phone too!)
If our last Casual Connect game preview Delicious: Emily’s Weddingwas a little too feminine for you (shame!), then perhaps a space shooter will be more to your tastes. TegTap, a two man indie gaming...
View ArticleHandy Games announces 1941: Frozen Front and Townsmen for Windows Phone 8
Next up in our Casual Connect USA gaming coverage are two titles from an established Windows Phone developer. Earlier this year, Handy Games (one of Germany’s largest mobile game studios) jumped onto...
View ArticleSic'em Studios bringing Detonation and Rambledam's Escape to Windows Phone 8
At Casual Connect USA last week, I didn’t just interview big mobile studios like Handy Games and Game House. I also spoke to smaller gaming studios on the verge of releasing Windows Phone and Windows 8...
View ArticleFlyNet, building a better fly trap on your Windows Phone
FlyNet is a speed oriented puzzle game for you Windows Phone. It is a game where you build webs to capture flying bugs then spin your web around them and gobble them up.Sound simple, right? Except you...
View ArticleRoyal Revolt developer reveals Windows Phone and Windows 8 download numbers,...
Next up in our coverage of Casual Connect USA is an interview regarding one of our favorite Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 games: Royal Revolt. The game comes from a collaboration between two German...
View ArticleGame Insight brings Rule the Kingdom to Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8; more...
Casual Connect presented some great opportunities to get to know Windows Phone game publishers. One of those publishers is Game Insight, makers of our own Rich Edmonds’ favorite Windows Phone 8/Windows...
View ArticlePreview: SongArc will let you touch your music for wild gameplay on Windows...
Years ago on the Zune HD we had a popular game called AudioSurf. It was at the time one of the first mobile music/rhythm games that allowed you to interact with your Zune’s music in no other way. Fast...
View ArticleThree gaming emulators disappear from the Windows Phone and Windows 8 Stores;...
In the Windows Phone and Windows 8 emulation scene, a developer named M.k has largely been the star of the show. Starting in January of this year, he produced no less than three awesome emulators for...
View ArticleDrawtopia, a Windows Phone puzzle game where you draw the solution
Drawtopia is a Windows Phone puzzle game where you draw the solution. It is a physics based game where you have to draw a path for balls to travel from point A to point B.Drawtopia has forty levels of...
View ArticleOrder & Chaos Online Review: The most massive game on Windows Phone 8
When Windows Phone launched with Xbox-branded games, many Xbox 360 fans picked up the platform in hopes of Xbox 360/XBLA-style experiences. Well, there are several Xbox Windows Phone games worthy of...
View ArticleGodville, a hassle free RPG game for Windows Phone 8
Godville may be one of the more unique games available for your Windows Phone 8 devices. It is labeled a Zero Player Game (ZPG) that has the elements of a Role Playing Game (RPG) but not the hassle of...
View ArticleRayman Jungle Run wins as the Xbox Windows Phone Red Stripe Deal of the Week
Since we had no new Xbox Windows Phone release this week, the Xbox Red Stripe Deal is left to pick up the slack. And for once, it doesn’t disappoint! Yes, this week a game that HAS NEVER BEEN ON SALE...
View ArticleInflexiball for Windows Phone gets a major update and comes to Brazil
When we reviewed indie brick breaking game Inflexiball a couple of months ago, our resident Brazilian reader Guilherme quickly noticed that the game was not available in the Brazilian Windows Phone...
View ArticleDeal Alert: Finger Party available free on August 9, in partnership with...
Tomorrow, August 9, finger game Finger Party will be free to download for Windows Phone users. The deal is a collaboration between Finger Party developer MaxPirat and myAppFree, a Windows Phone app...
View ArticleMicrosoft hears gamer requests, reveals free Xbox One Chat Headset in...
We’re all pumped for the Xbox One’s impending launch. We still don’t know exactly when the console will appear in stores other than the month of November. It must be getting close at any rate because...
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