Xbox Live heading to mobile phones
Games, demos, mulitplayer on the move.
Microsoft has unveiled Xbox Live for mobile phones. The service will be know as Windows Phone 7 and launch this Christmas.
All of the hallmark Xbox Live features will be replicated: Avatars, demos, leaderboards, Achievements, Friends, messaging, spotlight and even multiplayer - "turn-based", according to the press release.
Microsoft Games Studios will churn out a slew of games for Windows Phone 7, as will an impressive array of third-party publishers.
Enough to beat Apple and the App Store? The first wave of Windows Phone 7 titles are listed below.
- "3D Brick Breaker Revolution" (Digital Chocolate)
- "Age of Zombies" (Halfbrick)
- "Armor Valley" (Protégé Games)
- "Asphalt 5" (Gameloft)
- "Assassins Creed" (Gameloft)
- "BejeweledTM LIVE" (PopCap)
- "Bloons TD" (Digital Goldfish)
- "Brain Challenge" (Gameloft)
- "Bubble Town 2" (i-Play)
- "Butterfly" (Press Start Studio)
- "CarneyVale Showtime" (MGS)
- "Castlevania" (Konami)
- "Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst" (MGS)
- "De Blob Revolution" (THQ)
- "Deal or No Deal 2010" (i-Play)
- "Earthworm Jim" (Gameloft)
- "Fast & Furious 7" (i-Play)
- "Fight Game Rivals" (Rough Cookie)
- "Finger Physics" (Mobliss Inc.)
- "Flight Control" (Namco Bandai)
- "Flowerz" (Carbonated Games)
- "Frogger" (Konami)
- "Fruit Ninja" (Halfbrick)
- "Game Chest-Board" (MGS)
- "Game Chest-Card" (MGS)
- "Game Chest-Logic" (MGS)
- "Game Chest-Solitaire" (MGS)
- "GeoDefense" (Critical Thought)
- "Ghostscape" (Psionic)
- "Glow Artisan" (Powerhead Games)
- "Glyder 2" (Glu Mobile)
- "Guitar Hero 5" (Glu Mobile)
- "Halo Waypoint" (MGS)
- "Hexic Rush" (Carbonated Games)
- "I Dig It" (InMotion)
- "iBlast Moki" (Godzilab)
- "ilomilo" (MGS)
- "Implode XL" (IUGO)
- "Iquarium" (Infinite Dreams)
- "Jet Car Stunts" (True Axis)
- "Let's Golf 2" (Gameloft)
- "Little Wheel" (One click dog)
- "Loondon" (Flip N Tale)
- "Max and the Magic Marker" (PressPlay)
- "Mini Squadron" (Supermono Limited)
- "More Brain Exercise" (Namco Bandai)
- "O.M.G." (Arkedo)
- "Puzzle Quest 2" (Namco Bandai)
- "Real Soccer 2" (Gameloft)
- "The Revenants" (Chaotic Moon)
- "Rise of Glory" (Revo Solutions)
- "Rocket Riot" (Codeglue)
- "Splinter Cell Conviction" (Gameloft)
- "Star Wars: Battle for Hoth" (THQ)
- "Star Wars: Cantina" (THQ)
- "The Harvest" (MGS)
- "The Oregon Trail" (Gameloft)
- "Tower Bloxx NY" (Digital Chocolate)
- "Twin Blades" (Press Start Studio)
- "UNO" (Gameloft)
- "Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet" (i-Play)
- "Zombie Attack!" (IUGO)
- "Zombies!!!!" (Babaroga)