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The Official Windows Phone 7 & 8 - gaming thread - 17/8/2010 12:57:23 PM   
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Microsoft have just announced a ton of new games for its new WP7 platform due out towards the end of the year. It looks like its going to be a Mobile Arcade type platform and you can colour me impressed!

http://gizmodo.com/5614244/xbox-live-on-windows-phone-7-hands-on-and-first-impressions

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/111/1113334p1.html

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=260135

I am tempted to invest in this as it is a natural extension of the live platform - hopefully the strict hardware specs MS are rolling out with WP7 will avoid the fragmentation that Android faces in the gaming/performance arena.

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 17/8/2010 1:03:16 PM   
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List of games that should be available at launch:

  • "3D Brick Breaker Revolution"(Digital Chocolate)
  • "Age of Zombies" (Halfbrick)
  • "Armor Valley" (Protégé Games)
  • "Asphalt 5" (Gameloft)
  • "Assassins Creed" (Gameloft)
  • "Bejeweled™ 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)


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 9:25:09 AM   
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http://wmpoweruser.com/cnet-looks-at-windows-phone-7-xbox-live-integration/

Looks slick as hell...especially Rocket Riot!


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 10:55:06 AM   
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 I like the idea, and I'm thinking about replacing my N95, it's old now.

Wonder how much these are gonna go for.


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 11:57:49 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: sroey

http://wmpoweruser.com/cnet-looks-at-windows-phone-7-xbox-live-integration/

Looks slick as hell...especially Rocket Riot!



Looked awful if I'm honest, that games page was massive and didn't fit on the screen, there was lots of text off to the right and even the word 'Games' didn't fit on the screen.

I think I'll stick to my iPhone.

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 12:49:43 PM   
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 After getting an Win 5 mobile several years ago when this was first promised I was disappointed nothing came of it.

I then got an HTC HD2 running WinMo 6.5 which despite initial promises MS announced would not be upgradable won Windows 7 because the it didn't have a hard button dedicated to Bing. (Despite it having enough hard buttons and a Windows button)

So MS can fuck off here. Next phone I get will be Android.


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 1:34:10 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: sroey

http://wmpoweruser.com/cnet-looks-at-windows-phone-7-xbox-live-integration/

Looks slick as hell...especially Rocket Riot!



Looked awful if I'm honest, that games page was massive and didn't fit on the screen, there was lots of text off to the right and even the word 'Games' didn't fit on the screen.

I think I'll stick to my iPhone.


The thing about the 'Games' not fitting on the screen is to aid navigation, so as you're scrolling left to right you know when you're at the right-most screen when the 's' in Games is against the right hand edge of the screen. This is consistent throughout the Windows Phone 7 interface. I actually quite like it. It looks like a really nice slick interface. But I'm the same as DJ, MS can fuck off if they think I'm using one of their mobile platforms again. Once bitten, twice as shy. You already know of my Windows Mobile woes, so I'm happy with Android - despite the lack of games. That should improve in the near future with Froyo now allowing SD card storage for apps and the rumoured PSP/Android match-up.

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 1:51:43 PM   
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Crikey - not a lot of love for MS here. Im looking at this from purely a gaming/Xbox live viewpoint and I think it looks great.

Off topic - I really like Windows Phone 7 and its Metro UI. Its a break form the norm and is very slick.

I appreciate alot of the hate MS get for Winmo 5+ but this is a radical departure from that platform.

I for one will be getting a WP7 handset and the xbox live integration is a big draw for me.




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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 3:10:22 PM   
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quote:

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quote:

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quote:

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http://wmpoweruser.com/cnet-looks-at-windows-phone-7-xbox-live-integration/

Looks slick as hell...especially Rocket Riot!



Looked awful if I'm honest, that games page was massive and didn't fit on the screen, there was lots of text off to the right and even the word 'Games' didn't fit on the screen.

I think I'll stick to my iPhone.


The thing about the 'Games' not fitting on the screen is to aid navigation, so as you're scrolling left to right you know when you're at the right-most screen when the 's' in Games is against the right hand edge of the screen. This is consistent throughout the Windows Phone 7 interface. I actually quite like it. It looks like a really nice slick interface. But I'm the same as DJ, MS can fuck off if they think I'm using one of their mobile platforms again. Once bitten, twice as shy. You already know of my Windows Mobile woes, so I'm happy with Android - despite the lack of games. That should improve in the near future with Froyo now allowing SD card storage for apps and the rumoured PSP/Android match-up.




Sorry but that's got to be bull or the most hideous UI ever, look at the screen...



If you need the edge of text on the screen to see that there's another page that's just poor layout and design, scroll down, or have a button. The edge of the s not fitting is also poor and I'd hope it goes for a redesign before it's finalised.

That is literally some of the worst UI I have seen, I'm shocked to believe it's Microsoft made.


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 4:11:46 PM   
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Well I dont think its going in for a redesign at this stage - but I like it at least 

As for the games I think the potential is definitely there


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 4:16:22 PM   
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 If you have a button for 'Next Screen' for example then that just takes up screen space, which on a mobile touch sensitive device is at a premium as it is. Plus static pages with button prompts is a bit old hat nowadays. Plus, swiping a finger is much more intuitive and easy than pressing a button, especially for fatties with fat fingers. You can still scroll up and down (as shown in your image under 'Collection') and also left and right - kind of like a fancy GUI XMB. It's no different than scrolling through your home pages on your iPhone, except instead of the dots at the bottom of the screen the title of the section you're on (Games in this case) runs right across the top. I think it's quite a slick UI.

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 4:17:12 PM   
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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 5:03:54 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: DJ Satan

When me, HIM and SHP agree something sucks it must be bad.

And then the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride out.





Off topic - You can have Android on your HD2 now DJ Satan...my HD2 is running Froyo as we speak!


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/8/2010 6:04:50 PM   
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When me, HIM and SHP agree something sucks it must be bad.

And then the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride out.


Surely there must be something else we agree on? Definitely not football. What about Mass Effect? We can all agree that that's boss?

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 21/8/2010 2:05:53 PM   
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whilst I love the idea of XBL on my mobile and gaining achievements, I made the mistake of passing over the iPhone 3g f=in favour of the Samsung Omnia and hated using Windows Mobile on it. The whole thing was so user-unfriendly.

Am now using iPhone 4 and wouldnt go back.

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 21/8/2010 7:51:03 PM   
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quote:

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quote:

ORIGINAL: DJ Satan

When me, HIM and SHP agree something sucks it must be bad.

And then the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride out.


Surely there must be something else we agree on? Definitely not football. What about Mass Effect? We can all agree that that's boss?



Dont trust him guys. He's a manc and he's saying 'boss'.

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 22/8/2010 8:57:56 AM   
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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 25/8/2010 9:40:46 AM   
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quote:

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whilst I love the idea of XBL on my mobile and gaining achievements, I made the mistake of passing over the iPhone 3g f=in favour of the Samsung Omnia and hated using Windows Mobile on it. The whole thing was so user-unfriendly.

Am now using iPhone 4 and wouldnt go back.


In all fairness - I had a play with an Omnia when they were popular and it was indeed bloody awful. Win Phone 7 is so much different to that its not really a comparison at all.

Still I understand why Windows Mobile 5 - 6.1 is so hated. It was crowbarred into touch screen phones when it was not intended for them. Well resistive touchscreens with a stylus - not finger friendly at all.

The release of Halo Waypoint on WP7 will coincide nicely with the Halo Reach momentum.


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 27/8/2010 4:14:58 PM   
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 Apparently Dell have stopped supporting WP7, before they'd even released a device for it.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/dell-dropping-windows-phone-7-devices-from-its-roadmap/

HP have also said they won't support WP7 either because of their recent acquisition of Palm they'll be using WebOS on their phones and tablets.

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 27/8/2010 4:24:06 PM   
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quote:

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quote:

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When me, HIM and SHP agree something sucks it must be bad.

And then the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride out.





Off topic - You can have Android on your HD2 now DJ Satan...my HD2 is running Froyo as we speak!



Finally did it a couple of days ago as my Sense screen just started crashing and I had to turn it off.

I should have done it a long time ago.

Taking this thread totally off topic - What Android apps do people recommend?


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 27/8/2010 4:50:43 PM   
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Apparently Dell have stopped supporting WP7, before they'd even released a device for it.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/dell-dropping-windows-phone-7-devices-from-its-roadmap/

HP have also said they won't support WP7 either because of their recent acquisition of Palm they'll be using WebOS on their phones and tablets.



To be honest the Dell Lightning looked quality - but it only ever seemed to be a concept. Dell havent exactly set the mobile industry alight though have they? I have a Dell Streak and its a bit hit and miss! Besides the source is an 'analyst' of some sort. They arent exactly reliable are they - Im gonna wait until I hear more on this.

As long as HTC, Samsung and LG are on board then WP7 will be a success


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 28/8/2010 4:34:57 PM   
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The original article has been updated - Dell are still in with WP7...just not at launch probably


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 19/10/2010 3:12:58 PM   
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Dell are throwing a seriously nice looking phone at us

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/11/dell-venue-pro-gives-wp7-a-4-1-inch-qwerty-slider-with-lightning/

Also some of the games look really good. The Xbox Live integration is one reason Ill be getting a WP7 device

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/11/windows-phone-7-launch-day-app-roundup/


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 8/11/2010 8:03:30 PM   
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I took delivery of my windows phone 7 device today (Samsung Omnia 7) through T mobile.

I have a Dell Venue Pro on the way too.

Slightl off topic but Windows Phone 7 OS is an absolute joy to use and navigate. Its refreshingly simple yet fluid and slick looking.

The Xbox Live hub is fantastic - though there is a little update to download through the marketplace to provide the xbox live experience we are used to on our consoles (friends lists - achievements etc)

This being Xbox live its very refreshing to be able to download a trial version of the games unlike iOS and Android where devs have to provide a 'lite' version. (Im not sure if Gamecentre changes this for iOS)

I purchased Rocket Riot first and it is a manic game. Very fluid and fast to load. One criticism I have is that some of the premium games are highly proced at £5.49.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc-_HMvvd4I&feature=player_embedded

I unlocked a few achievements through this game and after an hour or so my 360 profile updated to display the Arcade title in my game library.

Awesome game!


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 17/11/2010 1:29:01 PM   
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 Im considering one of Oranges HTC 7 phones. How many XBL games are available for it?

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 22/11/2010 2:51:32 PM   
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Im considering one of Oranges HTC 7 phones. How many XBL games are available for it?


Not been on these here forums for a while - still recovering from surgery.

Borstal - there are 23 Xbox live games out currently (with cheevies etc) and a shitload of other games (non xbox live)

Loads to choose from and they are very good.

Windows Phone 7 is excellent


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 17/12/2010 11:01:45 AM   
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Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst is out now on WP7

http://wmpoweruser.com/game-review-project-sunburst/

It is actually very good - although alot of the excellent Microsoft games seems to be a tad unstable

Does anyone else actually have a Windows Phone 7 device? lol

Xbox live gaming on the go is quality and WP7 is spot on and would surprise a lot of people


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 17/12/2010 1:25:58 PM   
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 I think it's just you. We're all waiting for the PlayStation Phone. 

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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 22/12/2010 12:42:53 PM   
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Pocket God and Fruit Ninja now available on Xbox Live

http://wmpoweruser.com/pocket-god-and-fruit-ninja-now-available-on-windows-phone-7/

I have both and Fruit Ninja is excellent (as it is on the iPhone and iPad)

Not sure on Pocket God yet though


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RE: Windows Phone 7 - Xbox Live - 21/1/2011 8:20:48 AM   
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Some good games have been released for WP7 on Xbox live so far.

Ilomilo is one of them and is very close to its XBLA counterpart. Its a great game

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Windows+Phone+7/ilomilo/review.asp?c=26507

Well worth a punt!

And its good to see glitched achievements have made there way over to WP7 too


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