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Check the Xbox Live services, games, and apps for any service outages. Xbox LIVE, Microsoft's premier entertainment service, is coming to Windows 8. Whether you are developing a game or another kind of entertainment app for Windows 8, Xbox LIVE can help your app stand ou.
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection (Xbox One, Windows 10 PC) With the presence of cross-play on the rise into the next generation, expect new titles to join this list over the months ahead. Get free games every month with your Xbox Live Gold membership.
Games for Windows Live is, as the name implies, an online gaming community for Microsoft users to play against opponents from all over the world. It is available in 41 countries – the same countries in which Xbox Live is available as the communities are somewhat related, both being operated by Microsoft. Players from other countries can sign up and access games on Game for Windows Live, but they will have to choose a gamertag from a country that does support the service and they will not be able to access the technical help and support facilities.
Users sign up and choose the name that they will play under. This is known as a gamertag. Players who have used Xbox Live will recognise this system as it is identical to the one used in online Xbox interactions. Once signed in, players can access a huge variety of games (with many more being added every year). Players work to boost their Gamerscore (an overall rating of their skills and achievements) by playing their favourite games, either solo or as part of a team or multi-player game. Users can send and receive text messages, communicate with live voice-chat (during games), check friends' statuses and update their own as well as playing games for fun or in order to earn rewards or achievements.
There are some games that crossover from Xbox Live to Games for Windows Live allowing Xbox players to team up with or against Microsoft PS gamers in certain games.
Third-party developers can submit their offerings to Games for Windows Live, but there is no chance of substandard work making its way through the system: each developers must attain certain standards of skill, called Technical Certification Requirements or TCR. Developers can benefit from strong support from the Microsoft Developer XNA Developer Connection which helps to grow a new skilled generation of developers even as it ensures uniformly high-standard work on the platform.
Initially, Microsoft wanted to charge as much as US$50.00 per month for using the service, but after a great deal of protest from gamers they decide to scrap the price once more.
Pros
- Access to hundreds of popular games
- Community for like-minded gamers from all over the world to get together and play
- Fun features to inspire players to beat their best score and increase their overall Gamerscore
- Plenty of upgrades and improvements constantly being made
Cons
- Only available in countries serviced by Xbox Live (as they use the same platform). This means players outside these areas cannot access technical help and support
Windows 10 Xbox One Cross Play Games
This is a list of released and upcoming Xbox games for Windows 8 and Windows RT. The first wave of Windows 8 Xbox games list was announced by Xbox Live expert Major Nelson on August 31, 2012. All Xbox games on Windows 8 made available on the Windows Store and released on October 26, 2012 onwards. There are currently 50 (Upcoming games: 11; Existing games: 39) games on this list.
Released games[edit]
Title | Developer | Publisher | North America | Europe | Asia | Microsoft exclusiveN |
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4 Elements II Special Edition | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
A World of Keflings | NinjaBee | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Adera: Episode 1 | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Adera: Episode 2 | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Adera: Episode 3 | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Adera: Episode 4 | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Adera: Episode 5 | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Angry Birds Space | Rovio Entertainment | Rovio Entertainment | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Angry Birds Star Wars | Rovio Entertainment | Rovio Entertainment | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Asphalt 7: Heat | Gameloft | Gameloft | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Asphalt 8: Airborne | Gameloft | Gameloft | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Asphalt Overdrive | Gameloft | Gameloft | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Big Buck Hunter Pro | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger | Arc System Works | Arc System Works | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Disney Fairies | Disney Interactive Media Group | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Crash Course GO | Wanako Games/Behaviour Interactive | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cut the Rope | ZeptoLab | ZeptoLab | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Dragon's Lair | Digital Leisure | Digital Leisure | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Endless Skater | SuperVillain Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Field & Stream Fishing | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fruit Ninja | Halfbrick | Halfbrick | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Gravity Guy | Miniclip | Miniclip | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Hydro Thunder Hurricane | Vector Unit | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ilomilo plus | Southend Interactive | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
iStunt 2 | Miniclip | Miniclip | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Jetpack Joyride | Halfbrick Studios | Halfbrick Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Microsoft Mahjong | Arkadium | Microsoft | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft Minesweeper | Arkadium | Microsoft | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft Solitaire Collection | Arkadium | Microsoft | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft Sudoku | Arkadium | Microsoft | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft Taptiles | Arkadium | Microsoft | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Monster Island | Miniclip | Miniclip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Monsters Love Candy | Other Ocean | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX | Namco Bandai Games | Namco Bandai Games | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Pinball FX 2 | Zen Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rayman Jungle Run | Pastagames | Ubisoft | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Reckless Racing Ultimate | Polarbit | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Rocket Riot 3D | Codeglue | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Shark Dash | Gameloft | Gameloft | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Skulls of the Shogun | 17-BIT | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Snap Attack[1] | You vs. the Internet | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Gunstringer: Dead Man Running | Other Ocean Interactive | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Toy Soldiers Cold War: Touch Edition | Signal Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TY the Tasmanian Tiger | Krome Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Wordament | You vs. the Internet | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
World Series of Poker: Full House Pro | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Zombies | Babaroga | Twilight Creations Inc. | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Upcoming games[edit]
Title | Developer | Publisher | North America | Europe | Asia | Microsoft exclusiveN |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angry Birds | Rovio Entertainment | Rovio Entertainment | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Angry Birds Rio | Rovio Entertainment | Rovio Entertainment | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Angry Birds Go! | Rovio Entertainment | Rovio Entertainment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bad Piggies | Rovio Entertainment | Rovio Entertainment | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
CastleStorm | Zen Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Contre Jour | Mokus | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Collateral Damage | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cue Club 2 | Bulldog Interactive | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Tentacles | Press Play | Microsoft Studios | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Xbox Games Microsoft Solitaire Collection
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References[edit]
How To Play Xbox On Windows 10
- ^'Wordament Snap Attack comes to Windows Phone and Windows 8 with Xbox Live support'.
Games For Windows And Xbox Live Chat
Notes[edit]
^N Exclusive to one or more Microsoft platforms