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Microsoft Play Brings XBLA Titles to Windows 8 Devices

by on January 19, 2013
 

Microsoft Play Brings XBLA Titles to Windows 8 DevicesA rather cool initiative called Microsoft Studios Play makes some Xbox LIVE Arcade games playable on certain Windows branded devices, as long as they’re running on Windows 8.

These games haven’t been dumbed down, either. Leaderboards are present, as is multiplayer and free trials. The games can be purchased right now via Xbox LIVE or the Windows 8 App Store. The 15 titles that kick off this intriguing idea certainly range in their level of quality, but they’re not all bad. Have a look at what you could be playing at this very moment.

Toy Soldiers 

4 Elements: Special Edition

Hydro Thunder Hurricane

Rocket Riot 3D

Reckless Racing Ultimate

Microsoft Solitaire Collection

Microsoft Mahjong

Microsoft Minesweeper

Taptiles

Adera

Pinball FX2

Wordament

Gunstringer: Dead Man Running

Ilomilo+

Skulls of the Shogun – launches at the end of January

Since the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft have been keen to unify their devices in an Apple kind of way and things like this will help them to display a greater sense of what the Microsoft brand is.