Windows 8 Xbox Games & a Microsoft / Atari Partnership Revives Classic Game

Candice Lanier – Microsoft’s first offering of Xbox titles for Windows 8 will include 40 games, 29 of which come from Microsoft Studios. Included are several familiar titles such as Angry Birds and Angry Birds Space, Cut the Rope, Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, as well as some older games–Solitaire, Minesweeper and Mahjong. As Engadget previously reported, all Xbox games will be accessible from within the pre-installed Games app.  Each will also have most of the Xbox Live features you would expect, including achievements, leaderboards and some multiplayer games. The following is a partial list of the games and the rest can be found at Engadget.

• Angry Birds

• Angry Birds Space

• Big Buck Hunter Pro

• BlazBlue Calamity Trigger

• Collateral Damage

• Gravity Guy

• Gunstringer: Dead Man Running

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