Hey now, I didn't buy Babel Rising 3D or PES 2012!

Haha well that's good, I think you made the right call to pass on both of those

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 Just counted, I'm up to 87 Xbox Live for WP games, AlphaJax will make that 88 when it shows up. Haven't beaten 17 of them yet. Even my WP backlog is starting to pile up. Any of you guys have more than 100 games? (besides Paul, who I assume has almost all of them...)

I counted 68, but I deleted around 5-10 that I completed and will not play again. I have a huge backlog. I just completed 5 wp titles this month to get rid of some

I just wish all the games I bought on WP7 were on WP 8. I want to play Tentacles on my 920 :(

Xbox DOTW takes a break, AlphaJax still MIA

Big article long in the making!

What's missing from Windows Phone 8? More than 20 Xbox games

From your article about the DotW hiatus:

I have to bear some bad news though… Microsoft has revealed to us that the popular Xbox Deal of the Week program will be taking a break for the remainder of the year. Presumably it will restart sometime around January 2nd.

+1 for MS actually bothering to tell us (you) about the hiatus this time.

-1000 for not being able to knock $1-$2 off of ONE GAME each week. I honestly can't think of one reason why they'd think this was a good idea, business-wise. Do they honestly lose money on their DOTW sales? I can't imagine that they do...

Originally Posted by eastx Big article long in the making! What's missing from Windows Phone 8? More than 20 Xbox games

To me, the guys at Microsoft are acting extremely unprofessional.

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 Just counted, I'm up to 87 Xbox Live for WP games, AlphaJax will make that 88 when it shows up. Haven't beaten 17 of them yet. Even my WP backlog is starting to pile up. Any of you guys have more than 100 games? (besides Paul, who I assume has almost all of them...)

im at 109 if I include Star Wars Cantina which I no longer have.

Originally Posted by eastx Big article long in the making! What's missing from Windows Phone 8? More than 20 Xbox games

Great read, Paul.

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 Just counted, I'm up to 87 Xbox Live for WP games, AlphaJax will make that 88 when it shows up. Haven't beaten 17 of them yet. Even my WP backlog is starting to pile up. Any of you guys have more than 100 games? (besides Paul, who I assume has almost all of them...)

I'm currently at 70 on my WP7 Samsung Focus (1st gen).

Since I planned on moving to WP8 in the next couple months, I've been chipping away at completing the games I've started since there's no way to transfer gamesaves (from what I can find).

Now it looks like I'm going to have to hold onto my WP7 even longer to complete the games I've bought that won't be compatible with WP8. With the little time I have to actually play, looks like I won't be moving to WP8 as soon as I hoped.

Originally Posted by nCogNeato Great read, Paul. Now it looks like I'm going to have to hold onto my WP7 even longer to complete the games I've bought that won't be compatible with WP8. With the little time I have to actually play, looks like I won't be moving to WP8 as soon as I hoped.

Thanks man!

Getting a WP8 phone while keeping your old one is also an option. That's what I've done, as I have several games left to beat and WP7-specific games keep coming along.

I have a whopping 26 wp7 games, lol. I've kind of gotten away from my WP as of late though. Now that I'm back on the night shift it's easier for me to play my vita. For the next month though, I'll be back on the day shift and the WP.

sucks they're killing off dotw yet again. Even if it is only for a few weeks. How much time does it really take to get a deal together? Tbh, I'm not even sure I'm that impressed enough with what WP has to offer. With the lack of a lot of apps that ios and android have, and my gaming on the go interests, I might not even move up to wp8. They still have til Sept to change my mind though. Hopefully they get some developer support rolling in for games and apps.

I'm kind of glad the DOTW is taking a break, I'll be in the UK for 3 weeks in December and can't buy games there, at least I won't miss anything now.

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Cool Benjamouth! What's the occasion for the trip?

Originally Posted by eastx Cool Benjamouth! What's the occasion for the trip?

I always go back to the UK for the holidays so I can visit the family.

Looks like only some of the games from the Black Friday deal are still on sale... Cracking Sands, Carcassonne and Mush seem to be on sale still.

Originally Posted by eastx Thanks man! Getting a WP8 phone while keeping your old one is also an option. That's what I've done, as I have several games left to beat and WP7-specific games keep coming along.

Paul, is it possible to link two phones to your GT to unlock achievements?

You are able to pick up your WP8 play a game, get achievement, and immediatly pick up and play your wp7 phone and get an achievement?
Curious because I was going to do the same thing.

Originally Posted by MastrMeatWad Paul, is it possible to link two phones to your GT to unlock achievements? You are able to pick up your WP8 play a game, get achievement, and immediatly pick up and play your wp7 phone and get an achievement? Curious because I was going to do the same thing.

Yes, that's correct. You need to set your old device to airplane mode and then enable Wi-Fi and it will work fine. You could have 10 handsets with your Gamertag and there'd be no problem.

Benjamouth, do you actually come from the UK? I might have to start imagining your comments with a British accent! I don't see why you couldn't buy games over Wi-Fi using your credit card though, unless you just prefer not to do that.

Originally Posted by eastx Yes, that's correct. You need to set your old device to airplane mode and then enable Wi-Fi and it will work fine. You could have 10 handsets with your Gamertag and there'd be no problem. Benjamouth, do you actually come from the UK? I might have to start imagining your comments with a British accent! I don't see why you couldn't buy games over Wi-Fi using your credit card though, unless you just prefer not to do that.

Awesome. THank you good sir.

So I take it the guys who work on the Xbox Live on Windows Phone portfolio just had the week off or something...