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Windows Phone and Windows 8 Deal Thread

One Xbox game for Windows Phone and a different one for Windows 8 goes on sale every seven days as part of the weekly Red Stripe Deals. The Red Stripe Deals change every Thursday. Red Stripe Deals are open to all Windows Phone and Windows 8 owners.

Xbox Windows Phone Red Stripe Deal of the Week
January 23

  • Collapse - $2.99 $.99

Windows Phone Price Drops - Updated 04/02/13

WP7 Xbox Live Release Schedule - Titles listed from oldest to newest
2011 release dates
  • March 02, 2011 - I Love Katamari - $6.99
  • March 09 - Burn it All - $2.99
  • March 16 - Full House Poker - $2.99
  • March 23 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 - $2.99
  • March 30 - Fable Coin Golf - $4.99
  • April 6 - Super Monkey Ball - $4.99
  • April 13 - Centipede - $2.99, Harbor Master - $2.99
  • April 20 - Asteroids Deluxe - $2.99
  • April 27 - Pitfall! - $2.99
  • May 4 - Enigmo - $2.99
  • May 11 - Lunar Lander - $2.99
  • May 18 - Pac-Man Championship Edition DX - $6.99
  • May 25 - Hydro Thunder Go - $4.99
  • June 1 - Doodle Jump - $2.99
  • June 8 - geoDefense - $2.99
  • June 15 - Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I - $6.99
  • June 22 - Plants vs Zombies - $4.99
  • June 29 - Angry Birds - $2.99
  • July 6 - Twin Blades - $2.99
  • July 13 - Beards and Beaks - $2.99, Nokia exclusive: Mirror's Edge - $2.99
  • July 20 - Tentacles - $4.99
  • July 27 - Sally's Salon Luxury Edition - $4.99
  • August 3 - Cro-Mag Rally - $2.99
  • August 10 - Minesweeper and Sudoku - Free!
  • August 17 - IonBallEX - $2.99
  • August 24 - No US release
  • August 31 - Fight Game Rivals - $2.99
  • September 7 - Gravity Guy - $2.99
  • September 14 - Collapse! - $2.99
  • September 21 - Implode! - $2.99
  • September 28 - Burn the Rope! - $2.99
  • October 19 - Jet Car Stunts - $2.99
  • October 25 - Orbital - $2.99
  • November 2 - Kinectimals - $2.99
  • November 9 - Fusion: Sentient - $2.99.
  • November 16 - Let's Golf 2 - $4.99
  • November 21 - Farm Frenzy 2 - $2.99
  • November 28 - Ghostscape - $2.99, Shuffle Party - Free
  • December 7 - Hasta la Muerte - $2.99
  • December 14 - Battlewagon - $2.99, Doodle God - $2.99, Breeze - Free
  • December 21 - MiniSquadron - $2.99
  • December 28 - Spider Jack - $2.99

2012 release dates

  • January 4, 2012 - Zombies on teh Phone - $2.99
  • January 11 - Bug Village - Free
  • January 18 - TextTwist 2 - $2.99
  • January 26 - Fragger - $2.99
  • February 1 - Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - $4.99
  • February 8 - Bullet Asylum - $2.99
  • February 15 - Chickens Can't Fly - $2.99
  • February 22 - Splinter Cell: Conviction - $4.99
  • February 29 - Toy Soldiers Boot Camp - $2.99
  • March 7 - Dodonpachi Maximum - $4.99
  • March 14 - Gerbil Physics - $2.99
  • March 21 - PES 2012 - $4.99
  • March 28 - iStunt 2 - $2.99
  • April 4 - Civilization Revolution - $2.99
  • April 11 - Pirates! - $2.99
  • April 18 - Monster Island - $2.99 (pulled)
  • April 25 - Wordament - Free!
  • May 2 - Pac-Man Kart Rally $2.99
  • May 9 - Feed Me Oil - $.99
  • May 16 - geoDefense Swarm - $2.99
  • May 23 - Droplitz Delight - $.99
  • May 30 - MonstaFish - $.99
  • June 6 Battleship - $2.99
  • June 13 Final Fantasy - $6.99
  • June 20 Fling - $.99
  • June 27 Super Monkey Ball 2 - $2.99
  • July 4 - Mush - $2.99
  • July 11 - Gun Bros - Free
  • July 18 - Contract Killer - Free, Lode Runner Classic - $2.99
  • July 25 - Asphalt 5 - $2.99
  • August 1 - Pool Pro Online 3 - $2.99
  • August 8 - Sally's Spa - $2.99
  • August 15 - Little Acorns - $2.99
  • August 22 - Shoot1UP - $2.99
  • August 29 - Roll in the Hole - $.99
  • September 5 - Galaga Legions DX - $6.99
  • September 12 - Crimson Dragon Side Story - $.99
  • September 19 - Contre Jour - $2.99
  • September 26 - Real Soccer - $2.99
  • October 3 - Extraction - $.99
  • October 10 - Babel Rising 3D $2.99
  • October 17 - Cracking Sands - $2.99
  • October 24 - Carcassonne - $2.99
  • October 31 - Big Buck Hunter Pro - $2.99
  • November 7 - Cut the Rope - $.99
  • November 9 - Nokia Exclusives: Game of Life, Jet Set Go, Parking Mania (all $2.99)
  • November 14 - Sonic CD - $4.99
  • November 20 - Nokia Exclusives: Spy Mouse, Trivial Pursuit (all $2.99)
  • November 21 - Turn N Run - $.99
  • December 4 - AlphaJax - Free
  • December 19 - KenKen - $4.99
  • December 21 - Nokia Exclusive: iBomber Defense - $2.99

Check out post # 2 for more info about Windows Phone games.

 
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Check the dates on the reviews. It was really broken a few months back, delisted, "fixed", then relisted on sale. Works fine on 1020.

Feeni said:
Ha! Still haven't even booted up '14. I held on to it thinking I would get the easy achievements. Just not a soccer fan. Oddly enough, the release of the new one only makes me want to finally delete the old one off my phone without playing it. I can see this is a losing battle and I have no wish to develop a soccer game backlog.
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Somebody on XA said '14 had a long grind and that the new one doesn't. Might be better to play the new one first. I'll check it out after Terraria and AC:p.

 
Good size update (169 MB) out for Age of Empires. Not sure what's in it as I've yet to boot up the game.

 
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I just noticed that a lot of ea games for Windows phone are on sale most are $2.99 so ill be buying some new ones I don't have yet. Are there any that have cross platform purchase? Such as halo Spartan assault..
 
intoxicated662 said:
I just noticed that a lot of ea games for Windows phone are on sale most are $2.99 so ill be buying some new ones I don't have yet. Are there any that have cross platform purchase? Such as halo Spartan assault..
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I don't know of any paid Xbox WP games besides Spartan Assault that are universal apps.

 
Is it wrong I'm hyped that Zoo Tycoon is coming out soon? The achievement list just posted to xbox.com so that means a release is coming any week. F2P game that prolly looks like a clone of Ice Age/Bug Village. Eh, I don't mind grinding games for my phone. At level 91 in Uno & Friends and it doesn't bother me.

 
I think WP might be getting close to having more XBL games than XBLA released this year.

EDIT: After looking at XBLA releases for 2014, XBLA games are down, but  WP is still way lower :(

 
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bob101910 said:
I think WP might be getting close to having more XBL games than XBLA released this year.

EDIT: After looking at XBLA releases for 2014, XBLA games are down, but WP is still way lower :(
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Yeah, it's not even close. At least XBLA on the 360 releases a game practically every week(34 for 2014) and WP owners are lucky to get more than one new XBL enabled game a month. Seeing as how XBL games for WP are dying, this prolly explains my excitement for Zoo Tycoon :D/

EDIT: Another free game. Secrets and Treasures Woohoo!!!! http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/secrets-and-treasure/9f0559d9-3878-4b1c-a281-b7051d1c5525

 
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Dustinator said:
At level 91 in Uno & Friends and it doesn't bother me.
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Man that's a lot of game time. Wife and I combined to have a lvl 58 account and I feel like it's been forever. I only need the lvl 100 achievement so that's why I keep going. I don't think I'll start it on WP though or if I do I'll get all but the lvl 100 achievement lol

 
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Dustinator said:
EDIT: Another free game. Secrets and Treasures Woohoo!!!! http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/secrets-and-treasure/9f0559d9-3878-4b1c-a281-b7051d1c5525
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You're a little late to the party. The game has been out since Sept 10th. :)

kdiddy1989 said:
Man that's a lot of game time. Wife and I combined to have a lvl 58 account and I feel like it's been forever. I only need the lvl 100 achievement so that's why I keep going. I don't think I'll start it on WP though or if I do I'll get all but the lvl 100 achievement lol
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I was the first person to hit level 100 and it took about a week of playing almost nonstop day and night, whenever I wasn't sleeping, working or eating. Yeah, it takes a while.

 
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What happened to Windows 9?

"Microsoft's Terry Myserson is quoted as saying the new Windows has been built from the ground up for a mobile first, cloud first world. The new platform will come with one store for developers to reach consumers across phone, tablet and PC." - Source

I hope this means more XBL phone games.

 
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bob101910 said:
What happened to Windows 9?

"Microsoft's Terry Myserson is quoted as saying the new Windows has been built from the ground up for a mobile first, cloud first world. The new platform will come with one store for developers to reach consumers across phone, tablet and PC." - Source

I hope this means more XBL phone games.
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I'm thinking this windows is going to be such a huge leap they had to skip 9. Also, I think Xbox One might get getting (some version) of Windows 10. If you look closely at the slide (from the presentation today) with all the devices with Windows 10 on it, the one with the largest screen depicts the Xbox One OS

 
Hopefully with the release of Windows 10 Microsoft starts taking Windows Phone more seriously. It sounds like they're coming together the grand vision they have for their platforms I just hope when Windows Phone 10 releases they take the platform more seriously because right now it's still disappointing marketing, and support wise.

 
Kazeno Katana said:
Hopefully with the release of Windows 10 Microsoft starts taking Windows Phone more seriously. It sounds like they're coming together the grand vision they have for their platforms I just hope when Windows Phone 10 releases they take the platform more seriously because right now it's still disappointing marketing, and support wise.
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It isn't entirely a matter of how seriously Microsoft takes WP. In fact, 8.1 has been a TREMENDOUS leap forward in terms of what you can do with WP, and required a ton of effort.

The problem is getting a wider consumer base. You'll see more third-party stuff, at least, if/when there is a larger paying consumer base. Right now, the numbers aren't always there to justify porting products to Windows Phone in terms of ROA.

Of course, the merge of Windows and Windows Phone more completely should theoretically help. You get more bang for your development buck, right? And there will hopefully be apps for one platform or the other (Windows OR Windows Phone) that decide to take the plunge and leverage these new changes to get their app(s) on both for (hopefully) a relatively-low cost.

We'll see. I'm optimistic that with the changes they've made (these universal apps, the nicer, cheaper phones), they can draw some of the Android/iOS users away to Windows to get a larger share of the market, and make the whole platform more appealing by doing so.

 
I always see a ton of foreign players on the WP leader boards, especially from the Middle East and South-west Asia. I wonder if WP is doing a lot better in those markets than in the US.

 
ooga said:
I always see a ton of foreign players on the WP leader boards, especially from the Middle East and South-west Asia. I wonder if WP is doing a lot better in those markets than in the US.
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A lot better, actually. It's very popular in developing markets such as India

 
ooga said:
I always see a ton of foreign players on the WP leader boards, especially from the Middle East and South-west Asia. I wonder if WP is doing a lot better in those markets than in the US.
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Kromis said:
A lot better, actually. It's very popular in developing markets such as India
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Usually WPCentral has an article about how well it is doing in other markets. I don't remember seeing one in awhile. I easily could have missed it or another might be on the way. If I remember, I'll link to the next one. Interesting to see how terrible it is doing in US compared to other places.

 
bob101910 said:
Usually WPCentral has an article about how well it is doing in other markets. I don't remember seeing one in awhile. I easily could have missed it or another might be on the way. If I remember, I'll link to the next one. Interesting to see how terrible it is doing in US compared to other places.
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Notice how 75% of the comments on our articles are from Indian readers. Which unfortunately sometimes leads to lots of begging for free games or complaints about games costing money or requiring an internet connection.

 
chupon said:
Project Spark is leaving beta in 4 days and will stay free. Achievement list is pretty extensive.

91 achievements for 1000g. For now it seems to be shared between platforms, e.g. this isn't stackable on each platform.

http://www.trueachievements.com/Project-Spark-Win-8/achievements.htm
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My brain hurts! An achievement for getting 100 votes.....bleh!!

Since each platform has an achievement list, I don't see how it's not stackable. You should be able to get 1000 GS each on Win8 and Xbox1 for example, right?

 
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ooga said:
My brain hurts! An achievement for getting 100 votes.....bleh!!

Since each platform has an achievement list, I don't see how it's not stackable. You should be able to get 1000 GS each on Win8 and Xbox1 for example, right?
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Not always do we see games with multiplatform release have different lists. For instance there are/were GFWL/360 cross platform games that share the achievement list.

Right now it appears Project Spark is the same, but we'll see for sure when it releases.

These are the ones I know of

http://www.trueachievements.com/BlazBlue-Calamity-Trigger/achievements.htm

http://www.trueachievements.com/Game-Room/achievements.htm

http://www.trueachievements.com/Lost-Planet-Colonies/achievements.htm

http://www.trueachievements.com/Shadowrun/achievements.htm

http://www.trueachievements.com/Universe-at-War/achievements.htm

 
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"range is good" at TA said "Team Dakota has stated officially on the projectspark.com forums that all versions of the game--Xbox One, Windows 8.1, and Xbox 360--will have stackable achievements, and that they'll even unlock automatically on October 7th for those who earned them (whatever they are--we don't know yet) in the beta."

 
ooga said:
My brain hurts! An achievement for getting 100 votes.....bleh!!

Since each platform has an achievement list, I don't see how it's not stackable. You should be able to get 1000 GS each on Win8 and Xbox1 for example, right?
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1,000 votes and 5,000 downloads ouch. 50,000 downloads can be across multiple worlds, but still a bit rough.

I'd recommend working on something short then stream and make a video of it within first week on the game launching.

 
bob101910 said:
"range is good" at TA said "Team Dakota has stated officially on the projectspark.com forums that all versions of the game--Xbox One, Windows 8.1, and Xbox 360--will have stackable achievements, and that they'll even unlock automatically on October 7th for those who earned them (whatever they are--we don't know yet) in the beta."
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Oh cool, well in that case I'm glad I am wrong :D

 
Red Stripe Pac-Man CE DX

$3.49 Phone

$4.99 PC

I was hoping for $3 with cross-buy. Instead I might buy another Red Stripe, Daddy Was a Thief for $0.99 because it has cross-buy.

EDIT: I forgot to post earlier that Project Spark is now officially out of beta. Achievements will unlock almost right away if you did stuff in beta. It is a separate achievement list than Xbox One version, although not all of them unlocked for me that unlocked on Xbox One version.

 
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Three unrelated observations:

1- Zoo Tycoon seems to be out in Trinidad & Tobago for Win8.

2- Angry Birds Epic is showing up in the Xbox-enabled section on my WP8 phone (probably a fluke).

3- What happened to Kinectimals Unleashed fo WP8? It's no longer showing up for me.

 
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