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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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iStunt 2 freestyles onto the Marketplace

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WP7 Deal of the Week
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March 28
  • Puzzle Quest 2 - $6.99 $4.99 - Review
 
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Post here see if you all know the answer. How do you cancel a failed download? There was an HTC hub update that failed and now the download directory is still in my all apps list as @/directoryname/morenames and it always days I have 1 update any time I lock my phone. Any ideas?
 
What is Sonic 4 Ep. 1's price? It's $4.99 right now on the marketplace, which may be sale/price drop. That bad boy has gone back and forth so much, I'm not sure if $4.99 is it's regular price or not.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']What is Sonic 4 Ep. 1's price? It's $4.99 right now on the marketplace, which may be sale/price drop. That bad boy has gone back and forth so much, I'm not sure if $4.99 is it's regular price or not.[/QUOTE]
I am pretty sure that is regular price now. It had a price drop a few weeks ago. I could be wrong, but i think it dropped when sonic 4 on xbla dropped perm too
 
Ugh, these repeat deals are killing me. IStunt 2 seems pretty cool from the demo though, and Civilization Revolution will probably be a day one purchase unless the port is totally screwed up.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']Civ Rev looks pretty sweet. Would seriously consider it at $4.99, but my guess is it's gonna be $6.99.[/QUOTE]

Actually, even though the iPhone game is $6.99, the WP7 version will be $2.99. Win!
 
[quote name='eastx']Actually, even though the iPhone game is $6.99, the WP7 version will be $2.99. Win![/QUOTE]

WOW! That's kind of a big deal. I will buy it day 1 just to support the price point!
 
[quote name='eastx']How about a scoop?

Sally's Salon and Tiki Towers sequels coming to Windows Phone

Also:

See Civilization Revolution, Pinball FX 2, and more upcoming Xbox Live games in action[/QUOTE]

The video previewing Pinball FX2, Civ Rev, etc is really cool. Definitely some cool stuff to look forward to. Really interested on the pricing structure for Pinball FX2.

Never played Tiki Towers and Sally's Salon was ok (Liked Cantina more). I do have to thank Sally for finally getting my achievement score back to normal (with a 0/5 ending). Droplitz sequel looks fun.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']Ya, only through one world so far, but $2 seems more than fair for MiniSquadron. Controls like a dream.[/QUOTE]

yeh i gave the trial a go and was surprised how well the controls reacted. what even surprised me more is u can adjust the sensitivity in the options menu.

cheevo's aren't easy though i think. oh well for the price, i'm enjoying the game.
 
It's like they read my mind on this one (or this thread). I've definitely mentioned wanting Max/Magic Marker, De Blob, and Doodle God before.
 
The only ones I don't have are de Blob and Angry Birds. Not really interested in Angry Birds since I already have to play through Fragger and Monster Island for reviews (same style of game).

How do you guys like de Blob?
 
[quote name='eastx']The only ones I don't have are de Blob and Angry Birds. Not really interested in Angry Birds since I already have to play through Fragger and Monster Island for reviews (same style of game).

How do you guys like de Blob?[/QUOTE]

I didn't care much for deblob. It got bring and repetative...but for 99 cents I'd buy anything.
 
Yay CAG! I wouldn't have known about the Easter sale if I hadn't arbitrarily decided to check the deals forum today. The only one I already had was Angry Birds and I totally picked up all the rest. Now I'm so glad I didn't buy IonBall the other week when it was on sale.
 
[quote name='benjamouth']Nice, picked up de Blob, Doodle God and Toy Soldiers.

Awesome deal.[/QUOTE]

Ha, I bought the same titles, I already owned all the others. Max and the magic marker is well worth 99 cents. I just happened to look and thought maybe it was an error or they are dropping some of the prices. Then found out they are deals. Love the deals, but also would like to see older titles priced at 99cents.

Have wanted de blob.

Ms. Splosion! On de phone?! Awesome!
 
Awesome sale for once. Hopefully in the future they do some more like this. I went ahead and bought toy soldiers in case I get another wp7 or feel like carrying my old one again.
 
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I bought the five that I didn't have yet (all but Angry Bids and Burn the Rope). I had no interest in Ionball when it was DOTW, but for $.99, I'm sure I can get some enjoyment out of it. Hopefully they do more sales like this more often!
 
[quote name='Outinthedark']Picked up 4 myself. Got double billed somehow on Toy Soldier, the rep couldn't believe that was even possible.[/QUOTE]

Same. Got double billed on Doodle God. Gotta call the rep now.

EDIT: And there's no support number... WOW, way to go, Microsoft...
 
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[quote name='vamn']Same. Got double billed on Doodle God. Gotta call the rep now.

EDIT: And there's no support number... WOW, way to go, Microsoft...[/QUOTE]

Go here and request a call back. Took me no more than ~5 min total.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/contact-us?NavigationPath=/en-US/apps/windows-phone/windows-phone-info

BTW "Doodle God"...no doodles. I totally bought it blindly, no idea it was matching up a bunch of stuff. Quest mode is where it's at though, much prefer it over the base "game".
 
This sale looks awesome, the next phone I'm getting here is going to be a Windows Phone so it's nice to see that they are running sales like this! Shame I can't just pick them all up in anticipation lol
 
[quote name='MoCiWe']This sale looks awesome, the next phone I'm getting here is going to be a Windows Phone so it's nice to see that they are running sales like this! Shame I can't just pick them all up in anticipation lol[/QUOTE]
yeah, too bad you cannot buy via your Xbox account so you get in on the deals. I missed a few deals until I moved to wp7. I am dig the lumia 900 and titan II. Nice phones. Too bad I am not with ATT. Service needs to be improved in my area .
 
[quote name='MastrMeatWad']yeah, too bad you cannot buy via your Xbox account so you get in on the deals. I missed a few deals until I moved to wp7. I am dig the lumia 900 and titan II. Nice phones. Too bad I am not with ATT. Service needs to be improved in my area .[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I have microsoft points saved on my live account so that would have been great, I am currently in a Sprint family plan so I was looking at the HTC Arrive as it's essentially the only phone they have.

[quote name='Outinthedark']You can't purchase them through Zune without a phone? Thought you could...[/QUOTE]

Hmmmm, I just tried through the Zune marketplace and it just says looking for Windows phone tied to my e-mail, and the buy button is grayed out :( Thanks for the suggestion though, it didn't hurt to try!
 
Not really digging Doodle God. The unique style wears off quickly, and now im just basically trying everything I can.

Hope it doesn't show up as DotW sometime in April, tho I fear it will.
 
[quote name='MoCiWe']Hmmmm, I just tried through the Zune marketplace and it just says looking for Windows phone tied to my e-mail, and the buy button is grayed out :( Thanks for the suggestion though, it didn't hurt to try![/QUOTE]

Ah that sucks. You couldn't use MS points anyway, only real money via CC (other than for some DLC that uses MS Points).

@tyler the Quest mode was a lot more interesting imo. The base "game" was a lot of guess and check and does get repetitive. Even funnier is MS censored some answers like "Alcoholic" and "Sex" are not answers in the WP7 version.
 
[quote name='Outinthedark']Go here and request a call back. Took me no more than ~5 min total.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/contact-us?NavigationPath=/en-US/apps/windows-phone/windows-phone-info

BTW "Doodle God"...no doodles. I totally bought it blindly, no idea it was matching up a bunch of stuff. Quest mode is where it's at though, much prefer it over the base "game".[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the info. The guy cleared it up right away.

The actual Windows Phone site only has a chat option and I'd spent 2 hours being "first" queue yesterday before closing the window in frustration. (And if you call the main Microsoft support line, they tell you that chat is your only option, too!)
 
[quote name='vamn']Thanks for the info. The guy cleared it up right away.

The actual Windows Phone site only has a chat option and I'd spent 2 hours being "first" queue yesterday before closing the window in frustration. (And if you call the main Microsoft support line, they tell you that chat is your only option, too!)[/QUOTE]

Chat (and for the most part call support) is absolutely worthless. I had an issue with an older GFWL purchase and as soon as I was connected I asked to be transferred or given the support number for GFWL. This ignorant lady was so insistent she was the "right department" so I asked my question to which she had no idea what the hell I was talking about. After ~5 mins on hold I calmly told her she couldn't really help me as she wasn't part of GFWL support (she introduced herself as xxx from "Xbox Customer Support") and I just needed the number for GFWL (found it later via chat funny enough and it's some arbitrary page for GFWL support). She blew up at me to the point where I had to raise my voice to talk over her and calm her the hell down. She continued to yell at me for a good couple of minutes that she could help me if I would just be patient before I just told her off and hung up. I called the GFWL number and was helped immediately within ~5 mins. Guy knew exactly what the problem was and his first suggestion was right.

I absolutely loathe Xbox support. 9 times out of 10 they read from their prompts which probably more often then not, doesn't solve your problem. I do my due diligence and search for the answer before I call and when I do call it's for something like being double billed and I can't solve it on my own.

It seems to me the last few times I've had to call that they have outsourced their tier 1 support. More times and not, you get someone at least cheerful enough to do their best to help you, but sometimes it's just nasty people who shouldn't work in customer service.
 
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