Pac-Man, Katamari among Namco's Windows Phone 7 lineup
Pub🐻lisher 🌳comes out with full support for new platform
澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Namco Bandai has come forward with support for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft's new mobile phone platform in ꦰa big way. The publisher has confirmed five titles for the new operating system, with a commitment to stay there for a while.
We know Microsoft is look⛄ing to gaming as a differentiating factor for Windows Phone 7. With Xbox🐼 Live integration and an established history of gaming in its other departments, Microsoft is stepping up the mobile game arena.
Above: Pac-Man and I Love Katamari for iPhone
So here's what Namco Bandai is bringing to the new opera🅺ting system as its ini꧅tial rollout:
I Love Katamari
Pac-Man
More Brain Exercise
Puzzle Quest 2
Flight Control
Most of these will be simple ports of existing iPhone/Android games, but they'llof course will be tailored to Windows Phone 7. They'l♒l get Xbox Live achievem﷽ents and all the social connectivity coming to the new platform.
It's a far cry from the iPhone platform, which is approaching a game library of 100,00🐲0 titles. However, Microsoft is focusing on quality 🐠rather than quantity. Thanks to the company's existing relationships with all of the top game publishers, it's able to pull in some great talent.
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Namco Bandai said noth🦋ing about a rollout schedule for these🌠 games, nor how expensive they would be. However, having another high-profilepublisher announce support for Windows Phone 7 is a big deal for Microsoft.
Windows Phone 7 officially launched in the US earlier this week, with AT&T and T-Mobile as the flagship prov🅠iders. Sprint and Verizon will get thei🔥r hands in the cookie jar early next year.
Nov 10, 2010