There have been some pretty amazing Xbox games on the Nokia Lumia
smartphone platform tin 2013. As proof that Windows Phone is now a force
to reckon with, we’re seeing games launch at the same time as on iPhone
and Android phones. Here we look at the best 10 Xbox games for Windows
Phone 8.
Windows Phone and Xbox gaming has come
on in leaps and bounds in 2013. Whether in the form of racing games,
strategy games, or general platform games we’ve seen some amazing stuff.
Best 10 Xbox Games for Windows Phone 8.
Angry
Birds Star Wars II has landed and for the first time you can play as
the pigs. Play as the fearsome Darth Maul and wield his double-bladed
Lightsaber, or play as Darth Vader, General Grievous, or even Emperor
Palpatine himself. Based on the Star Wars movie prequels, use the Force
for good against the greedy Pork Federation or choose a much darker
path. There are now over 30 playable characters, more than any other
version of Angry Birds – from Yoda, pod-racing Anakin, Mace Windu to
Jango Fett they’re all here.
In
Tetris Blitz you race against the clock in a frenzied two-minute
challenge to clear as many lines and rack up as many points as possible.
The game has new controls, such as the “Drag-and-Place” option allowing
you to tap and drag pieces with precision. You can also choose the
lightning fast “One-Touch” controls or “Swipe” placement if you prefer
the original controls.
Six-Guns
is a game from Gameloft and is a third-person shooter set in Arizona
and Oregon that brings to life the spirit of the Wild West. You play the
mysterious cowboy, Buck Crosshaw, something of a ‘man with no name’
character, who finds himself an outlaw who has had to fake his own death
and escape to Arizona. However, escaping from one evil he finds himself
in another, as a ‘wicked force stirs in the hills of this mysterious
region.’
In
Kingdoms and Lords you are the master of your own fledgling kingdom,
which you must defend initially against Barbarian riders and then
against the rise of the Dark King. This is a strategy SIM in the classic
sense of the game, in that you’ll need to farm livestock and raise
crops, while at the same time balance the affairs of state by raising
and training, then maintaining, an army.
In
Jetpack Joyride you get to play Barry Steakfries who dons a whole
series of cool and amazing jetpack based gadgets in order to take to the
skies and collect coins. The plot of Jetpack Joyride is quite simple,
you as Barry break into a secret laboratory to steal the experimental
jetpacks from the clutches of science evildoers. Each jetpack has its
own special ability, from firing bullets, bubbles, rainbows and even
lasers downwards as you fly.
The
introduction for Babel Rising 3D on Xbox Live gives you everything you
need to know about this game, ‘Step into the sacred sandals of a great,
almighty, and very angry deity. Hurl bolts of holy lightning, summon
punishing earthquakes, and unleash vengeful floods upon the foolish and
irreverent Humans to prevent them from building the tower of Babel.’
The
SIMS Medieval is the latest EA game that has appeared exclusive for
Nokia Lumia owners. It’s not appeared in the Nokia Collection yet,
though it will, but you can pick it up from the Xbox Live section of
your Nokia Lumia. In the game you get to create your own hero and take
part in a fantasy world of quests and adventures. You can choose to be
anything from a servant or serf, to a knight, a lady or even a vampire.
Halo
is the jewel in the Microsoft gaming crown so it was always going to be
something of a grand day when it arrived on the Windows Phone 8
platform. The beauty is, it’s already come in for an update taking the
original 25 levels up to 30 levels. It is rooted very firmly in the Halo
franchise. So much so, the game is set between the action in Halo 3 and
Halo 4 and features Spartan super soldiers Sarah Palmer and Edward
Davis, who are pretty important characters in the over-arching mythos.
Skulls
of the Shogun is a fantastic game from Microsoft Studios that manages
to turn what is a rather flat and staid old gaming style, the turn-based
game, into some new and dynamic with an amazing backdrop, story and
more game play than you can wave a thousand-times folded Katana at.
The
Sims FreePlay is a brand new version of the game you may have played on
Facebook. With a brand new game engine, you’ll be able to play the game
of virtual life on your Nokia Lumia smartphone running Windows Phone 8.
As the game states, “will your Sims be friends – or enemies? Form
relationships with a slap, a high-five (or some Woohoo!).” It’s the
free-form game that urges you to interact with other Sims, expand your
city and create a virtual life online.
What’s been your best Xbox game of 2013 for Windows Phone?
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