“Harbor Master” and “Centipede” Next Week’s WP7 Xbox Titles

Just received the email: “Harbor Master” and “Centipede” available in the Games Marketplace for $2.99 each next week” I’m sure when you were thinking of Xbox on your phone that Centipede was the first title to come to mind, right?:) Harbor Master is like Flight Controller but with boats, monsters and storms. Here’s the trailer … Read more

Super Monkey Ball Is Available NOW For Windows Phones

The much anticipated Super Monkey Ball is now available for Windows Phones for $5 with a free trial, as expected. Let’s roll! Guide a cute little monkey encased in a transparent ball to victory by tilting and rolling him through a variety of slopes and turns. You must navigate a large variety of obstacle courses … Read more

Here’s Why Wordament Will Always Be Free For WP7

Wordament is the massively multi-player real time ‘Boggle’ type game for Windows Phones and it’s free. The developer has written a post about their philosophy of releasing a free version only and they’ve reiterated that they will not be releasing a paid version. Here it is and I’m again highly endorsing this game, which is … Read more

The App Store is More Open Than Marketplace

When we first learned about the restrictions for submitting apps to the Windows Phone Marketplace there were immediate comparisons to Apples App Store and it generally seemed like they would end up in line with each other. As you probably know though, Microsoft recently pulled Imagewind from the Marketplace because it shows unfiltered images and … Read more

Microsoft To Unveil Silverlight For Xbox Next Week

According to WinRumors Microsoft is going to announce the availability of Silverlight for Xbox at Mix. For developers this would be great because with some resizing, etc they can take their Silverlight apps and sell them on a bigger screen. And obviously as the Microsoft ecosystem expands there’s more of an incentive to make apps … Read more