Friday, January 27, 2012

Microsoft lays out Windows Phone games lineup for February

Microsoft has announced five ‘Must Have’ gaming titles that would be coming to Xbox Live for Windows Phone in February. The company has planned a phased roll-out of each game every week starting from February 1 and the pricing will vary from $2.99 to $4.99 (ranging between Rs 160 to Rs 260). The titles include Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, BulletAsylum, Chicken’s Can’t Fly, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction and Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp. Microsoft is promising these titles will come with Xbox LIVE Achievements, leaderboards. Hit the break to read about the games and to check out their individual pricing and launch details from the official press release.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Launch date: February 1
Price: $4.99 (approx. Rs 260)
Feel the rush of the escape and the thrill of the takedown! Outrun the law as a Racer in supercars such as the Pagani Zonda Cinque — or stop racers cold as a Cop in high-speed police interceptors such as the Lamborghini Reventon. Enabled for Xbox LIVE, experience pulse-pounding action as you make the escape or make the bust with “Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit” on Windows Phone. Drive up to 20 precision-performance cars in adrenaline-fueled showdown across 24 day-and-night tracks. Take it to the limit in 48 total Cop and Racer Career Events, collect bounty, and rise to the top of the ranks.
BulletAsylum
Launch date: February 8
Price: $4.99 (approx. Rs 160)
Do you like bullets? How about explosions? Are you tired of having to wait ENTIRE SECONDS between seeing bullets explode things? Annihilate invaders with a wall of firepower in this insane arcade shooter. “BulletAsylum” delivers over-the-top action, melding classic gameplay with next-generation visuals and mechanics. With an insane amount of firepower at your fingertips, vibrant graphics and an all-you-can-shoot buffet of alien hordes to destroy, “BulletAsylum” will blow you away!
Chickens Can’t Fly
Launch date: February 15
Price: $4.99 (approx. Rs 160)
Join the ranks of our scientists and see what chickens are capable of! Conduct experiments throughout four laboratories and answer questions such as: Is there life after the butcher? Are chickens afraid of ghosts? Does a frozen chicken get dizzy? Countless hours of fun await you: fall down an experimental pit, avoid obstacles, use power-ups and power-downs, gather corn, and make it through to the end. Use the skills you learn to get a high score in Survival Mode and show off to your friends on the Xbox LIVE and global leaderboards.
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction
Launch date: February 22
Price: $4.99 (approx. Rs 260)
The benchmark of action stealth games on console is available for the first time on Windows Phone. Unleash the ferocious skills of renegade agent Sam Fisher, a highly skilled Special Forces operative, and fight a corrupted secret agency to get your daughter back. Follow a trail of intrigue that leads from Iraq to a high-security building in Washington, D.C. Run, jump, fight and shoot using a handgun, a shotgun, an AK-47 assault rifle and a bazooka, or maintain stealth by improvising with nearby objects. You are now a renegade spy agent; you don’t follow any orders except for your own rules of engagement.
Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp February 29 | $2.99
Launch date: February 29
Price: $4.99 (approx. Rs 160)
Wage war on a tiny scale in “Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp,” which brings the fun and addictive shooting gallery mini-games from “Toy Soldiers: Cold War” for Xbox 360 to your Windows Phone. Defend house and home against swarms of houseflies when a flyswatter puts you in the role of a pint-sized anti-aircraft gunner. Thread the needle in the super-addicting game where you simply try to guide your missile through rotating holes. In addition, earn bragging rights in “Toy Soldiers: Cold War” for Xbox 360 through an integrated mobile leaderboard

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