Windows Phone 7 to Xbox LIVE Games with Avatars, Friends and Mo’

At gamescom 2010, , Microsoft Corp.
premiered the first wave of Xbox LIVE games launching on Windows Phone 7 over the holidays

Windows Phone 7 will have a Games
hub featuring Xbox LIVE, creating a different kind of mobile gaming
experience that puts the games you want front and center. Xbox LIVE
games on Windows Phone 7 will be specially selected from the top names
in mobile, PC and console game development. Features of gaming include cross platform avatars, friends, game access, achievements, messaging, multi-players and spotlight feeds.

Windows
Phone 7 also will be supported by content from Microsoft Game Studios
(MGS), providing strong first-party gaming titles and intellectual
property for the phone. For Xbox fans, this means that Windows Phone 7
will offer companion titles to familiar names, such as "Halo: Waypoint,"
and "Crackdown 2," extending the experience of their favorite Xbox 360
franchises.

The most
creative minds in game development are bringing the biggest franchises
to Windows Phone 7. The first wave of launch portfolio titles includes
Xbox LIVE games from the likes of Gameloft, Konami Digital
Entertainment, Namco Bandai, PopCap and THQ. Whether you choose to play a
gem of a puzzler with "Bejeweled™ LIVE" (PopCap), bring down the house
with "Guitar Hero 5" (Glu Mobile), fight off a destructive alien
invasion in "The Harvest" (MGS), paint your way out of a corner with
"Max and the Magic Marker" (PressPlay) or defend your city in "Crackdown
2: Project Sunburst" (MGS)

Xbox LIVE: Bringing More to Your Mobile Gaming

Xbox
LIVE on Windows Phone 7 unlocks a world of games and fun and directly
connects you to a global community of more than 25 million active Xbox
LIVE members. Windows Phone 7 is the only phone that seamlessly
integrates Xbox LIVE and provides unique mobile gaming experiences:

•	Avatars. Connect to your Xbox LIVE profile and Avatar, or create a new one if you don’t already have an Avatar or Xbox LIVE profile; take your 3-D Avatar and props with you on the phone with full closet access.
•	Friends. Bring your Xbox LIVE friends with you everywhere; compare Achievements, challenge rivals to your favorite game, and even see who’s online and what they’re doing on their consoles, PCs or phones.
•	Game access. Easily view and launch your full game library from a single location; find, try and buy new games either in the Marketplace or Games hub.
•	Achievements. Earn, view and track Achievements, view Xbox LIVE leaderboards and build your Gamerscore across Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 — every time you play an Xbox LIVE title.
•	Messaging. Communicate with all of your Xbox LIVE friends, any time you want, through Xbox LIVE messages.
•	Multiplayer. Invite, connect and play against friends on other Windows Phone 7 phones or the PC with turn-based (asynchronous) multiplayer gaming.
•	Spotlight. Access Xbox LIVE Spotlight feeds, including the latest game titles, breaking news from Xbox LIVE, game tips and tricks, and more.

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