Microsoft announces a butt-load of Windows Phone 7 games and details @ Gaming Target

Written by Kyle Hilliard on August 20, 2010

News: Matt Booty tells us about a butt-load of games.

Microsoft shared quite a few details about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 and its compatibility with Xbox Live. From what Microsoft has been saying at the Gamescom conference in Germany this week, it truly sounds like this will be Xbox Live in your pocket (and Microsoft's de facto handheld system). It seems like very few features have been left out in the translation from Xbox console to Xbox portable phone. Things like your Avatar, friends list, and most importantly, Achievements, are all going to part of mobile gaming with windows.

Here's a reassuring quote from Matt Booty, general manager of mobile gaming for Microsoft Game Studios about the future of Windows Phone 7:

"Just like we've done with Xbox 360, our charter is to push the envelope and deliver definitive games that maximise the platform. We will have an incredible line-up of [Microsoft Game Studios] titles, and that's just the beginning."

Maximizing the platform sounds awesome! If not a little ambiguous.

Here's a list of all the announced Windows Phone 7 games, with the especially interesting ones highlighted in bold. No release dates for these games yet. They have just been described as the "first wave" of releases.

3D Brick Breaker Revolution (Digital Chocolate)

Age of Zombies (Halfbrick)

Armor Valley (Protщgщ Games)

Asphalt 5 (Gameloft)

Assassins Creed (Gameloft)

Bejeweled LIVE (PopCap)

Bloons TD (Digital Goldfish)

Brain Challenge (Gameloft)

Bubble Town 2 (i-Play)

Butterfly (Press Start Studio)

CarneyVale Showtime (MGS)

Castlevania (Konami)

Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst (MGS)

De Blob Revolution (THQ)

Deal or No Deal 2010 (i-Play)

Earthworm Jim (Gameloft)

Fast & Furious 7 (i-Play)

Fight Game Rivals (Rough Cookie)

Finger Physics (Mobliss Inc.)

Flight Control (Namco Bandai)

Flowerz (Carbonated Games)

Frogger (Konami)

Fruit Ninja (Halfbrick)

Game Chest: Board (MGS)

Game Chest: Card (MGS)

Game Chest: Logic (MGS)

Game Chest: Solitaire (MGS)

GeoDefense (Critical Thought)

Ghostscape (Psionic)

Glow Artisan (Powerhead Games)

Glyder 2 (Glu Mobile)

Guitar Hero 5 (Glu Mobile)

Hexic Rush (Carbonated Games)

I Dig It (InMotion)

iBlast Moki (Godzilab)

ilomilo (MGS)

Implode XL (IUGO)

Iquarium (Infinite Dreams)

Jet Car Stunts (True Axis)

Let's Golf 2 (Gameloft)

Little Wheel (One click dog)

Loondon (Flip N Tale)

Max and the Magic Marker (PressPlay)

Mini Squadron (Supermono Limited)

More Brain Exercise (Namco Bandai)

O.M.G. (Arkedo)

Puzzle Quest 2 (Namco Bandai)

Real Soccer 2 (Gameloft)

The Revenants (Chaotic Moon)

Rise of Glory (Revo Solutions)

Rocket Riot (Codeglue)

Star Wars: Battle for Hoth (THQ)

Star Wars: Cantina (THQ)

The Harvest (MGS)

The Oregon Trail (Gameloft)

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction (Gameloft)

Tower Bloxx NY (Digital Chocolate)

Twin Blades (Press Start Studio)

Uno (Gameloft)

Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet (i-Play)

Zombie Attack! (IUGO)

Zombies!!!! (Babaroga)

Microsoft also plans to release a version of the popular Halo Waypoint community hub for the Windows Phone 7 platform.