Windows Phone is a mobile OS write by Microsoft. Windows Phone have smoother interface than other OS available (in my opinion), and it support for heavy gaming on mobile phone. Microsoft has make Windows phone integrate Xbox Live feature that marks windows phone as new era of mobile gaming. There are many game on its marketplace that users can play it, and many of them are free and some of that flag-free come with Xbox Live enabled feature, that make possibility for the users to take online multiplayer games. Then I will share you my favorites games on marketplace that cost nothing aka free games and XBL enabled games which also have achievements (note : clicking game's titles will bring you to marketplace)
1.
Gun Bros by Glu (185MB)
 |
| (source: windowsphone.com) |
Gun Bros is a Xbox Live enabled game feature release by Glu on May 31, 2012. In this game, player plays a game as part of The Freakishly Rugged Advanced Genetics Galactic Enforcement Division (AKA F.R.A.G.G.E.D) that have a mission to protect the cosmos from evil Tyrannical Oppressors of Life known as T.O.O.L. The games divided into several planets, and every planets is divided to 10 revolutions (10 horde in Bokor), and every revolutions contain 50 waves (no wave in Bokor). the player have to finish all 50 waves before they can continue to the next revolution, and every wave the finished will provide them with explodium, which can be processed on refinery to make coin for buying new weapon. this game contain XBL feature that allow player to play game together with theirs XBL friends to make bigger reward and finish all bro-op. for me this game is very addictive to play, oh don't forget to add my gamertag on AliveLattice52, let's destroy that Tyrannical Oppressors of Life!
2.
Contract Killer by Glu (176MB)
 |
| (source: windowsphone.com) |
Contract Killer is another Freemium Xbox live enabled games provided by Glu and released on July 10, 2012. In this game player play game as a contract killer that have to kill person of interest that provided by city informants. In this game, player should pay attention, because the killer target walk along the road with the civilian, and player not allowed to kill any civilians or the game will over if you kill one. Overall this game is good, its 3D graphics is excellent for mobile game and the sound effect also sound great and feel so real. In XBL feature, player can co-op all co-op mission to earn bigger reward, and also can pick one of their friends to be next kill target for big reward, and the rest is up to the player if they want to take revenge or not.
3.
Bug Village by Glu (39MB)
 |
| (source: windowsphone.com) | |
Bug Village is another free XBL game created by Glu. In this game, player asked to build a nice place for ants and bees to live by build them house, provide them with piles or flowers for their work and also provide them with food that make them happy to work. Bug Village come with XBL title, which mean more achievement that player can gain during the game. Though this game come with XBL title (which should pass MSFT certification), doesn't mean it doesn't have any bug. Some player may will experiencing black screen if they place much decoration on the village. Hmm, some may think not to put decoration on their garden, but unfortunately, one of seven achievements ask you to put at least 50 decorations to complete Great Decorator achievement. Then I just could tell you this, if you don't want to get that black screen, then decrease amount of your decorations when you already complete that Great Decorator.
4.
Arcane's TD by GraphicStream (34MB)
 |
| (source: windowsphone.com) |
Arcane's TD is a 3D survival tower defense game created by GraphicStream, which available on
Free Version and
Paid Version. There are no big difference between both versions, but the free is ads-supported while the paid one is ads-free. In both version player should defense their castle from goblin that would like to attack them with much powerful kind of goblin by build towers. There are 6 unique towers which have its unique ability that player can build to defense their castle from goblin's expansion. Also, player can upgrade their towers to provide them with powerful weapon to kill many advanced goblins. Both version also provided with free
World Editor that allows player to build their own level. *Tips : turning off data connection when running free version of this game will help you to avoid overuse your data connection because of that annoying ads, but do this will make you have no access to
OpenXLive service (similar to XBL)
5.
Air Soccer Fever by Dangling Concepts (17MB)
 |
| (source: windowsphone.com) |
Air Soccer Fever is an air-hockey-like game created by Dangling Concepts. Like Arcane's TD, it also has
Free and
Paid version. This game is similar to air hockey games, so if you play that, you would understand how this game works too. The difference of air hockey and this game is, this game use 1-3 (player's choice) hockey mallet(s) at once as soccer player and one hockey puck as a ball, while air hockey just use one mallet for each players. The rest of this game is all the same as air hockey. This game also give players an online gaming against random players in the world. Oh, a reason I like this is because I playing this on my
Windows 8 (Yes, Windows 8 is exist, but now it still reach RP version) under windows store (only windows 8 can access this), and the only different between this version and win8 version that in win8 we play it with 1-5 mallet(s) at once for each player. Happy Gaming :)
