All Stories Tagged: Windows 8, Page 2

Halo is coming back to PC... but not in the way you may have wanted.

A World of Keflings has come out for Windows 8, and Ninja Bee has announced a Wii U version will follow later this year.

Remember when cartoon mascot platformers were a dime a dozen? Krome Studios' Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is getting a rather unexpected sequel, this time for Windows 8 PC and tablet devices.

We take a look at indie developer 17-Bit Studio's turn-based strategy title, Skulls of the Shogun, to see if it's strategic, battles of undead samurai are worth a trip to the Realm of the Dead.

"Gotta win 'em all, poker man!" That's how I'd market a poker game, anyway. But Microsoft, for whatever reason, has instead chosen to buddy up with the World Series of Poker to slap its name on an official poke 'em up for Xbox Live Arcade and Windows 8. Coming this Spring, World Series of Poker: Full House Pro will be free-to-play.

One of the world's finest downloadable content releases is The Wavy Tube Man Chronicles, The Gunstringer's gleefully silly Mad Dog McCree-style interactive gunslinger movie starring Troma mastermind Lloyd Kaufman. The Wavy Tube Man cannot be constrained by mere platforms and DLC shackles, though, and is breaking out onto Windows 8 in a standalone release.

Microsoft has detailed the games and apps that will utilize SmartGlass support within a few months of its impending launch.

Xbox Music will launch tomorrow on the Xbox 360, and October 26 on Windows 8, Microsoft has announced. The Music Pass, which will let you play unlimited music from its library, will cost $9.99.

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson says he refused to help Microsoft certify Minecraft for Windows 8, saying he'd rather not have it run on the new OS at all.

Microsoft has revealed the first set of Xbox Live games that will be coming to Windows 8, some coming as early as October 26.