Microsoft's first wave of Xbox Live games for Windows 8

By Alexander Sliwinski

Microsoft revealed its first wave of Xbox Live games coming to Windows 8, with 29 games from Microsoft Studios. The first batch will be available October 26 and will span "Windows 8 PC, laptop, or tablet."

Some curious titles that jump out to us in this list are Gunstringer: Dead Man Running and Hydro Thunder Hurricane. There are also some cool ports like ilomilo, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, Toy Soliders: Cold War, Pinball FX2 and... BlazBlue Calamity Trigger?

  1. A World of Keflings
  2. Adera: Episode 1
  3. Adera: Episode 2
  4. Adera: Episode 3
  5. Angry Birds
  6. Angry Birds Space
  7. Big Buck Hunter Pro
  8. BlazBlue Calamity Trigger
  9. Collateral Damage
  10. Crash Course GO
  11. Cut the Rope
  12. Disney Fairies
  13. Dragon's Lair
  14. Field & Stream Fishing
  15. Fruit Ninja
  16. Gravity Guy
  17. Gunstringer: Dead Man Running
  18. Hydro Thunder Hurricane
  19. IloMilo
  20. iStunt 2
  21. Jetpack Joyride
  22. Kinectimals Unleashed
  23. Microsoft Mahjong
  24. Microsoft Minesweeper
  25. Microsoft Solitaire Collection
  26. Monster Island
  27. PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX
  28. Pinball FX 2
  29. Reckless Racing Ultimate
  30. Rocket Riot 3D
  31. Shark Dash
  32. Shuffle Party
  33. Skulls of the Shogun
  34. Taptiles
  35. Team Crossword
  36. The Harvest HD
  37. Toy Soldiers Cold War
  38. Wordament
  39. Zombies!!!

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