Ah,
Windows 8. You've been in the wild, sort of, for a few weeks now. Some love you, some hate you. But, you're going and there's nothing that's going to stop you.
With that, Major Nelson
has blogged about the first 40 Xbox Live games coming to Windows 8. With Windows 8, you'll be seeing tighter integration with the Xbox Live service and you can expect some of these titles when Windows 8 launches on October 26th for everyone that doesn't have MSDN or Technet access.
Of course, these games will feature achievements, leaderboards, and many of what you can come to expect when you buy an Xbox Live game. So, what games can you expect for the first round? Here's the list:
1. 4 Elements II Special Edition
2. A World of Keflings
3. Adera: Episode 1
4. Adera: Episode 2
5. Adera: Episode 3
6. Angry Birds
7. Angry Birds Space
8. Big Buck Hunter Pro
9. BlazBlue Calamity Trigger
10. Collateral Damage
11. Crash Course GO
12. Cut the Rope
13. Disney Fairies
14. Dragon’s Lair
15. Field & Stream Fishing
16. Fruit Ninja
17. Gravity Guy
18. Gunstringer: Dead Man Running
19. Hydro Thunder Hurricane
20. IloMilo
21. iStunt 2
22. Jetpack Joyride
23. Kinectimals Unleashed
24. Microsoft Mahjong
25. Microsoft Minesweeper
26. Microsoft Solitaire Collection
27. Monster Island
28. PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX
29. Pinball FX 2
30. Reckless Racing Ultimate
31. Rocket Riot 3D
32. Shark Dash
33. Shuffle Party
34. Skulls of the Shogun
35. Taptiles
36. Team Crossword
37. The Harvest HD
38. Toy Soldiers Cold War
39. Wordament
40. Zombies!!!
