EA Unveils First Wave of Games for Windows Phone 7
EA Unveils First Wave of Games for Windows Phone 7
Posted 10/12/2010 at 6:11am
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EA Mobile, a division of Electronic Arts, is raring to go on the Windows Phone 7 platform and has announced the first batch of EA games to ship on WP7 devices this fall. EA's titles will be Xbox LIVE enabled, allowing users to track and share scores with leaderboards, unlock Achievements, add to their Gamerscore, and communicate with other Xbox Live users across the Xbox 360, PC, and WP7.
"Our collaboration with Microsoft brings EA’s world-class catalog of global game franchises to Windows Phone 7, offering a unique set of gaming features perfectly suited to the deep, innovative experiences we value at EA," said Travis Boatman, vice president of Worldwide Studios for EA Mobile. "We see consumers deeply integrating devices into their lives and entertainment in new ways every day. Challenging your Xbox Live friends to an EA game from the phone in your pocket keeps you connected and having fun no matter where you are."
The first wave of games will include Need for Speed: Undercover, Tetris, The Sims 3, and Monopoly. EA won't be the only publisher to support gaming on the WP7 platform, however. According to Microsoft, EA will be joined by a handful of studios, including Micrsosoft Game Studios, Gameloft, Konami, Namco Bandai, PopCap, and THQ. Microsoft says you can expect new titles each week.
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Zachary K.
October 12, 2010 at 6:44am
does the windows phone 7 marketplace still have that crazy no guns or violence restriction on apps? that is a bad move on their part.
publicimage
October 12, 2010 at 2:50pm
FYI, This is copied straight from the Application Certification Requirements PDF, dated Sept 2010. Nowhere does it say "no guns" but it does say the following:
"3.8 Violence
Content not allowed:
Realistic or gratuitous violence, including depictions of the following:
- Decapitation, impaling, blood splatter/blood spurting/blood pooling, or gore
- Exploding body parts
- Guns/weapons pointed toward user/audience
- Strangulation/choking
- People or creatures on fire
- Cruelty to animals
- Audio of humans or animals suffering "
"Realistic or gratuitous" are the key words here, imo. A Halo-like FPS shooting alien life forms and spewing green blood would likely make it through the approval process. Well, ok, maybe not spewing...
Zachary K.
October 12, 2010 at 7:14pm
"Guns/weapons pointed toward user/audience"
where will the guns be pointed then? watermelons?
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