All News tagged with 'Windows Phone'

Now that Microsoft has completed its takeover of Activision Blizzard King, it's time for Xbox to start releasing mobile games with achievement lists again.

Posted 1 month ago by Sean Carey 81

Microsoft Flight Simulator's free 40th anniversary update, which adds helicopters, gliders, and more to the game, is now available to download.

Posted 1 year ago by Sean Carey 29

We want to know what you think of Microsoft's decision to end Xbox support on Windows Phone devices, and as a result, discontinuing thousands of achievements.

Posted 1 year ago by Heidi Nicholas 257

Microsoft has announced that it's ending support for Xbox features on Windows Phone devices in May, which means you soon won't be able to unlock achievements on the platform.

Posted 1 year ago by Sean Carey 325

It's time to go digging around in the back of that drawer for your old Windows Phone — achievements now seem to be unlocking on the platform once more! We've seen a flurry of achievement unlocks over the past few days.

Posted 2 years ago by Sean Carey 257

Have you experienced a problem with Windows Phone achievements not syncing? A TA regular is looking for more information to put to Microsoft in the hopes of fixing the issue.

Posted 3 years ago by Sean Carey 68

Getting Windows Phone achievements syncing to Xbox has been a challenge ever since Microsoft started backing away from mobile development, but things have gotten worse in recent days.

Posted 3 years ago by Sam Quirke 152

Windows Phone and Win 8 game Total Conquest is shutting down at the end of next month, according to an in-app notification. This comes to us as publisher Gameloft drastically shifts its operations globally.

Posted 4 years ago by Sam Quirke 21

Microsoft has announced that the app store for devices running Windows Phone 8.1 will shut in December. Users will not be able to download apps or reinstall old ones after the date has passed.

Posted 4 years ago by Sean Carey 355

Players need to trade goods with villagers to acquire a total of 1,000 emeralds, and since the achievement's release in the early hours of this morning, only 14 players have unlocked it across all platforms.

Posted 4 years ago by Rebecca Smith

We have just picked up a new achievements for Minecraft. There is 1 achievement worth 20 gamerscore, but stackable across all of the various platforms still supported by the developers.

Posted 4 years ago by Sam Quirke

As reported by Thurrott, Microsoft have updated their Windows 10 Mobile FAQ to state that support for the platform will end on December 10th this year. The official advice? Switch to Android or iOS.

Posted 4 years ago by Sam Quirke

Another patch has hit the various different versions of Minecraft with Update 1.8 bringing cat & pandas to the game along with three new achievements.

Posted 5 years ago by Ashley Woodcock

Microsoft Studios has announced they are in the process of sunsetting Age of Empires: Castle Siege. Purchases have already been disabled in the Windows real-time strategy game, and the servers will close in May 2019.

Posted 5 years ago by Kelly Packard

UNO & Friends' server closure schedule is heading toward more delays than Duke Nukem Forever. Gameloft has announced that the servers for the Windows PC and Windows Phone title won't close until February 2019 now.

Posted 5 years ago by Kelly Packard

Second chances don't come along often, but in the case of the UNO & Friends server closure, players are on chance number three. You now have until the end of the year before the game's servers close.

Posted 5 years ago by Kelly Packard

On October 11th, the online multiplayer servers for Crysis 2 will be closed, and this will render 15 achievements as discontinued.

Posted 5 years ago by Rebecca Smith

Phase two of Update Aquatic has arrived today for Xbox One (not the legacy Xbox One Edition), Windows 10, Nintendo Switch, mobile devices, and VR.

Posted 5 years ago by Rebecca Smith

UNO & Friends has had a temporary reprieve. Players no longer have just a couple of days to get the achievements as the servers will now be running until the end of September.

Posted 5 years ago by Rebecca Smith

Due to the imminent expiration of their license with Mattel, the servers for UNO & Friends on both Windows Phone and Windows 8 are closing at the end of next month.

Posted 5 years ago by Rebecca Smith

Today, AlphaJax and Snap Attack received identical server closure announcements. Both games will be shutting down and will no longer generate puzzles beginning May 18th, 2018.

Posted 5 years ago by Kelly Packard

A few days ago, we learned that the Windows Phone version of Dragon Mania Legends had seen its Xbox Live support completely removed. Now it seems like the same has happened to Asphalt 8: Airborne (WP).

Posted 6 years ago by Rebecca Smith

Gameloft has confirmed that two of their Windows Phone titles will not receive further updates. The news should not be a surprise considering Microsoft is dropping support for their WP platform.

Posted 6 years ago by Rebecca Smith

Title update XVII has been detailed for the Windows 8 and Windows Phone versions of Modern Combat 5: Blackout. The new patch includes a new game mode, new level cap and rewards, and plenty more.

Posted 6 years ago by Ashley Woodcock

Following on from the announcement of the "Better Together" update for Minecraft that provides cross-play between almost all versions, Jens and Saxs from Mojang sat down with Julia Hardy to discuss it a bit more.

Posted 6 years ago by Andy Mills

A new trailer has been released for Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition and the various Pocket Editions of the game showcasing new content and gameplay from the upcoming Discovery Update.

Posted 6 years ago by Ashley Woodcock

Pipework Studios, the developer now in charge of Terraria, has released a new video showcasing the gameplay, weapons, items, and more to come in title update 1.3 for the Xbox One and mobile versions of the game.

Posted 6 years ago by Ashley Woodcock

In the last news we heard about Terraria, development of the Xbox One and PS4 versions had been handed over from Engine Studios to Pipeworks Software.

Posted 6 years ago by Kelly Packard

There is a lot of talk about Windows Phone getting the boot from game and app developers and well, it's not untrue. EA has announced the discontinuation of content updates for The Sims FreePlay.

Posted 6 years ago by Kelly Packard

Various FIFA titles will see their online services shut down as Electronic Arts have decided to pull the plug on services for FIFA 12, FIFA 13, and FIFA 15 Ultimate Team (WP).

Posted 6 years ago by Ashley Woodcock

Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition as well as the various Pocket Editions of Minecraft will soon be receiving the Discovery Update, or update 1.1. According to Mojang, "it’s not called The Discovery Update for no reason."

Posted 6 years ago by Kelly Packard

Microsoft's free Universal Windows Platform word game Wordament will be seeing some big changes soon. It has been announced that the title will undergo a name change and more. Oh yeah, there will be new achievements.

Posted 6 years ago by Kelly Packard

A new version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition has been released for Windows 10 Mobile users which now gives WP players with the latest operating system a chance to enjoy new features, DLC, Realms, and achievements.

Posted 6 years ago by Ashley Woodcock

We have just picked up the achievement list for Minecraft: Pocket Edition. There are 72 achievements worth a total of 1,550 Gamerscore, none of which are secret

Posted 6 years ago by Rich Stone

2017 is no stranger to delistings. The year started off with a batch of upwards of 15 games being removed from the Xbox One and Xbox 360 Marketplaces. Now a hefty handful of Windows Phone games have bid their adieus.

Posted 6 years ago by Kelly Packard

Those who follow the sandbox game Terraria are well aware it's going through a bit of a transitional phase. All of the code is being rewritten to resemble more closely the PC version, which will help it to receive updates faster.

Posted 6 years ago by Kelly Packard

Tuesday, November 15th will be the 15th anniversary of the prolific Halo franchise, a series that holds a special place in the hearts of many now twenty-and-thirty-somethings worldwide. What will it bring?

Posted 7 years ago by Kelly Packard

Game Troopers' Free Slots Fun Factory's game-breaking issues were more than just a bug as the entire game has now been removed from the Xbox LIVE store.

Posted 7 years ago by Ashley Woodcock

The various versions of Age of Empires: Castle Siege receive a new level in patch 1.21 as Microsoft and Smoking Gun celebrate two years of the title being available on the Windows platform.

Posted 7 years ago by Ashley Woodcock