Microsoft Releases Wordament, the First iPhone Game with Xbox Live AchievementsMicrosoft has released a game tonight called Wordament for the iPhone. The game has been a popular Windows Phone game, but is now also available on iOS. Wordament was originally a side-project for two Windows Live employees that was later acquired and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Wordament is notably the first Microsoft game to come to iOS with Xbox Achievements. When you sign in with your free Microsoft account, you can earn up to 50 Gamerscore from our 10 achievements and you’ll have access to all of your Xbox Friends and Wordament Frenemies. If you’ve played on Windows Phone or Window 8 and jump to the iOS version, all of your player stats and friends will follow your account automatically. Wordament is a word game that takes two minutes and allows you to compete, real-time, with everyone else playing at the same time. A 4x4 Grid of letters is presented and words can be created by dragging your finger across adjacent letters. Everyone plays on the same board at the same time. Microsoft has been making slight movements into the iOS gaming space. They had previously released an Xbox Live App that allows you to manage your Xbox Live account, and a few iOS games including Kinectimals. Wordament is available for free on the App Store. [Direct Link] Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Karateka Creator Jordan Mechner Compares Apple II and iPhone Versions of Classic Game • Apple Reverses Course on 30-Pin and Lightning Connector Guidelines • Nielsen Releases Top 10 iPhone Apps of 2012 • Facebook Launches its Own Version of Snapchat, Called Poke • Wall Street Journal Joins Newsstand, Now Selling In-App Subscriptions
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