First released as a free-to-play game on Windows 8 and Windows Phone, Wordament has come to iPhone as a free download that doesn't lose any of its Xbox connectivity in the process. Achievement hunters ...

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Wordament, a popular Windows Phone game from Microsoft, has been launched for Android following the iPhone, introducing Xbox Live achievements for the first time to the rival smartphone platform.

Turn-based word games are so last season. What's that you say? Still playing Letterpress? That's great, Grandad, glad you can fit it in between jousting and lute practice. I'll be over here, playing ...

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Microsoft themselves didn’t have as much of a presence at Casual Connect Seattle this year as we would’ve liked, but they did stage a fascinating presentation on the effects that switching to Xbox ...

Microsoft is drawing on its expansive game library to make its Teams app for messaging and calls a more compelling hub. A new game called IceBreakers can help teammates get to know one another. In ...

Wordament, a word puzzle game now available on iOS, is the first Xbox title to port to iOS with Xbox Achievements, according to a post on the game's blog. Wordament gives players two minutes to guess ...

Xbox Live Achievements have hit the Android platform with the release of Microsoft's real-time continuous word tournament game Wordament on the Google Play store. The free game first released for the ...

Microsoft 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 ...