Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Windows Phone getting four fresh Xbox Live gaming titles, optimized for Mango]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/03/windows-phone-getting-four-fresh-xbox-live-gaming-titles-optimi/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/03/windows-phone-getting-four-fresh-xbox-live-gaming-titles-optimi/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/03/windows-phone-getting-four-fresh-xbox-live-gaming-titles-optimi/#comments It looks like our friends over at Microsoft have outed a quartet of new Xbox Live games that will be delivered to the Windows Phone Marketplace in the not-too-distant future. Being billed as "optimized for the newest Windows Phone 7.5," the aforementioned -- and somewhat familiar -- titles include: Age of Zombies by Halfbrick, Bullet Asylum by UberGeekGames, geoDefense Swarm by Critical Thought, and Tamagotchi by Namco.

Why are these touchscreen-tickling titles familiar, you ask? Three of the four have been proving their mettle on other mobile platforms. GeoDefense Swarm and Tamagotchi are currently available in the iOS App Store; Age of Zombies is available in both the Android Market and iOS App Store; and Bullet Asylum has been in the works for some time -- we were treated to a video preview last summer, which you'll find below. No word yet on release dates, but the foursome's mere presence on Microsoft's site makes us think that we won't have to wait all that long before initiating the download sequence.

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Windows Phone getting four fresh Xbox Live gaming titles, optimized for Mango originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tamagotchi turns 15, wonders why you haven't fed it in a decade originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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 Toy Fair 2011 isn't quite as big a deal as say, CES or MWC, but it still has its fair share of nifty plaything gadgets. One jewel of the show is Sega's Wappy Dog toy that interfaces with Activision's Nintendo DS title of the same name. In what amounts to the logical evolutionary conclusion of the artist formerly known as Tamagotchi, Wappy Dog allows folks to communicate with their digital pets not only via the DS, but also by playing with and training their pooch's robotic doppelgänger. After playing with DS Wappy, the game automatically syncs up with the toy bot to keep it from developing multiple personality disorder. Though currently a prototype, the toy can dance (hopefully with a little more flava than its iDog cousin), whine, and bark in response to your child's interactions, and is slated for a release this fall at an unknown price point. No need to thank us for finding your next family pet.

Activision and Sega show off Wappy Dog dogbot / Nintendo DS game at Toy Fair 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: Tamatown by Tamagotchi

Tamagotchi renamed TamaTown Tama-Go, no change in amount of attention it requires originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bandai's been busy in their genius labs brewing up some "high tech" amusement, and they have the newly announced Tamagotchi Music Stars to show for it. You've probably been dying to create a digital diva or virtuoso all your own, and now you can, with six different options such as Glam Rock, Techno Sound, and Rising Star to choose from. Your character gets to join a band, go through hours of practice, auditions and rehearsals before making it big. Sound exhausting? Well fame comes at a price, kid. No word yet on price or availability, but you can check out their site for lots of info and a few shots of the designs. Oh: and rock on.

Update: We just got word from the company that the Music Stars will retail for $14.99

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Bandai rolls out new Tamagotchi Music Star designs, earplugs not included originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Say it ain't so! As if keeping one Tamagotchi healthy wasn't tiresome enough, now Bandai is out to prove whether or not you could legitimately handle quadruplets. The Tamagotchi Connection V5 maintains the same addictiveness charm found in prior iterations, but also allows humans to focus on "raising multiple characters simultaneously." Supposedly, this will somehow enable kids (um, only kids?) to "experience family values," but we can't envision it doing much more than sucking away even more precious hours of our life. Ready to cave? If so, you can reportedly find these nationwide right now for $14.99, but the "refreshed" edition -- along with the Tamagotchi Pedometer, Tama-watchi, and redesigned Gotchi Gear lineup -- won't be landing until July.

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Tamagotchi Connection V5: oh no, now the family's involved originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, we all feared this day might come, and while we had certainly hoped that the ten-year anniversary would mark the close of a craze that should have never happened, it looks like Bandai is going to milk this thing one more time. Of course, we saw new life in Tamagotchi land earlier this year, but in a new movie set to debut this December, several of the Tamagotchi characters will be thrilling youngsters and annoying parents by "befriending a human girl who shows up at their virtual home on a star." The animated picture will be distributed by Toho Company, and while we're not certain if this flick will actually make it to US soil, let's hope for all of our sakes that it stays fairly contained.

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Tamagotchi movie to prove whether kids really will watch anything originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bandai hatches Tamagotchi handset, coming to AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bandai at the International Toy Fair originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Special Edition Tamagotchi celebrates 10 years of wasted time originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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