Microsoft's first wave of Xbox Live games for Windows 8

Microsoft revealed its first wave of Xbox Live games coming to Windows 8, with 29 games from Microsoft Studios. The first batch will be available October 26 and will span "Windows 8 PC, laptop, or tablet."

Some curious titles that jump out to us in this list are Gunstringer: Dead Man Running and Hydro Thunder Hurricane. There are also some cool ports like ilomilo, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, Toy Soliders: Cold War, Pinball FX2 and... BlazBlue Calamity Trigger?

1. A World of Keflings

2. Adera: Episode 1

3. Adera: Episode 2

4. Adera: Episode 3

5. Angry Birds

6. Angry Birds Space

7. Big Buck Hunter Pro

8. BlazBlue Calamity Trigger

9. Collateral Damage

10. Crash Course GO

11. Cut the Rope

12. Disney Fairies

13. Dragon's Lair

14. Field & Stream Fishing

15. Fruit Ninja

16. Gravity Guy

17. Gunstringer: Dead Man Running

18. Hydro Thunder Hurricane

19. IloMilo

20. iStunt 2

21. Jetpack Joyride

22. Kinectimals Unleashed

23. Microsoft Mahjong

24. Microsoft Minesweeper

25. Microsoft Solitaire Collection

26. Monster Island

27. PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX

28. Pinball FX 2

29. Reckless Racing Ultimate

30. Rocket Riot 3D

31. Shark Dash

32. Shuffle Party

33. Skulls of the Shogun

34. Taptiles

35. Team Crossword

36. The Harvest HD

37. Toy Soldiers Cold War

38. Wordament

39. Zombies!!!