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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Microsoft have released a game called “Wordament” for the iPhone after it turned out to be a popular game on the Windows Phone platform. This is the first game for iOS with Xbox Achievements. As said ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of Microsoft’s best mobile apps is about to hatch a sibling. No — not Office on the iPad. I’m talking about “Wordament,” the ridiculously addictive word game that two Microsoft employees built at ...

You don’t need a Windows Phone to get mobile gaming achievements anymore, as Microsoft releases Wordament, a free competitive multiplayer word find tournament with 50 achievement points built right in ...

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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 ...

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 ...

After starting life as a Windows Phone game, Wordament soon picked up Xbox Live achievements on Microsoft's mobile operating system and made the jump to Windows 8. Microsoft is now taking it cross ...

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