Microsoft Solitaire comes to mobile

I remember the days when I’d waste so much time playing Solitaire on my Windows PC. Now, Microsoft wants us to relive those days on our mobile phones. The built-in Solitaire game—along with Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, and Tripeaks—are coming to both Android and iOS. Called the Microsoft Solitaire Collection, the games will have Daily Challenges to let you play “guaranteed solvable” challenges daily in all the five gaming modes with varying and multiple levels of difficulty. Of course, awards will be offered for your effort.

Aside from the Daily Challenges, the collection gets Xbox Live integration. This means you can sign in with your Xbox Live gamertag or Microsoft account to earn Xbox Live achievements and Gamerscore, compete with friends, and even continue playing on your varied devices as your data is saved in the cloud.

Source: BGR

Microsoft brings class Windows games to Windows Phone 8

Are you a fan of the classic Windows games like Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Mahjong? Now, you can bring it around on your Windows Phone 8 device. Microsoft has synced the desktop and tablet version of the games with your Windows smartphone. The games are also upgraded for Xbox achievements, stat-tracking and leaderboards and for pausing and resuming games on different Windows devices.

Source: Windows Phone Blog