microsoft reviews Microsoft adds to its developer stable with Max & the Magic Marker creator
Microsoft has been putting in a lot of money to attract developers to
the Windows Phone platform, and now it is putting up even more in order
to purchase developer Press Play, in order to bolster Microsoft's first
party offerings. If you read our review of the Windows Phone Marketplace and its offerings, you'll know that Press Play is the creator of one of our favorite Xbox Live offerings: Max & the Magic Marker.
Press
Play is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is a team of just 8 people,
although the website does say that the company is hiring. The company
has just two games, the aformentioned Max & the Magic Marker (M&MM), as well as another Windows Phone game called Tentacles.
M&MM can also be found on a number of other platforms including
Mac, PC, Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, and iPhone. The team is currently
working on a tank game, which will be available on Windows Phone and
Windows 8.
The terms of the deal weren't
disclosed, but the Press Play team expects that this will be especially
good by allowing the team to focus completely on making games, and not
have to worry about pesky things like money. Of course, this is a win
for Microsoft, because it gets a quality game maker, and exclusive
rights to those games. And, as Microsoft proved early on (though has
forgotten recently) with the Xbox 360: exclusive software brings in
users.
source-phonearena
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