Microsoft kicks off universal Windows games with Halo: Spartan Assault

Halo: Spartan Assault has gone universal: you lot tin purchase it once on one Windows-powered device and download information technology on your others. As nosotros noted yesterday, Microsoft started accepting submissions for universal apps, and combined with the new unified pricing tiers and [universal app development] and automated certification nosotros're starting to see the first universal apps appear. A notable entrant: Halo: Spartan Assault.

Nothing about the game itself has really changed — it's still the same great touch on-driven strategy game that nosotros know and love, but now that $4.99 toll tag is good across your own personal Windows ecosystem. Buy it on your Windows Telephone, download it for costless on your Windows PC. Or do the opposite. The Windows Store and Windows Phone Store don't care.

Apps and games that are certified universal are annotated with a new "Made for Windows Phones and PCs" icon and text. Permit us know in the comments what other apps you lot see that have been updated as such.

Halo: Spartan Assault – Windows Telephone viii – 691 MB – Store Link
Halo: Spartan Assault – Windows 8 and RT – 843 MB – Shop Link

Thank you to Anchel and Luís for the tips!

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