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Gamescom '11: Microsoft reveals new Game Hub and Xbox Live features for Windows Phone, including in-app purchases

14 new games in time for Mango

Gamescom '11: Microsoft reveals new Game Hub and Xbox Live features for Windows Phone, including in-app purchases
By Anthony Usher
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Windows Phone

Microsoft has revealed some forthcoming Windows Phone update details at this year's Gamescom event in Cologne.

The Games Hub is set to receive several new features in the Windows Phone Mango update, starting with Game Add-ons -or in-app purchases, to use the parlance of our time.

These will allow you to spend your precious Microsoft Points on extras such as new levels, weapons, buckets of berries, and so on.

You'll also be able to unlock new Avatar Awardables, which are achievements that your avatar can wear.

Finally, Fast Async for improved asynchronous multiplayer games, and improved parental controls will be implemented.

Microsoft also revealed 14 new Xbox Live-supported games for its range of phones, including the likes of Kinectimals Mobile, Glu's Bug Village, and the excellent Orbital.

Windows Phone Blog [via Electric Pig]
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Anthony is a Liverpool, UK-based writer who fell in love with gaming while playing Super Mario World on his SNES back in the early '90s. When he isn't busy grooming his beard, you can find him replaying Resident Evil or Final Fantasy VII for the umpteenth time. Aside from gaming, Anthony likes hiking, MMA, and pretending he’s a Viking.