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geoDefense Swarm, Age of Zombies, Tamagotchi, Bullet Asylum, and more heading to Windows Phone in the very near future

New titles 'optimised' for Windows Phone 7.5

geoDefense Swarm, Age of Zombies, Tamagotchi, Bullet Asylum, and more heading to Windows Phone in the very near future

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Games page received an update over the weekend, expanding the list of upcoming titles for its latest mobile OS.

Among the games set to drop in 2012 on Microsoft's mobile platform that have been "optimised to perform at their peak on Windows Phone 7.5" are a few names with which iOS, Android, and Xbox Live users might be quite familiar.

We expect.

The first recognisable addition to the Windows Phone stable is the Pocket Gamer Bronze Award-winning Age of Zombies, a cartoony twin-stick zombie shooter from Australian developer Halfbrick.

Next on the list is Tamagotchi, a property that will be familiar to anyone who attended school during the late '90s.

Possibly a port of iOS title Tamagotchi: Round the World, this upcoming game will no doubt revolve around a bunch of cutesy Japanese creatures vying for your attention.

geoDefense Swarm, meanwhile, is another App Store stalwart making the jump to Windows Phone.

The second entry in the geoDefense franchise boasts futuristic presentation and lasers galore. Hexagonal mazes add an extra dimension to the classic tower defence formula, with trial and error revealing the pathway to success.

Finally, Bullet Asylum is set to fill your touchscreens with particle effects when it launches on Windows Live.

It's been in the works for sometime, and appears to be a pocket-sized mash-up of Missile Command and Geometry Wars. From the looks of the trailer, this is a match made in heaven.

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iOS version of geoDefense Swarm pictured above in main gallery. Engadget
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