Sid Meier�s Civilization and Pirates Coming to Windows Phone

With the�bad news about Verizon and Windows Phone that I should have seen coming but was too optimistic to accept, this doesn’t have me as excited as it would if I was using Windows Phone as my daily driver right now, but it’s still good to hear.�Sid Meier�s Civilization and Pirates are coming to Windows Phone as featured Xbox Live games!

Don’t know much about�Sid Meier�s games? Civilization is one of the best turn-based single-player strategy games ever. During a time where PC games weren’t as matured as they are today, Civilization and Colonization stood out. Civilization�won award after award in the early 1990’s and this was when I became hooked. Unfortunately and fortunately, I sunk hours upon hours into Civilization.

In a�Sneak peek at new Xbox LIVE games on the way, the Windows Phone Blog announced these two games and the following as upcoming games for Windows Phone:

• Carcassonne
• DoDonPachi
• Gerbil Physics
• geoDefense Swarm
• Pinball FX2
• Shoot 1UP
• Sid Meier�s Civilization Revolution
• Sid Meier�s Pirates!
• Wordament

Little by little, the Windows Phone Marketplace is filling up with quality apps. It’s growing faster that the Android Market and iTunes App Store but still has a long way to go until it’s comparable. I won’t be satisfied until companies have Windows Phone versions proudly displayed on their websites next to the Android and Apple logos. I know that I am asking a lot.

Here are few screenshots courtesy of Microsoft’s Windows Phone Blog.

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Pinball FX2 (left) and Wordament (right)