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Microsoft removed Minesweeper from Windows 8 and instead published it as a free game on the Microsoft Store. The new version is developed by Arkadium and is ad-supported. [13] [14] The initial release was supported by 30-second video ads. Later releases had monthly and annual subscription options to remove the ads.
According to TechRadar, Minesweeper was created by Microsoft in the 1990s, [5] but Eurogamer commented that Minesweeper gained a lot of inspiration from a "lesser known, tightly designed game", Mined-Out by Ian Andrew for the ZX Spectrum in 1983. [6] According to Andrew, Microsoft copied Mined-Out for Microsoft Minesweeper. [6]
The Microsoft Hearts Network was included with Windows for Workgroups 3.1, as a showcase of NetDDE technology by enabling multiple players to play simultaneously across a computer network. [9] The Microsoft Hearts Network would later be renamed Internet Hearts, and included in Windows Me and XP, alongside other online multiplayer-based titles.
Instead, Microsoft produced the advertising-supported [2] Microsoft Solitaire Collection that users could download through the Windows Store. As a Windows Runtime app, it ran in fullscreen or in Windows 8's snapped mode, so it was designed to run in a variety of horizontal sizes but always stretch vertically across the entire screen.
The Microsoft Store (formerly known as the Windows Store) is a digital distribution platform operated by Microsoft. It was created as an app store for Windows 8 as the primary means of distributing Universal Windows Platform apps .
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Microsoft Gaming is a multinational video game and digital entertainment division of Microsoft. It creates video games for various platforms, including Xbox video console. Lists of games produced