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Microsoft Casual Games announced today that its next title will be Microsoft Ultimate Word Games, which is similar to the popular board game (and/or the mobile hit Words With Friends). This was actually the result of a community vote, which gave people other exciting choices like Microsoft Chess, Microsoft Hearts, and Bust-A-Move … I mean, Microsoft Bubble. Microsoft Casino Collection was also in the running, leaving experts and future gaming historians with a “what could have been” on the same level as Sonic Xtreme and Mega Man Legends 3.
Anyone with a Microsoft account can join a special site and help Microsoft design their word game. Maybe you can suggest crazy features like letter multipliers or — if you dare — triple word scores.
Correction, 3:33 p.m. Pacific: Changed Microsoft Puzzle to Microsoft Bubble in the second paragraph.
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