Video: Chillingo announces Contre Jour and more Xbox games coming to Windows 8

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Of all the offsite meetings we engaged in during GDC, the most pleasant place to visit was probably Electronic Arts’ suite at the St. Regis Hotel. Within that cozy location, Android Central’s Simon Sage and I met with Dan Tausney, PR Manager of Chillingo. As you might remember from our article about their most recent Windows Phone releases, Chillingo is the arm of EA responsible for publishing indie games from all over the world. They’ve been a major Windows Phone supporter and will soon be doing the same for Windows 8 as well.

Check out our hands-on footage with Contre Jour for Windows 8, see your favorite mobile Games Editor in action on video, and learn about Chillingo’s future Windows 8 plans after the break!

Contre Jour

As folks who’ve played the Xbox Windows Phone version know, Contre Jour is a physics puzzle game that boasts a stark and Limbo-esque art style. Contre Jour has always been a beautiful game, and it looks better than ever on Windows 8. On top of the pretty colors, a haunting soundtrack from David Ari Leon (which we couldn’t hear at GDC but remains identical to the phone game’s) makes the game even more beautiful.

The object of the game is to direct the Tentacles-looking protagonist Petit to the safety of each level’s exit. The catch is players don’t control the creature directly. To help the little guy avoid a little death, you’ll tap to drag and reshape the landscape, rolling him around. Use pulleys and other environmental gadgets (slingshots, tentacles, portals, blows, and more) to move Petit past a variety of environmental puzzles.

Being a physics puzzle game of sorts, beating the levels isn’t the only goal. Nope, each stage also has three lights for Petit to collect. Whether or not you want to grab them all for the Achievements, you’ll still need to acquire certain numbers in order to unlock more levels.

WIndows Phone gamers can get Contre Jour right now for $2.99. Store Link

More tablet games on the way

Contre Jour will be Chillingo’s first Xbox-enabled Windows 8 game, but it certainly won’t be the last.

Feed Me Oil for Windows Phone

Their follow-up release Feed Me Oil will again be familiar to Windows Phone gamers. Feed Me Oil is another physics puzzle game in which players help get rid of streams of oil by feeding the black liquid to giant creatures (to whom oil is presumably not poisonous). You do this by placing a variety of gadgets on the screen in order to direct the oil’s flow. Like Contre Jour, Feed Me Oil has a fetching art style that should really come to life on larger screens.

Windows Phone gamers can grab Feed Me Oil right now for 99 cents. Store link

The final Windows 8 game Chillingo announced at GDC hasn’t landed on Windows Phone yet: Be Together. Like its two brethren, Be Together is another physics puzzler. Hey, the genre goes with touch screens like ice cream and apple pie. In each level of this title, you’ll need to help a couple of round creatures meet each other. The gameplay is sort of like Amazing Alex, iBlast Moki, and ilomilo all mixed together. Did I mention it’s super cute as well?

Chillingo hasn’t confirmed whether Be Together will be coming to Windows Phone yet, but given the steady stream of titles the publisher continues to give us, it's only a matter of time. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to make an apple pie a la mode...

Paul Acevedo Games Editor

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Comments There are 24 comments. Sign in to comment WinFan1 says:

I like chilling games

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:05 am - 10 hours ago Reply Jamdot says:

I wonder if EA themselves have an exclusivity deal with Nokia for Windows 8/RT too?

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:05 am - 10 hours ago Reply mreaglejr says:

Contre Jour is one of my favorite games on my phone! I wish Windows Phone had more games like that.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:05 am - 10 hours ago Reply Simen Mangseth says:

Beautiful game! I love that the Windows 8 version takes up the whole screen, rather than just a part of it (as on the contrejour.ie website).
 
Side note: Does anyone know the status of Instagraph?

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:14 am - 9 hours ago Reply George Castro1 says:

Chillingo should release NOVA and Modern Combat already.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:16 am - 9 hours ago Reply snarkysnickerdoodle says:

You're thinking of Gameloft.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:29 am - 9 hours ago Reply GuilhermeManso says:

And Pudding Monsters? I wanna this game! Is amazing!

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:21 am - 9 hours ago Reply Jey Si says:

+1! My daughter loves this on Android ;)

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 11:33 am - 9 hours ago Reply HNNNNNGHHH says:

I own Contre Jour and Feed Me Oil already and I can say that these games are worthy of five stars, unlike some of the Xbox Live Windows phone offerings they have. (DoDonPachi Maximum is an exception although it doesn't work on WP8, but that's just my addiction to shmup games. I'm not going to go further into the subject of which games don't work on WP8...)
 
Here's to Chillingo for providing us with great games. Let's hope they continue to support WP.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 12:01 pm - 9 hours ago Reply David Lolohea says:

I'm still waiting for cs-portable..

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 12:13 pm - 8 hours ago Reply kimlo91 says:

I thought I was the only one, lol.
C'mon Valve, bring us CS for mobile devices!

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 1:57 pm - 7 hours ago Reply Arsenic17 says:

Great. I think there has been a shortage of Xbox physics puzzlers on Windows 8. There are two solid titles, but I wish there were more unique and different ones from Windows Phone. Regardless, I will probably buy them if the prices are not absurd.
 
Thanks Chillingo and Paul!

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 12:39 pm - 8 hours ago Reply phatboy66 says:

Wow this game looks AMAZING!

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 12:53 pm - 8 hours ago Reply gladbecker82 says:

Not gonna buy anything more from Chillingo unless Dream Track Nation is fixed.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 1:24 pm - 7 hours ago Reply Paul Acevedo says:

It will be fixed for sure. But the responsibility in that situation comes down to the developer. Chilling just publishes. None if these games comes from the same developer as DTN.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 7:37 pm - 1 hour ago Reply J4rrod says:

Feed Me Oil is my favorite Windows Phone game ever.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 2:02 pm - 7 hours ago Reply Agent-P says:

The mention of apple pie a la mode made me hungry. Now I need to go find a dessert to tame my raging sweet tooth.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 3:06 pm - 6 hours ago Reply SlayerSpecial says:

Cool! Been playing Adera; Royal Envoy 2: SE and Rocket Riot 3D (all DLC), and just bought A World of Keflings. Would like to have some serious RPGs, but Chillingo does quality games. Happy.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 3:39 pm - 5 hours ago Reply Techblogger says:

OUTSTANDING!  These devs get my support and my money. Keep em coming.

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 4:12 pm - 4 hours ago Reply Terrin says:

They should bring that tiny troopers 2 game to wp7/8 and w8 as well :P

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 5:19 pm - 3 hours ago Reply diazjohn says:

I wish they would fix Extraction.....been months with no update

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 7:09 pm - 1 hour ago Reply tallgeese says:

Did I hear the developer mention "the Nokia device"? Hmmm...

Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 7:42 pm - 1 hour ago Reply weuyoisdf says:

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Posted on Apr 7, 2013 at 8:19 pm - 47 min ago Reply RaRa85 says:

No disrespect to the developers but do we really need more games like this? We are the first person shooters and platforming games?

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