Gameloft Discontinues Windows Phone Support for Two Titles

Edit: Shadow Kisuragi has kindly informed us that Xbox Live support has been removed from a third Gameloft title: Dragon Mania Legends (WP). Unfortunately this means that all achievements in this title are now discontinued as it requires connection to Xbox Live to unlock them. The connection was removed with the October 27th update and if it's anything like previous titles, this option won't be returning.

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Recently, Modern Combat 5: Blackout received update XVIII on Windows Phone and Windows 8. The update introduced a new class, the Kommander, at an in-game cost of 600 credits. The addition of this new class unfortunately makes the VETERAN achievement more time consuming. The achievement requires players to completely upgrade the perks in all classes; the addition of a new class has just increased the amount of work needed to complete this objective. As well as the new class, the update added a new event, Showdown Duel Tournaments, and a new league system. To v iew the entire patch notes, click on the spoiler below:

*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***The Kommander is now available for deployment!A seasoned veteran, the Kommander does not shy away from a frontal confrontation. Leading his team under the protection of a tactical shield, he charges into battle, quickly closing the distance between him and his enemies. Once in close quarters, he interrogates his targets to reveal the location of their allies on the map. Boasting a diverse array of weapons from handguns to modified shotguns and SMGs, Kommander is an expert in handling all weapons one-handed, using the other to maneuver his shield, whether it's to protect himself and his allies or blind and bash his enemies. A versatile team defender, the Kommander provides health kits for injured allies, as well as pasively increasing the bullet protection of nearby allies.

Get ready for a brand new Event- Showdown Duel Tournaments!Enter the Tournament and win credits by winning Duel match es against the rest of the players in your group. Players joining the event are split in groups of *50 players, based on their soldier rating. The event lasts for a limited short time to encourage participants to be active for the entire duration. Join a new event right after the current one you have registered in , but not before! [Only after the event you're currently participating in ends will you be able to join a new one.] Credits prizes are awarded on:

Reaching milestones according to your highest duel win streak within the event

Placing within the top 10 players in the event

** The number of players within a group may be subject to change.

League System V2In order to make the game more competitive for everybody, a new ladder system with weekly seasons and rewards is now available!

The Seasons will last one week and, at the end, will dispatch a reward. (please note that it takes some time for the rewards to arrive) After the week expires, the leaderboard will be reset and, in order to be listed, you'll have to play a certain number of matches. Depending on the placement inside the leaderboard, your end-of-league loot box will be upgraded.

Balance changesFollowing the community's feedback, both from competitive and regular players, we took several broad steps to bring the game closer to the earlier MC5 core experience in terms of damage and perks available at a given moment to a single player.

All armor suits have one less core slot.

All armors now possess at least one Joker core slot.

All weapon damage values reworked, leading to an increase in power for lower tier weapons, while keeping mid tiers in relatively the same spot and taking it down a notch for high tier weapons.

Bug fixes and security improvements

Alongside news of the update came bad news for Windows Phone players. The upcoming Update XIX will be the last update for players on this device. Gameloft recommends that players pick up the game on Windows tablets or PC to continue playing with all of the content that will be released in the future. Gameloft did hint that players would be able to remain on Windows Phone for a while longer, though, even if the game will not be updated in the future:Dear respected players,

Modern Combat 5 has reached update XVIII. We appreciate your support which has allowed us to make it this far.

This update and the next will be the last on Windows Phone. In order to receive further contents, we recommend picking up the fight on PC or Windows tablet, where your gaming experience is at its best. Should you decide to stay, the game will be alive on the new server with all your current progress maintained.

Once again, we thank you for staying with us all these years.

Modern Combat 5 is not the only title to have support discontinued. Dungeon Hunter 5, which also received a recent update on PC, will not be receiving further updates on Windows Phone either:

For Windows Phone users: Microsoft announced recently that they are discontinuing development of this platform. For that reason, we will not be able to keep creating updates for DH5 for Windows Phones, and we are giving Windows Phones users the possibility to switch to an iOS/Android/PC device. This action is irreversible, so please be sure of your choice. This situation is very specific and concerns DH5 development only, we're sorry for the inconvenience. The game will remain available but the most recent updates will not be released on Windows Phone.

Those who wish to transfer their progress to another platform can find instructions to do so here. The FAQ for the game confirmed that the servers for the Windows Phone edition will remain open if you choose to remain, with all in-app purchases and in-game currency remaining intact. Some events will also continue to run, but not those that involve content from the latest updates.

This is likely the beginning of the end for games on the Windows Phone platform. As mentioned in the DH5 announcement, Microsoft recently confirmed that they were not building new features for the Windows Phone operating system, nor were they focusing on developing new hardware. While the company will continue to fix bugs and introduce security updates, Microsoft is instead choosing to focus on versions of their core software that will be released on rival platforms. They recently launched a test version of the Edge web browser on Android and iOS, for example.

Thanks to the many members of the commun ity who sent this one in!

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