Fairway Solitaire Windows Phone 8 interview, Part One

Patrick Wylie of Big Fish Games

Recollect that Windows Phone Superlative that took identify in San Francisco last month? It centered around Windows Telephone eight, aka Apollo. Microsoft chose to reveal a new Apollo-specific Xbox Live game on-stage during the consequence: Fairway Solitaire from Large Fish Games. Big Fish is a major producer of casual games on PC and other mobile platforms, and so the developer's signing on to support Windows Telephone is a not bad thing.

Every bit it happens, Large Fish was on-hand at Casual Connect Seattle final calendar week to reveal their new cloud gaming service, Large Fish Unlimited. Of class nosotros took advantage of their presence to prepare an exclusive interview with Patrick Wylie, VP of Big Fish Games Studios. Head by the pause to learn merely what Patrick'south team has in store for Windows Telephone and Windows eight!

Equally you lot tin can tell from the video, my penchant for extremely lengthy and detailed text interviews applies to on-camera interviews likewise. In fact, the interview really ran and so long that we had to interruption it upward into two parts! Thankfully Patrick was extremely knowledgeable about his game, making for a fascinating conversation.

Topics discussed in part one include:

A brief history of Big Fish Games
What is Fairway Solitaire?
Fairway Solitaire comes to Windows eight too
Why Big Fish chose Fairway Solitaire as its first Windows Phone game
Differences between Fairway Solitaire on tablets and phones
Experienced and inexperienced solitaire players' reactions to Fairway Solitaire
Windows Phone development details
Fairway Solitaire update and downloadable content plans
And more, babe!

Fairway Solitaire iPad Fairway Solitaire is actually quite a large and addictive game. Whether or not you care for vanilla Solitaire games, you'll likely discover Fairway's puzzle mechanics quite addictive.

The Windows Telephone 8 and Windows eight versions of Fairway Solitaire are expected to release near the launch of both operating systems. If yous'd like to sample the game correct now, try this free Flash version or pick up the Windows 7 version from the official Fairway website.

Cheque out part two of our Fairway Solitaire interview!

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