mobile games

Microsoft will offer Xbox Live games for its soon-to-be-released Windows Phone 7. There's a lot riding on its move to get users to adopt its smartphone OS, and analysts are skeptical the software titan can catch up to Apple and Android OS-based phones.

Disney expanded deeper into iPhone territory with the purchase of a young start-up that has garnered top billing in Apple's App Store with millions of downloads for its Tap Tap Revenge game, among others.