Games and Gaming Improvements on Windows 10
Also see: Windows Games for Seniors from Amazon
Games and Gaming Improvements on Windows 10
I've pulled together a number of online and PC-based computer game titles and tips here in response to recent inquiries on this topic.
Windows 10 is now offering a fast-growing range of games and gaming options, ranging from simple solitaire to a wide assortment of Xbox games and even game discs. A large number of these games are free through the Microsoft Store.
Windows 10 also has been optimized for games and gaming aficionados with its most recent major update, the Creators Update, now installed on most Windows 10 computers since April-June this year. This updates facilitates putting a game you like inside a comparable sort of performance firewall - you can enable Game Mode to use your PC strictly for gaming during gameplay-time.
Where to start?
Here are a couple simple and popular games first, and then a longer list to follow.
CLASSIC SOLITAIRE
I'll start with simple solitaire. Classic Solitaire (Free) for Windows 10 is the traditional solitaire game with two modes of drawing cards (by one or by three) and two modes of scoring (standard and Vegas). You can get this separate from the Microsoft Solitaire Collection. At least a dozen residents in our area have asked about this most simple and popular Klondike card game, which used to be a staple on many personal computers.
You can get the Classic Solitaire for free. Try this link ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9WZDNCRFJ2SM or click on the Microsoft Store icon (on your Start Menu tiles or your Task Bar) and search "Classic Solitaire". Click "GET" on the game description page to install it on your computer.
It lets you time your games and accumulate points. Classic Solitaire (Free) for Windows 10 offers a left handed mode by reversing the deal layout. It also provides 16 card designs; eight of them are in a retro style, resembling the cards that appear in older versions of Windows.
Other popular card games available on the promotional page for Classic Solitaire include:
Freecell
Hearts Deluxe
Rummi
Sudoku+ and Sudoku Challenge
ELVENAR
This is a town-building game that I discovered through Facebook. It's similar in some ways to Minecraft or some of the Sim games of yore. If you like the challenge of building up a "world" over time, as opposed to "game over", starting up an Elvenar town will engage you for quite awhile. It will tap your "strategic" vision in going about generating and putting resources to work. Expanding your city can be done by a mix of negotiation and conquest. You can play it independently or interact with other players for trade benefits or collaboration.
Sign-up and Log-in for playing in the Elvenar worlds is at https://us0.elvenar.com/ .
POGO GAMES
I haven't spent much time myself with these, but POGO probably is the most popular online game site I see installed among computer users who I visit here in our area.
Pogo.com is a free online gaming website with over 100 casual games including many card games, word games and board games.
Like most "free" game sites, POGO relies on ad sponsors, but signing up for their subsription services provides you with ad-free game-play.
Also, fairly typical of online game sites, games on POGO are played in a browser with the Java-plugin or Flash. When issues come up concerning game display, they usually have to do with browser issues, either settings adjustment or clean-up.
Their web address is http://www.pogo.com/ .
VIDEO STYLE GAMES - MICROSOFT STORE
If you have a Microsoft ID, then you have access to the Microsoft Store for Apps and Games. Most of these are free or very low-priced. Since the Creators Update, game-play on your Windows 10 machine should be very smooth. The Windows operating system is getting closer and closer to matching game console performance quality.
(You can use your regular Email address as your Microsoft ID, or you can set up a special Email address just for that purpose. It's simple to set up. I just advise to not lose your password. That's always inconvenient.)
Here are a "few score" of popular game titles you can load from the Microsoft Store. If you've got a relatively new machine with a decent processor speed and memory, these kinds of games should play pretty easily. If you have a tower, most times you can add memory or even a special graphics card to amp up gaming display quality and performance.
Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
ARK: Survival Evolved
Aven Colony
Batman: Return to Arkham
Batman™: Arkham Knight
Battlefield 4
Battlefield™ 1
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III - Gold Edition
Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare - Digital Legacy Edition
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® Remastered
Castle Crashers Remastered
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Cities: Skylines - Xbox One Edition
Dead by Daylight: Special Edition
Destiny - The Collection
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition
Diablo III: Eternal Collection
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
DmC Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition
DMC4SE Demon Hunter Bundle
DOOM
Dying Light: The Following
EA SPORTS™ FIFA 17
EA SPORTS™ Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR®
EA SPORTS™ UFC® 2
Fallout 4
Farming Simulator 17
Farming Simulator 17 - Premium Edition
Fortnite
Fortnite - Limited Edition Founder’s Pack
Fortnite - Super Deluxe Founder’s Pack
Forza Horizon 3 Standard Edition
Friday the 13th: The Game
Grand Theft Auto V
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Wars 2: Serina & Spearbreaker Bundle
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Digital
HITMAN™ - The Complete First Season
Human Fall Flat
Hunting Simulator Day One Edition
Infinite Minigolf
Injustice™ 2
LEGO® Worlds
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
Mega Man® Legacy Collection
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ - Game of the Year Edition
Minecraft
Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two - The Complete Season (Episodes 1-5)
Minecraft: Xbox One Edition Favorites Pack
MONOPOLY PLUS
Mortal Kombat X
Mortal Kombat XL
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™: Ultimate Ninja® STORM 4
NBA 2K17
NBA Playgrounds
OlliOlli2: XL Edition
Overwatch®
PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION
Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2
R.B.I. Baseball 17
Raiden V
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
SpeedRunners
STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Ultimate Edition
Stardew Valley
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition
Subnautica (Game Preview)
Subnautica (Game Preview)
Terraria
The Culling (Game Preview)
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
The Escapists
The Technomancer
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Titanfall® 2
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands - Standard Edition
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
What Remains of Edith Finch
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Zombie Driver Ultimate Edition
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