Microsoft's first wave of Xbox Live games for Windows 8

Microsoft revealed its first wave of Xbox Live games coming to Windows 8, with 29 games from Microsoft Studios. The first batch will be available October 26 and will span "Windows 8 PC, laptop, or tablet."

Some curious titles that jump out to us in this list are Gunstringer: Dead Man Running and Hydro Thunder Hurricane. There are also some cool ports like ilomilo, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, Toy Soliders: Cold War, Pinball FX2 and... BlazBlue Calamity Trigger?

1. A World of Keflings
2. Adera: Episode 1
3. Adera: Episode 2
4. Adera: Episode 3
5. Angry Birds
6. Angry Birds Space
7. Big Buck Hunter Pro
8. BlazBlue Calamity Trigger
9. Collateral Damage
10. Crash Course GO
11. Cut the Rope
12. Disney Fairies
13. Dragon's Lair
14. Field & Stream Fishing
15. Fruit Ninja
16. Gravity Guy
17. Gunstringer: Dead Man Running
18. Hydro Thunder Hurricane
19. IloMilo
20. iStunt 2
21. Jetpack Joyride
22. Kinectimals Unleashed
23. Microsoft Mahjong
24. Microsoft Minesweeper
25. Microsoft Solitaire Collection
26. Monster Island
27. PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX
28. Pinball FX 2
29. Reckless Racing Ultimate
30. Rocket Riot 3D
31. Shark Dash
32. Shuffle Party
33. Skulls of the Shogun
34. Taptiles
35. Team Crossword
36. The Harvest HD
37. Toy Soldiers Cold War
38. Wordament
39. Zombies!!!