Company:Microsoft

This page is for games mainly bundled with Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products, as well as titles released by the company before their gaming label was established. See Xbox Game Studios for other games published by Microsoft. Also see Microsoft Windows.

Microsoft

Website
https://www.microsoft.com/
Subsidiaries
Xbox Game Studios
Founded
April 4, 1975

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation.

Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975 and is primary known for their long-running Microsoft Windows operating system on PC. Microsoft is also a video game console manufacturer, best known of their Xbox video game consoles. Many of the software technologies, including the DirectX and XInput APIs, were shared between the Windows OS and the Xbox consoles. Microsoft have been handling the PC game development and publishing since early 1990's.

Today, PC games published by Microsoft are usually done through their Xbox Game Studios label. If their new game is releasing on the Xbox consoles, chances are, it will be also on PC.

Games developed

Game	Developer	Publisher	Engine	Release dates
Hover (2013)	Microsoft			18 October 2013
Hover!	Microsoft			24 August 1995
InkBall	Microsoft			25 August 2004
Kodu Game Lab	Microsoft			30 June 2009
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series	Microsoft	Ubisoft		5 November 1998
Microsoft Flight Simulator 98	Microsoft	Microsoft, Ubisoft		1 January 1997
Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95	Microsoft	Microsoft, SoftKey Multimedia, Edusoft		7 November 1996
Microsoft Pinball Arcade	Microsoft			15 December 1998
Microsoft Revenge of Arcade	Microsoft			31 July 1998
Minesweeper	Microsoft			1 January 1990 24 August 1995
Solitaire	Microsoft			30 January 2007
Solitaire (XP)	Microsoft			25 October 2001

Games published

Game	Developer	Publisher	Engine	Release dates
3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet	Cinematronics LLC	Microsoft		24 August 1995
Age of Empires	Ensemble Studios	Microsoft, Ubisoft, MacSoft	Genie	15 October 1997 1 July 1999
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings	Ensemble Studios	Microsoft, Ubisoft, MacSoft	Genie	10 October 1999 1 October 2001 1 October 2001
Allegiance	Microsoft Research Games	Microsoft, ZapHop Games		16 March 2000
Asheron's Call	Turbine Entertainment Software	Microsoft, Turbine, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment		2 November 1999
CART Precision Racing	Terminal Reality	Microsoft	Photex	20 November 1997
Chess Titans	Oberon Games	Microsoft		30 January 2007
Chip's Challenge 1	Epyx, Niffler	Epyx, Microsoft, Niffler, Nkidu Games		1 January 1991 1 January 1992 28 May 2015
Close Combat	Atomic Games	Microsoft, Slitherine		1 July 1996 1 July 1996
Close Combat III: The Russian Front	Atomic Games	Microsoft, Slitherine		15 January 1999
Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far	Atomic Games	Microsoft, Slitherine		1 September 1997 1 September 1997
Crimson Skies	Zipper Interactive	Microsoft	GameZ	17 September 2000
Dilbert's Desktop Games	Cyclops Software	DreamWorks Interactive, Microsoft		1 January 1997
Fury3	Terminal Reality, WizardWorks	Microsoft	Photex, Terrain Engine 1	31 August 1995 31 August 1995
Gex	Crystal Dynamics	Microsoft, Eidos Interactive, Square Enix	Gex Engine	7 November 1996
Hellbender	Terminal Reality	Microsoft		3 October 1996
MechCommander 2	FASA Interactive	Microsoft		17 July 2001
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance	FASA Interactive, Cyberlore Studios	Microsoft, Ubisoft, Atari		23 November 2000
Metal Gear Solid: Integral	Konami Computer Entertainment Japan	Konami, Microsoft		24 September 2000
Microsoft Classic Board Games	Oxford Softworks	Microsoft		1 January 2000
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater	ACES Game Studio	Microsoft, Ubisoft		13 October 2000
Microsoft Flight Simulator	subLOGIC	Microsoft		1 January 1982
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000	ACES Game Studio	Microsoft		1 November 1999
Microsoft Flight Simulator 98	Microsoft	Microsoft, Ubisoft		1 January 1997
Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95	Microsoft	Microsoft, SoftKey Multimedia, Edusoft		7 November 1996
Microsoft Golf	Access Software	Microsoft		1 January 1992
Microsoft Golf 3.0	Access Software	Microsoft		7 November 1996
Microsoft International Soccer 2000	Rage Games	Microsoft		17 September 1999
Microsoft Soccer	Lobotomy Software	Microsoft		7 November 1996
Microsoft Train Simulator	Kuju Entertainment, ACES Game Studio	Microsoft		1 June 2001
Midtown Madness	Angel Studios	Microsoft	Angel Game Engine	27 May 1999
Midtown Madness 2	Angel Studios	Microsoft	Angel Game Engine	22 September 2000
Monster Truck Madness	Terminal Reality	Microsoft	Photex	3 October 1996
Monster Truck Madness 2	Terminal Reality	Microsoft	Photex2	12 May 1998
Motocross Madness	Rainbow Studios	Microsoft		14 August 1998
Motocross Madness 2	Rainbow Studios	Microsoft		25 May 2000
Outwars	SingleTrac	Microsoft, Piko Interactive, Mirrorsoft, Ziggurat Interactive		17 April 1998
Purble Place	Oberon Games	Microsoft		30 January 2007
Rattler Race	Christopher Lee Fraley	Microsoft		1 January 1991
Rodent's Revenge	Christopher Lee Fraley	Microsoft		1 January 1991
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores Inside the Earth	Music Pen	Microsoft, Scholastic Press		1 January 1996
SkiFree	Chris Pirih	Microsoft		1 January 1991 4 April 2005
StarLancer	Warthog Games, Digital Anvil	Microsoft		27 April 2000
Tinker	Fuel Industries	Microsoft		23 September 2008
Urban Assault	TerraTools	Microsoft		31 July 1998

Engines developed

Engine	Developer	Website	First release	Latest release
XNA	Microsoft	https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/centrum-xna.aspx	1 August 2006	1 June