Forums > MobyGames > Windows 8 apps will be a new platform...
Scaryfun (20370) on 2/4/2015 7:53 PM · Permalink · Report
...currently not yet supported. I got this message on 2 rejected games on which i added Windows platform. When was this decided? I remember asking back in 2012 when Windows 8 would be added as a new platform and was told it would be included in Windows platform.
Kabushi (261212) on 2/23/2015 8:04 PM · Permalink · Report
I'm working on it - should go live soon.
We discussed this on the approver forum and what we decided was to treat Windows Apps as one platform covering both Intel and ARM versions of Windows. The reason for that is 1) most games are compatible with both and 2) some games got separate ports for traditional Windows and the new Windows 8/10 and therefore we want to keep those separated and not try to cram Windows apps into the old Windows platform.
Sciere (930490) on 2/24/2015 9:36 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Some x86 games have been approved already (tracked by 'Distributed by Microsoft Corporation), I'll move those over when done. Windows 10 will most likely introduce Universal Apps (X1 / Win 10 / Windows Phone), so the Win 10 games would belong to the new platform we'll add.
chirinea (47495) on 2/28/2015 3:44 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Rola wrote--]Pardon my ignorance: do we use something like "distributed by Microsoft" like we do for Valve's Steam, Google Play etc.? [/Q --end Rola wrote--]I think we shouldn't, as this is a separate platform. We don't use "distributed by Apple" in iPhone releases.
Sciere (930490) on 2/28/2015 9:08 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Because it is impossible to change a platform from one (Windows) to another (Windows Apps) inside a single game submission. I submitted an empty additional Windows Apps platform and after it was approved I moved your Windows release info away to another the game and then back to the new and empty Windows Apps platform, thus preserving your points so none were lost. As you can see in the release info section.
Patrick Bregger (301035) on 2/28/2015 11:18 AM · Permalink · Report
By the way, I still have a new platform for Skulls of the Shogun escalated for that reason.
Pseudo_Intellectual (66362) on 2/28/2015 12:58 PM · Permalink · Report
Was this the issue we had with the Win 8 version of A Dark Room as well?