If Microsoft is preparing to establish its own gaming platform on Android, it will have plenty of company. In any case, the arrival of Wordament raises some questions: Is this the start of more Microsoft games coming to Android with hooks into the Xbox ecosystem? Is Halo: Spartan Assault next, or will Microsoft open Xbox Live on Android to other game developers? And what about the iPhone? In fact, the Windows version has Achievements that aren’t even available on Android, and four times as many total points to earn. I don’t know if this is a deliberate strategy–making Windows richer in points as an incentive for consumers–or just something that Microsoft has to iron out. If you’ve been playing on a Windows Phone or Windows 8 device, your Achievements won’t carry over to the Android version.

Unfortunately, the execution is flawed in a major way: Microsoft counts Wordament as a completely separate game on Android. If you’ve been racking up Achievement points on an Xbox 360 or Windows device, the points you earn in Wordament for Android will count toward your total Gamerscore.

That’s good news for fans of word puzzles, but it’s also an interesting move for Microsoft, being the first game to bring Xbox Live Achievements and Leaderboards to Google’s operating system. On Friday, Microsoft released a version of Wordament for Android. Follow Wordament is an addictive word puzzle game that you’ve probably never heard of, because until now it’s only been available for Windows 8 and Windows Phone.

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