10 PC games Microsoft can revive for PC

While the game was mostly well received at the time, some critics felt that the game failed expand on the standard RTS gameplay or capitalize on the unique units it featured. The series was dropped after receiving one expansion in 2003.

With a renewed public interest from the likes of Ancient Aliens, comic books, and movies now is could be a great time for Microsoft to revisit this classic series.

Much like car manufactures working through early teething issues with new models, these PC developers could really shake up the console landscape by bringing a polished title to the market. Microsoft has already proven how easily it can port Forza to PC, in fact it’s already done! Now might be the time to start competing in the big leagues of the PC market if they want to keep the fan base around in the coming years.

Where a game like Fuzion Frenzy would really shine is as part of a larger Xbox Live on Windows program, possibly as a free party game sort of how 1 vs 100 was on Xbox. Microsoft needs to get highly invested in keeping PC gaming on Windows and giving the masses a free catalogue of games is likely a necessary evil. Free for all Fuzion Frenzy games on PC over the internet could be a F2P hit.

Microsoft already has an established brand with a loyal fan base, some of whom have entered the age of potential parenthood. What better game to trust with your children than one that you lovingly played in your youth?Microsoft can make a serious attempt at grabbing a piece of this emerging market. With the right amount of resources and technology Viva Pinata could very well be the Skylanders killer we’ve all been waiting for.

While hardcore flight simulators might be a decidedly niche market, driving innovation has always been a cornerstone of Microsoft Flight Simulator. With DirectX 12 coming soon a return to the skies could be a great way for Microsoft to show off how far they’ve advanced since 2006.

Even if Microsoft simply ported the current version to PC we’d still be happy. They’ve shown how easy porting Xbox One titles is with DirectX 12 and Forza 5, why not bring a few more exclusives over to shore up an Xbox on PC catalogue? Obviously we’d be most happy with a return to the familiar top-down business management style of the past. Let’s be honest, we deserve better than SimCity 2013 and the upcoming Rollercoaster Tycoon Mobile. Microsoft should throw us building sim players a bone here.

In many ways Impossible Creatures was innovative to a detrimental degree. The game did away with the large amount of buildings commonly seen in RTS games during that time and replaced it with a huge amount of units. When all was said and done the game featured almost 80 base units whose body parts could be mixed and matched to form entirely new units. We’re not going to try to do the math on the number of unique combinations you could make but rest assured the number is incredible.  A voice acted storyline, unique setting, and objective based campaign helped set Impossible Creatures apart from many of its competitors.While the original game wasn’t a smash success there is still a dedicated cult following that would love to see a sequel developed.

It’s not too difficult to envision a F2P sequel to Impossible Creatures that features hundreds of unique animals with players being able to purchase premium body parts or species.

The simple fact is that Microsoft is pretty much just sitting on this blockbuster title because they can’t figure out what to do with it. The name Age of Empires still draws a massive crowd on PC. Maybe they haven’t invested much time and energy into it due to the difficulty of console RTS games, that’s highly possible. Either way a true sequel to Age of Empires III would sell massively if released in a traditional format. It’s pretty much crazy not to develop this game, especially considering how easily they could build a simple online multiplayer network branded with the Microsoft Azure cloud technology.