microsoftlogoJapan-based news outlet Nikkei just reported that Microsoft will bring its first-party Xbox and PC games to the iPhone, as well as Android smartphones.

First spotted by Reuters, Nikkei reports that Microsoft will partner with Japanese game-maker Klab to bring games like “Age of the Empires” to smartphones sometime in fiscal year 2013. Klab has already made a few games for iPhone and Android.

Microsoft has made other games like Wordament and Kinectimals available on the iPhone and recently brought Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin from Windows Phone to the App Store. The Reuters article does not mention Windows Phone.

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