I’m a little behind when it comes to technology but in my mind tablet gaming is all 2D and avian-themed. It’s quite surprising, then, to find that Microsoft’s Surface Pro is able to run games like Alan Wake, World of Tanks, and Dawn of War II. That’s phenomenal. The list I’ve pasted in below is lengthy and packed with games I would have expected to be far and away above the specs of a tablet.
Check them out for yourself.
Now, these are all games that meet or exceed the stated minimum game system requirements. In many cases the tablet is actually able to better the recommended specs, suggesting that you should be able to play the games at a fairly good level. With the tablet’s micro-HDMI and USB port, I hope it’s possible to plug this into a TV with a gamepad hooked up because that would make the the £570 tablet a little more appetising.
Thanks to Reddit user DavidInTransit for compiling the list,here it is in full:
Aion: The Tower of Eternity
Alan Wake
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
Alice: Madness Returns
Aliens vs. Predator
Alpha Protocol
Anno 2070
APB Reloaded
ARMA II
Assassins Creed II
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition
Blur
Borderlands
Borderlands 2
Breach
Bulletstorm
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Champions Online
Cities XL
Civilization V
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight
Commander: Conquest of the Americas
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Darkspore
Dawn of War II: Retribution
DC Universe Online
Dead Island
Dead Space 2
Death Rally
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Diablo III
Dirt 2
Dirt 3
DiRT: Showdown
Dragon Age II
Dragon Age: Origins
Driver San Francisco
Duke Nukem Forever
Dungeon Siege III
Dungeonbowl
Endless Space
F1 2010
F1 2011
Fable III
Fallout New Vegas
FIFA Manager 12
FIFA Soccer 11
FIFA Soccer 12
Front Mission Evolved
FUEL
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Guild Wars 2
Hamilton’s Great Adventure
Jagged Alliance – Back in Action
James Bond: Blood Stone
James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Krater
L.A. noire
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West
Left 4 Dead 2
Legend of Grimrock
Legends of Pegasus
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
Lost Planet 2
Mafia II
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Max Payne 3
Microsoft Flight
Might & Magic Heroes VI
Mini Ninjas
MTG: Duels of the Planeswalkers
Napoleon: Total War
Naval War: Arctic Circle
NBA 2K12
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: SHIFT
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Orcs Must Die 2
PCMark 7
Port Royale 3
Portal 2
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Prototype
R.U.S.E.
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Resident Evil 5
Rogue Warrior
Section 8
Section 8: Prejudice
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
SHIFT 2 Unleashed
Shogun 2: Total War
Sins of the Solar Empire: Rebellion
Space Pirates and Zombies
Spec Ops: The Line
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Split Second
Star Trek Online
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
Star Wars The Force Unleashed II
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Street Fighter X Tekken
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
Supreme Commander 2
The Darkness II
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Saboteur
The Secret World
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom
The Sims Medieval
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2
Trine
Tropico 4
Unstoppable Gorg
Virtua Tennis 4
Wargame: European Escalation
Wolfenstein
World of Tanks
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria