{"id":36922,"date":"2020-05-22T23:23:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/special-event-helps-players-set-a-record-while-celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-microsoft-solitaire\/"},"modified":"2020-05-22T23:34:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:34:24","slug":"special-event-helps-players-set-a-record-while-celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-microsoft-solitaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/special-event-helps-players-set-a-record-while-celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-microsoft-solitaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Special event helps players set a record while celebrating the 30th anniversary Microsoft Solitaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Special event helps players set a record while celebrating the 30th anniversary Microsoft Solitaire<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/73a6335a9d84d30372621875c5fe62bc-1024x578-1.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/prod\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/73a6335a9d84d30372621875c5fe62bc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-174093\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/prod\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/73a6335a9d84d30372621875c5fe62bc-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Solitaire on Windows 3.0 in 1990\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May 22 marks the 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of Microsoft Solitaire, which has come a long way since it debuted as Windows Solitaire\u00a0on Windows 3.0 in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the game<em>\u00a0<\/em>is played on computers, laptops, tablets and phones in every corner of the globe, arguably by one of the most diverse gaming audiences in the world, says Paul Jensen, studio head, Microsoft Casual Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a worldwide appeal,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/s.majornelson.com\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=98119&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fp%2Fmicrosoft-solitaire-collection%2F9wzdncrfhwd2\">Microsoft Solitaire Collection<\/a>,\u00a0as it is known today, hosts over 35 million players each month, from more than 200+ countries and territories, in 65 different languages,\u201d Jenson says. \u201cAnd after 30 years,\u00a0Microsoft Solitaire is still one of the most played games on the planet every day, with more than 100 million hands played daily around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is celebrating the anniversary by inviting players to join an online event aiming to reach the most games of Microsoft Solitaire\u00a0completed in one day. Join by downloading\u00a0Microsoft Solitaire Collection\u00a0for free on\u00a0Windows,\u00a0iOS or\u00a0Android, or play through your\u00a0browser. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2020\/05\/22\/celebrating-30-years-microsoft-solitaire\/\">Xbox Wire post<\/a> for details, to watch Major Nelson\u2019s interview with a pair of Solitaire experts discussing the coveted winnability rate of the game, and check out Microsoft Solitaire T-shirts and mugs available now\u00a0for the first time ever.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2020\/05\/22\/special-event-helps-players-set-a-record-while-celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-microsoft-solitaire\/\">Special event helps players set a record while celebrating the 30th anniversary Microsoft Solitaire<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\">Windows Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2020\/05\/22\/special-event-helps-players-set-a-record-while-celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-microsoft-solitaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special event helps players set a record while celebrating the 30th anniversary Microsoft Solitaire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Special event helps players set a record while celebrating the 30th anniversary Microsoft Solitaire May 22 marks the 30th\u00a0anniversary of Microsoft Solitaire, which has come a long way since it debuted as Windows Solitaire\u00a0on Windows 3.0 in 1990. Today, the game\u00a0is played on computers, laptops, tablets and phones in every corner of the globe, arguably by one of the most diverse gaming audiences in the world, says Paul Jensen, studio head, Microsoft Casual Games. \u201cWith a worldwide appeal,\u00a0Microsoft Solitaire Collection,\u00a0as it is known today, hosts over 35 million players each month, from more than 200+ countries and territories, in 65 different languages,\u201d Jenson says. \u201cAnd after 30 years,\u00a0Microsoft Solitaire is still one of the most played games on the planet every day, with more than 100 million hands played daily around the globe.\u201d Microsoft is celebrating the anniversary by inviting <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/special-event-helps-players-set-a-record-while-celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-microsoft-solitaire\/\" title=\"Special event helps players set a record while celebrating the 30th anniversary Microsoft Solitaire\">[ more&#8230; ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[201],"class_list":["post-36922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-windows"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36924,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36922\/revisions\/36924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}