Microsoft's Age of Empires set for iPhone and Android smartphones before Windows Phon

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A mobile version of Microsoft's Age of Empires franchise will be released for iPhone and Android smartphones before Windows Phone, Reuters reports.
This isn't the first time Microsoft has made one of its game franchises available on rival products - Wordament and Kinectimals are already out for iPhone - but it is unusual for a Microsoft game to launch on rival devices before its own hardware.
Microsoft hasn't explained why the Windows Phone version is launching later, but it may have something to do with the extra time that would be needed to create a Windows 8 app version of the game.
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