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The Games For Windows Live Marketplace will be revamped next month. As well as an aesthetic redesign, the service will be receiving a host of new features, including an Xbox Live-style Deal of the Week, pre-order incentives and more, according to Joystiq. Microsoft group product manager Peter Orullian also told …
Read More »Steam vs Windows ‘hurting PC market’
The developer of the upcoming Duke Nukem Forever has claimed that the Steam and Games For Windows platforms are damaging to the PC industry. Making the comments at the London Games Festival according to CVG, Gearbox marketing boss and Shacknews founder Steve Gibson said that Valve’s Steam and Microsoft’s Games …
Read More »New PC promises from Microsoft
The release of Fable III on PC heralds yet another fresh dawn for Microsoft and its commitment to Games for Windows. That seems to be the suggestion from a leaked internal Q&A document obtained by Kotaku which reads as follows: Q: Does "Fable III" on Windows signal a larger reinvestment …
Read More »Fable III confirmed for PC
Fable III will be coming to Windows – not only through retail but also via digital distribution. Microsoft has announced that the game will be released as a downloadable title exclusively through the Games On Demand section of Games For Windows Live, with a price point of 39.99. Last week, …
Read More »More from Natal at Gamefest 2010
Microsoft's developer conference to lift the veil on Xbox 360's high profile device
Read More »Games for Windows Live for free
At GAMEFEST 08, Seattle, Microsoft revealed online features of Games for Windows Live will now be offered free to gamers. Previously Games For Windows Live users had to pay a premium to use the facility, but as part of a major revamp of the system the firm has waived subscription …
Read More »CES 2008: Games for Windows market share expands
Microsoft has announced that eight new titles have been added to its Games for Windows range – Capcom’s Bionic Commando, Eidos’ Conflict: Denied Ops and Tomb Raider: Underworld, Sega’s Space Siege and Empire: Total War, Stardock’s Sins of a Solar Empire, LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones and Microsoft’s own Train Simulator …
Read More »Games for Windows Live update due next month
CVG reports that Microsoft is soon to release a second patch for its Live-enabled Games for Windows service. The update will bring with it the support for offline Achievements, a feature that has proved hugely popular amongst Xbox 360 gamers. Also new will be enhanced friends list functionality, which will …
Read More »Games for Windows Live update due next month
CVG reports that Microsoft is soon to release a second patch for its Live-enabled Games for Windows service. The update will bring with it the support for offline Achievements, a feature that has proved hugely popular amongst Xbox 360 gamers. Also new will be enhanced friends list functionality, which will …
Read More »GC LEIPZIG: Ubisoft signs up to Games For Windows
Ubisoft PC titles will carry the Microsoft Games For Windows branding in future. The news was revealed by the platform holder at its Leipzig conference yesterday. The first Games For Windows Ubisoft title is The Settlers: Rise of an Empire. Other publishers already signed up to Games For windows include …
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