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Read More »Dark Souls Games for Windows Live migration is underway
PC owners who own Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition are now able to remove its Games for Windows Live integration. The move to Steamworks, which has been in the works for some time, was originally scheduled for last month before being slightly delayed. The migration is optional, should you …
Read More »Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising 2 moving from GFWL to Steamworks
Capcom is to remove Games for Windows Live from three more of its PC titles. Support for Microsoft’s unpopular service will be patched out of Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, with all three moving over to Steamworks. With the global popularity of …
Read More »PC Super Street Fighter IV owners face DLC loss
Capcom will tomorrow release a Steamworks version of Super Street Fighter IV, but it’s not all good news. Current versions of the game use Games for Windows Live, which Microsoft will be shutting down in the near future, thus robbing the titles of their online support. Capcom will tomorrow (May …
Read More »Devs can now set their own discounts on Steam
Valve releases new Steamworks tool to allow custom sales and price cutting
Read More »Steam to reveal PS4/Xbox One rival on Monday
PC download service Steam will make three announcements in its bid to wrestle control of the living room from PS4 and Xbox One. Steam launched ‘Big Picture’ mode last year, which was a user-interface that made Steam games ideal for play on televisions and controllers. It worked but isn’t a …
Read More »Valve makes Steamworks SDK available to all devs
Game creators can now evaluate potential integration of APIs and conduct limited testing
Read More »Half-Life remake amongst first games given the Greenlight by Valve
Valve has named the first ten titles to successfully pass through its Steam Greenlight process, including a remake of its classic first person shooter – Half-Life. The games, as voted for by the Steam community, are now available in the ‘Greenlit’ section of the digital distribution service until they are …
Read More »Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition coming to Steam
Namco Bandai has announced the PC version of Dark Souls will be sold through Steam. The news comes on the heels of vigorous protesting by fans following an initial announcement that only mentioned Games for Windows Live as far as PC integration and vending. According to Eurogamer, the digital distributed …
Read More »Dark Souls GFWL discussion ongoing say developers
The recent official announcement of the Dark Souls: Prepare to Die PC edition was quickly marred by the reaction (and subsequent retaliation) of fans when it was revealed the title would utilize Games for Windows Live. At least two members of the Dark Souls team are letting on there may …
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