PC gaming is famously a muddled, complicated affair. If your only experience of videogames is via consoles, then common PC obstacles like system specifications, graphics drivers, port forwarding and DirectX are going to scare and confuse you.
But Microsoft is here to help.
In May 2007, shortly after the launch of Windows Vista and with Xbox 360 increasing steadily in popularity, the company launched Games for Windows Live. Part of a larger initiative that includes branding of all PC game boxes and a rating system to simply identify which games your computer is capable of running, it's an application and service that offers online matchmaking, auto-downloading of patches, a downloadable content marketplace and, in some cases, crossplatform play with Xbox 360 users.
The Super Credit exploit that players have been using will be patched by Arrowhead now that the devs are aware of its existence.
How would they know the difference between someone who purposely shut down their game and someone who crashed out?
And the shutting down of the game seems so tedious. Super Credits are really easy to get.
Sparking Zero is doing what Xenoverse won't.
Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."
Yes please.
yes it should its gaming blasphemy
As a PC gamer we can all do our part to kill this sorry ass system. I refuse to buy ANY game that uses Games For Windows Live. In my view any game that uses GFWL is going to be a complete mess and isn't worth my money.
I am on the fence about Games For Windows titles though (it's just branding and no live interface). I don't automatically dismiss GFW titles but anything that uses GFWL I don't touch.
Perhaps if Microsoft actually starts putting a bit of effort into the GFWL service and actually starts doing something positive for PC gaming I might be tempted to buy games that use GFWL. However whilst Microsoft continues to mortgage the PC's future to give it's crappy toy console a leg up I won't touch it.
It could have been good if Microsoft cared about PC gaming like say Valve does. As it is now I'd say let it die.