Free As a Bird: The PC World Games For Windows Live Interview, Part One
Did you catch the news yesterday that Microsoft's Games For Windows Live online service, which used to cost $50 a year for multiplayer privileges, is now completely free? We caught up with Microsoft Senior Global Director of Games For...
Microsoft refunding gamers, Games for Windows Live goes free
Microsoft made a series of announcements this week that the company hopes will reinvigorate the PC gaming market, including the announcement of DirectX 11 and the advent of free Windows Live gaming. Ars spoke with Microsoft's Kevin Unangst about the company's present and future plans, including DX11, Games for Windows Live, and the PCGA.Read More... 
Microsoft looks to ease Yahoo,...
Reuters - Microsoft Corp reports
quarterly results this week, looking to ease the concerns of
investors about slower growth at its Windows business and prove
that its...
07/15/08
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You know that absence-of-any-news-whatsoever sound (kind of like a tree falling in the woods) that's dogged Microsoft's $50 Games for Windows Live online multiplayer...
07/23/08
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In which we chat with Microsoft's Kevin Unangst about the media death knell over PC gaming, the digital distribution boom, the new PC-centric GFW Live interface,...
07/24/08
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Microsoft may be responsible for the foundation of Windows-based gaming, but its recent efforts to help the waning PC gaming industry have done little: developers and gamers...
07/02/08
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The Web's best free stuff ...
InfoWorld - Free: It's the magic word for an ever-expanding wealth of downloadable software and online services. Free doesn't necessarily mean good, however, and hunting for...
03/24/08
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PC game developer has radical...
When trying to make a living creating PC games, ignoring the pirates might be the best approach. The CEO of Stardock, which made the best-selling Sins of a Solar Empire, argues...
03/20/08
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CrossOver Games plays PC games sans Windows
CodeWeavers today unveiled CrossOver Games, a new optimized version to its Windows virtualization software designed to function exclusively with games. The software is already compatible with a number of different Windows game titles, such as World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Team Fortress 2, Counterstrike, and Civilization 4, among others. CrossOver ...
Rock Legend for Mac OS X debuts
Red Marble Games has announced a new Mac OS X game dubbed "Rock Legend" that is part RPG, part life-sim, part Tycoon game. Players take the role of a struggling rock singer who puts together his own band, and tries to achieve fame and fortune, from humble beginnings as a starving garage-band. They can pick their band-members, choose the band name, ... 
Amazon.com says Windows Vista...
A major package of updates and security fixes for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system will be available for download Tuesday, according to Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site.
03/18/08
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Microsoft posts free service pack for...
Microsoft Corp. posted a major package of updates and security fixes for its Windows Vista operating system for download starting Tuesday.
03/18/08
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I've often asked myself what I would do without a cell phone. In "Grand Theft Auto IV," just as in real life, the answer is simple: not much.
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04/12/08
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Exclusive preview: Delicious...
Back in 2004, shortly before the release of Mac OS X Tiger, Delicious Library 1.0 arrived as a slick looking inventory cataloging application designed to manage listings of...
03/03/08
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Games for Windows Live Multiplayer...
PC Magazine - At the Gamefest 2008 event on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that all Games for Windows Live multiplayer features are now free.
07/22/08
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Count 'em down but hardly out, as Games For Windows magazine (nee Computer Gaming World for 27 years) goes online-only in a transition just announced following publisher Ziff Davis's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in early March. (Note: 1UP's VP of...
iPhone SDK to require Mac OS X?
More details of Apple's iPhone SDK announcement, scheduled today for 10AM Pacific time and 1PM Eastern, have allegedly leaked through anonymous sources. It is indicated that although the iPhone can be used on both Macs and PCs, developers will only be able to acquire the SDK for Mac OS X, leaving Windows developers stranded. The development envir...
Microsoft Drops Player Fees On Games...
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The service is cross-compatible with Microsoft's Xbox Live network, which lets Xbox 360 owners play games against each other online.
07/23/08
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To watch the opening scenes of "Grand Theft Auto IV" is to experience the beginning of a new chapter in video game storytelling.
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Macworld - The new rules for buying a Mac
The world has a lot of unwritten rules: In social etiquette. In baseball. And in buying computers. For years, we have unquestioningly followed numerous unwritten rules when...
05/08/08
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09/05/08
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Macworld - Best of Both Worlds: Games you...
Some computer games never appear on the Mac. Sometimes the game makers don’t think the limited Mac market is worth it. Other games depend so much on Windows-specific...
05/21/08
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Macworld - Review: CrossOver Mac Professional 7
Codeweavers CrossOver Mac Professional 7.0.2 uses just the Windows application programming interface (API) to run Windows apps on your Mac, without the Windows OS. It's an...
08/05/08
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NVIDIA exec: future games born on...
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06/10/08
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Stix takes a stab at...
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08/13/08
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