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...
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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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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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07/23/08
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R.I.P. Games For Windows Magazine,...
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...
04/08/08
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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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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...
Microsoft looks to ease Yahoo, Windows concerns (Reuters)
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 pursuit of Yahoo Inc is not a distraction.
Welcome to Microsoft Games For Windows Live, Now For Free
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 service for PCs? The service much-ballyhooed by Microsoft back in May 2007 with the PC... 
Stix takes a stab at...
Looking at its size, shape, white wrist strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the popular Nintendo gaming...
08/13/08
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Stix takes a stab at...
AP - Looking at its size, shape, white wrist strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the popular Nintendo...
08/13/08
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Microsoft bolsters PC gaming with new...
Microsoft has officially launched the first of many significant Games for Windows Live updates designed to attract PC gamers to the company's free, cross-platform gaming...
11/13/08
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CrossOver Games plays PC games sans...
CodeWeavers today unveiled CrossOver Games, a new optimized version to its Windows virtualization software designed to function exclusively with games. The software is already...
03/25/08
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Seinfeld to star in Windows Vista ad...
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will star in a $US300 million marketing campaign for Microsoft aimed at burnishing the image of Windows Vista.
08/21/08
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July PC Game Sales: Nancy Drew Tops...
I've played every single one of the games in NPD Group's July US top 20 PC game bestsellers, except for the number one spot-stealer, Nancy Drew and The Phantom of...
08/25/08
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The PC World Games For Windows Live Interview, Part Two
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, what's coming in DirectX 11, and the possibility of Xbox Live free. Game...
Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: the future of 64-bit apps
Snow Leopard's across-the-board leap to 64-bits, from the kernel to all of its bundled apps, will make more memory available and boost performance. However, Apple will also need to manage its 64-bit lead and organize its developers. Here's why. ...
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...
First look: GOG revives classic PC...
A new online gaming store called Good Old Games is poised to do huge business on the digital distribution front with a solid library of classic PC games for sale at low prices,...
09/09/08
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NVIDIA exec: future games born on...
NVIDIA's Roy Taylor has much invested in PC gaming, but he admits that PC exclusives may be a thing of the past. Where will PC games now begin their lives? Consoles. Read...
06/10/08
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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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The Mythical 'Vista Application' ...
PC World - Analysis: Developers aren't really ignoring Vista--they don't have to choose among Windows versions.
06/25/08
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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...
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GOG to Offer On-Demand Classic PC Games
Wanna play out-of-print PC games you can't find without paying an arm and a leg to a bunch of price-gouging hucksters on Amazon and eBay? You may want to bookmark a little...
07/10/08
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Grand Theft Auto IV: A quick review
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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