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Microsoft bolsters PC gaming with new Games for Windows Live

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 service.Read More...
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Arstechnica

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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The Sydney Morning Herald 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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Forbes Fighting Digital Pirates

How PC game makers are fighting back against those who steal their work.
11/05/08
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Forbes Fighting Digital Pirates

How PC game makers are fighting back against those who steal their work.
11/04/08
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Forbes Mario V. Apple: On Like 'Donkey Kong'

Fanboys freaked when we suggested Steve Jobs would go after the handheld gaming market. Well guess what?He is.
09/26/08
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Forbes Mario V. Apple: On Like 'Donkey Kong'

Fanboys freaked when we suggested Steve Jobs would go after the handheld gaming market. Well guess what? He is.
09/26/08
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Yahoo! News 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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PCWorld GameOn

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...
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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...
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Arstechnica Game developer wants to learn from...

One independent PC game developer is inviting pirates to tell him why they pirate his (and other) games. Read More...
08/11/08
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Engadget Games for Windows Live now free

Interesting that this didn't get announced at E3, but Games for Windows Live is now free for all. Yep, totally free, cross-platform multiplayer with the 360 included --...
07/23/08
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Yahoo! News At E3, video games shift their aim to...

USATODAY.com - This year's downscaled E3 video game expo drew about 4,500 gamemakers, analysts, retailers and journalists to L.A. last week - less than a tenth of E3's size two...
07/22/08
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Arstechnica The week in gaming: Fallout 3 Google...

This week in gaming brought us the advent of a Google Maps utility for Fallout 3, reviews of Valkyria Chronicles and Mortal Kombat vs. DC, as well as word of a potential retro...
11/22/08
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Arstechnica ATI: DX11, 40nm GPUs on track for a...

ATI gave a glimpse of where it's headed in 2009 at Japan's Ceatec conference, and the company has big plans for 2009. DirectX 11, 40nm GPUs, improved GPGPU support, and a free...
10/06/08
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Arstechnica The week in gaming: Fallout,...

This week in gaming and gadgets brought us the horrendous Sonic RPG, a dose of Brainball, and news about the DRM for Fallout 3. Oh, and night vision goggles.Read More...
10/04/08
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Yahoo! News

Microsoft Drops Player Fees On Games For Windows Live (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The service is cross-compatible with Microsoft's Xbox Live network, which lets Xbox 360 owners play games against each other online.
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Arstechnica

Microsoft isn't doing all it should to help PC gaming

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 alike are clamoring for more love from Microsoft.Read More...
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Forbes Why Zune Doesn't Threaten Apple

As Apple readies to show off its new iPods, Microsoft tries to steal the show.
09/09/08
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Arstechnica First look: Raptr, a gamer's Facebook...

Ars gets a first look at a new social service called "Raptr," now in public beta, which lets gamers connect with their peers through shared titles and aggregate data from the...
09/04/08
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The Sydney Morning Herald Microsoft enlists Seinfeld to burnish...

Jerry Seinfeld will star in a $US300 million marketing campaign for Microsoft aimed at burnishing the image of its computer operating system.
08/21/08
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Yahoo! News It's PC vs. Xbox, Online, for Free ...

PC Magazine - For a limited time, Microsoft is offering free online multiplayer on Xbox 360/Games for Windows titles that offer Live cross-platform play.
07/29/08
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Yahoo! News Microsoft turns to users for new wave...

Reuters - Microsoft Corp will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console, taking a page out of the...
07/22/08
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Yahoo! News Microsoft 4Q profit jumps 42 percent...

AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 42 percent, helped by strong sales of its Office and Windows software, but the company offered a...
07/18/08
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Yahoo! News Microsoft Falls Short Of Q4 Estimates...

Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft delivered mixed news to investors Thursday, coming up short of fourth-quarter earnings forecasts even as it posted better-than-expected sales.
07/18/08
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Forbes Touchless Tech

What's more cutting edge than the iPhone's multitouch screen? A computer controlled by a mere wave of the hand.
07/13/08
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