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... 
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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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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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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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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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 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... 
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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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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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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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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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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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...
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...
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...
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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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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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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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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International Space Station Windows...
Section: Operating Systems, WindowsThe International Space Station has been infiltrated. That’s right, a virus has made it’s way onto the computers of the International...
08/28/08
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Stardock Says You Have Rights, PC Gamers
In the boldest, wisest, and frankly coolest collection of axioms I've ever seen a developer lobby in three decades of PC gaming, Galactic Civilizations designer Stardock...
08/29/08
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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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