Microsoft: Games for Windows client update coming
Filed under: Gaming, PC Games | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments
Microsoft have confirmed that a Games for Windows LIVE client update will be released next week. The update will be mandatory and has been tested with a range of games with no issues reported.
As reported by VG247, the update will be released on Tuesday 21st April. Many believe this is Microsoft’s attempt to become a successful PC gaming platform to follow on with the likes of Steam.
These are the official update details taken from VG247:
* Players who are logged onto GFW-LIVE will not be disconnected or otherwise affected when the update hits, unless they are on for more than 8 hours straight during the time when the update launches.
* Users will have to log out of GFW-LIVE and log back in after 2 AM to see the update, which will be mandatory in order to log back onto GFW-LIVE. This will have no effect on Xbox LIVE.
* Live Client for Windows setup has now been localized into 13 languages.
* Games For Windows and Games For Windows Live updates now available via Microsoft Update.
* Miscellaneous bug fixes.
* Support for larger premium downloadable content packages.
Is this something PC gamers are looking forward to, or are you not too concerned by it?
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Finally now hopefully this means piracy on the PC is finished and Windows will rightfully put Halo3 and Gears of War 2 on PC were belongs!
personally i think GFWL is one of the better ideas in pc gaming, it finally brings a meaningful achievement system (the steam one kinda sucks), which brings with it more replayability and also reduces piracy. Sure you need to enter your product key when connected to the internet, but who cares? It’s not an inconvenience to anyone who has the internet (most pc owners and almost certainly all gamers), since you would have had to enter the product key anyway. The only people who complain about it tend to be pirates anyway.