Tag Archives: Games for Windows Live

For years, Games for Windows Live (GFWL) was seen as a blight on PC gaming. Fortunately, Microsoft ditched it, but in the process, some games were left inaccessible. A number of major games have been updated since to remove all traces of GFWL, including titles like Fallout 3 and Grand …

Before Microsoft got its act together on the PC gaming side of its business, we had massive failures like Games for Windows Live. That service finally shut down last year, meaning some prominent titles had to be reworked to remove it. Last year saw Grand Theft Auto 4 re-released without …

Over the weekend, people were quick to notice that Grand Theft Auto IV has mysteriously disappeared from the Steam store. This has happened to other GTA games in the past due to expiring music licenses but this time around, the situation is different. Rockstar has now confirmed that GTA IV …

Microsoft's last attempt to support PC gaming brought forth Games for Windows Live, a service that was not well received amongst PC gamers. Since then, new people have taken over at Microsoft's gaming division and the company has a new outlook, deeming Games for Windows Live ‘the wrong approach'. Going …

Last month it was announced that the original Dark Souls game would be switching from Microsoft's Games for Windows Live servers to the much preferred Steam platform. Bandai Namco originally planned for the move to take place before the end of November but has since pushed the migration back until …

The head of Microsoft's Xbox division, Phil Spencer, has teased future plans for PC gaming on Windows based machines, which are set to be revealed in 2015, stressing the fact that he remains committed to PC gaming, despite Microsoft's heavy focus on the Xbox console. Talking on Major Nelson's podcast, …

We weren't entirely sure if this day would come but many Dark Souls players remained hopeful. Bandai Namco will finally be transitioning Dark Souls from Games for Windows Live to Steamworks, which should help reignite the title's multiplayer scene. Starting next month, those who own Dark Souls can redeem their …

Dark Souls is largely considered to be one of the most difficult games around, beating the game is already an impressive accomplishment but beating it with a Rock Band guitar controller? That's a whole new feat in and of itself. Dark Souls player, Benjamin “Bearzly” Gwin, recently completed his run of …

It turns out that Microsoft's Games for Windows Live PC gaming service isn't going anywhere, despite many assuming that it was being killed off. Even developers thought it was shutting down at the start of July as plenty of games switched from Microsoft's service to alternatives like Steam Works. Rumors …

Games for Windows Live is shutting down and as a result, many publishers have had to find new services to keep games online. So far Namco Bandai has been pretty quiet on the subject of future Dark Souls support as its multiplayer runs on GFWL and since Dark Souls II …

With Microsoft announcing an end to its Games for Windows Live platform earlier this year, it threw the future of many supporting games into jeopardy. Because the service used an authentication system that required connectivity to play the game, without it, many of them wouldn't work. However, in Bioshock 2's …

With just over a week to go until Microsoft points are discontinued for good, Microsoft has highlighted that this will also lead to the end of buying games through its Games for Windows Live marketplace – as if that was something we all did with glee before. GFWL, while a …