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more about #gamesforwindows Grinman: I want Pitfall and Yar's Revenge. more » Chinpokomon: No Custer's Revenge? more » SiN13: Any word on the pricing of all this? more » Islandkiwi: food fight, please. more » gordiehowe5: I better not have to pay if I own Dig Dug and Robotron on XBLA already for their virtual cabinets. more » Taggart6 wishes you happy holidays!!!: What's the cost to play? more » (Starman) #number257: My god, it's so realistic! :O Edit: OK, I meant that as a joke originally, but now I REALLY mean it. I actually thought this was a display room at CE... more » KaneRobot: Those bastards. I saw Star Raiders and got really excited, until I saw "2600" in parentheses. Screw that. Star Raiders was an amazing game on the 5200... more » battra92: Space Armada for the INTV was actually a pretty decent Space Invaders clone. Yar's Revenge is a decent 2600 classic as well but it's too bad that the... more » mind in rewind: Crystal Castles? I need a trackball, Microsoft. Please. more » greyfish7: star raiders was better on the 5200, screw the 2600. nostalgia aside, those games blew. more » Bubbleman!: What a joke! I thought this would be, ya know, GOOD arcade games that I grew up with. Street Fighter 2, Final Fight, Turtles in Time, The Simpsons, D... more » Scott J: Wasnt MS bad mouthing Sony about their Home concept back when it was announced and leading up to its release? I coulda swore I remember that. Its lik... more » NeöStarr: I don't know why everybody seems so opposed to the 40 point pricing myself. I mean, assuming they actually hit the 1000 game mark, or even go over 200... more » yowanda: I fail to see the big deal about retro games. I have owned a few retro game collections, and played retro games in various ways, and after an hour or... more » Vecha: 2 Years till the end: Maybe this has been answered..... But...when you make these "game Rooms" can your "friends" play in them for free? more » SuperSonik: Hah. I knew this sort of thing was going mainstream ever since I heard that the PS3 arcade title Trash Panic was offered in a similar fashion in Japan... more » shaunmcilroy: Outlaw and Combat! I had those more » MSUHitman: Wow what a bunch of crap outside of Centipede and Asteroids. I was hoping the 80's arcade games on XBLA I bought early on in the 360 life cycle would ... more » binarymelon: What, no E.T.? more » -
#ces10
The First 30+ Games For Microsoft's New Game Room
Microsoft confirmed last night it was bringing the Game Room virtual hang out space to Xbox 360 and Games For Windows this year, an online arcade and—ahem—virtual console for your Xbox Avatar. What games will Xbox 360 owners get? More » -
#microsoft
Games For Windows On Demand Goes Live
Microsoft's catalog of Games For Windows titles have become that much more "on demand" as of today, with Games On Demand launching for interested PC gamers precisely on schedule. So, what's available? More » -
#wellplayed
Windows 7: What Happened to Gaming?
In 2006, then Microsoft Vice President Peter Moore apologized for what he called a dereliction of duty to the company's number one gaming platform: The PC.
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#pc
Yes, Microsoft Will Still Publish PC Games
Microsoft used to publish lots of PC games. Now, though, they mostly don't. Sure, there's Gears of War, and a three years late port of Halo 2, but aside from that? Not much. More » -
#review
Empire: Total War Review: A Whiff Of Grapeshot
Hrm. An Empire: Total War review. Where to start, where to start... It's tough! Tough like trying to sum up War & Peace in Haiku.
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#gearsofwar
Epic Explains Gears Meltdown
A digital certificate that expired on Wednesday borked the original Gears of War for PC players; Epic is working up a fix. Meantime, VP Mark Rein has given an explanation and an apology. More » -
#epicgames
Is Your Copy Of Gears Of War PC Busted? Here's Why
Owners of the "Games For Windows" release of Gears Of War have found themselves unable to play the game they own today. The reason? An expired Windows digital certificate, which went digitally sour yesterday. More » -
#xbl
800 Point XBL Cards Might Be At A Retailer Near You
They've been on the boil for a while, but it seems Microsoft are only now giving consumers the option of buying a smaller, cheaper allocation of Microsoft Points from a retail store. More » -
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#squareenix
The Last Remnant Gets Windowsed In Spring
Square Enix's "strategically sound, technically flawed" role-playing game The Last Remnant is coming to Games for Windows in the Spring, the company announced today. Expect "features previously not available" on the Xbox 360 version. More » -
#grandtheftautoiv
GTA IV PC Delayed, Final System Requirements Revealed
Rockstar Games has officially pushed back the release of Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC, settling on a two-week delay and a new December 2nd release date. The date confirms what was reflected at retailer listings updated earlier this week. More » -
#gearsofwar2
Why No Gears Of War 2 For PC? Well, Piracy For One
Epic Games won't be bringing Gears of War 2 to the PC. That's their story and they're stickin' to it. It's "definitely" not happening, swears designer Cliff Bleszinski, pointing to a worsening PC gaming environment. More » -
#grandtheftautoiv
Here Are GTA IV PC's Recommended System Requirements
If you plan on building (or upgrading) a PC around the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV, the official Games For Windows web site has a helpful rough estimate for what kind of hardware you're gonna need. To make it look as pretty as the version we saw, which ran just shy of 2560 x 1600, expect to bring some serious computing power to the table. While the minimum system requirements for the Windows version of GTA IV are still a mystery, the recommended requirements are yours for the studying. Recommended operating system? Windows XP SP2, natch. For the hard stuff, make the jump. More » -
#bungie
Halo 3 Coming To Windows... Confirmed?
Reader Simon wrote in to us this weekend to let us know that he'd received an e-mail, one targeted at "subscribers to the MS download email service", that listed Halo 3 as one of the downloadable demos that take advantage of DirectX. Does that mean that Halo 3 is confirmed for a Games For Windows release? Not so fast, pal. More » -
#gamesforwindows
How Long Til We Get XBLA Games On PC?
As can be witnessed by their decision to, after only a year, cut their losses and start offering the service for free, Microsoft's Games for Windows Live initiative hasn't exactly set the world on fire. But just because it hasn't, doesn't mean that it can't. What could help spice things up a little? How about, oh, the ability to play XBLA games on both your 360 and PC? Would that help? It's something Microsoft are obviously thinking about, because after being asked about the subject by 1UP's Shawn Elliot, Microsoft's Kevin Unangst replies: More »
