Games For Windows Marketplace web site launches

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Games For Windows Marketplace web site launches

Posted Nov 15th 2010 2:00PM by John Callaham
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As promised, Microsoft has now relaunched its Games For Windows web site with its new role as a web-based store to download a number of PC games. The Game For Windows Marketplace site contains PC titles that use Microsoft's Games For Windows Live online service based titles as well as games that don't support the service, although it does not contain the many games that use Valve's Steamworks service. Microsoft also has a new version of the Games For Windows Live client available to download.

To celebrate the launch the web site will offer daily sales deals for the next week. The first is for Grand Theft Auto IV which has a price cut today online to $11.99. In addition there are some new additions to the web site's PC game library including all of the DLC for Dead Rising 2 along with the 11th edition of the classic arcade game collection for Microsoft's Game Room.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dead Rising 2 is still missing those "exclusive DLC" for the 360. Let's see how short MS goes before it "quits" PC gaming for 360 again.

OT: Nice job on posting the news, I think this site has it before an other, though they just might not bother to have remembered it.Posted at 2:53PM on Nov 15th 2010 by Unknown

LOL slim picking out of their line up and I mean very slim. Um Microsoft should just take down that joke of a store and stick to giving the PC platform the shaft; of giving games to their Xbox 360. I will just stick with Steam and even Direct 2 Drive (and I don't like IGN)Posted at 4:32PM on Nov 15th 2010 by Rosli

Don't buy GTIV on the PC. I got suckered in by Steams Christmas sale last year and the game runs like absolute garbage. I've got a pretty powerful machine and I have to run it at low resolution to get a decent framrate. Another horrible console port from Rockstar.Posted at 10:31PM on Nov 15th 2010 by Human1

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Shit shit site. Asia-pacific region isn't even supported. Just take your shit and buzz off, Microsoft. I'm sticking with Steam, thank you. Posted at 2:04PM on Nov 16th 2010 by a

Well done Microsoft, you've taken what used to be a crappy interface to manage and buy games and made it worse. If Steam was ever afraid of you Microsoft, they sure shouldn't be now. I can't even get games to run on my up-to-date machine, all this interface likes to do is launch the program directory to where my game was installed! And Microsoft's missing Keys for purchases of their Age of Empires III deal today just makes it even worse! Poorly executed Microsoft, kudos.Posted at 10:08PM on Nov 21st 2010 by Dweezy