Rumor: Will Windows 8 signal Microsoft's renewed push into PC gaming?

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Rumor: Will Windows 8 signal Microsoft's renewed push into PC gaming?

Posted Dec 22nd 2010 5:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Hardware

Microsoft has made a few inroads back into the PC gaming industry in 2010. It revamped its Games For Windows web site and turned it into a PC game download store. More notably it announced plans to publish new PC games such as Age of Empires Online and others.

Now a new report on the TechRadar.com web site, using unnamed sources, claims that Microsoft will use the next version of its Windows operating system, Windows 8, to make a renewed effort for PC gamaing. The unnamed source is quoted in the article as saying, "Windows 8 will represent a real new push into PC gaming. Gaming will be a key component for the whole OS." Details on exactly how this will happen with Windows 8 were not made available. However, the article claims the just announced hiring of former VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood to Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment division shows how serious the company is on getting back its PC game audience.

Tags: Games-for-Windows, games-for-windows-marketplace, Microsoft, Microsoft-Game-Studios, windows-8

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

First off, MS has been talking about making a "push" back into PC gaming since at least Windows Vista. Between that and Windows 7, we got a games browser window that barely works.

Second, why do they have to wait until they release a whole new OS in order to do this again? If they want to support PC Gaming, do it, instead of "pushing" it on to the next OS when its supposed to happen.Posted at 5:10PM on Dec 22nd 2010 by ChimpWithAHandgun

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Posted at 12:39AM on Dec 23rd 2010 by Joaquinaayhur ferenc

Everytime Microsoft does anything, there is a "rumor" that it will lead towards a push for pc gaming.

So the quick answer is "No, it wont".Posted at 1:41PM on Dec 29th 2010 by Solice

Microsoft just wants to plug their newest 100 to 300 and up operating system. As I figured not that long ago, Microsoft doesn't give two rats' behind about the PC platform for gaming. That digital distribution from Microsoft is nothing more than trying to milk the PC platform of its money, yet not allowing games to be played on. I wish Microsoft would stop BSing and just put this rumor to rest. Posted at 1:19AM on Jan 1st 2011 by Rosli