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The first victims of MS Games for Windows Live shut down are...
Grunty
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Batman Arkham Asylum and Batman Arkham City.
MS has given Steam DRM control of these games. The victims are your now non-existent save games and possibly your long-format product key.
http://steamcommunity.com/games/200260/announcements/detail/1909817119598626547
Read some of the comments for more info on the product key fuck up.
"I used to think the worst thing in life was to be all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone." Robin Williams
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The only game I have that runs under GFWL is Bioshock 2, and I used the .dll that lets you run the game without it and save games locally.
Microsoft is so not a gaming company. It's amazing that their entertainment division is the only division in the company that turns a profit. Though, given the irrational brand loyalty people have towards Microsoft, I guess I shouldn't really be surprised.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
Holy cats. Age of Empires Online will cease operations as well. That game hasn't even been out that long.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/19/4637694/microsoft-games-for-windows-live-service-ending-july-2014
Why is this not a bigger news thing?
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
Because no one is paying anyone to "cover" it, which should be another huge tip-off to how good "games journalism" isn't.
But they'll do 3 articles/previews for patches for certain games... :P
I think Arkham City is the only game I own that required GFWL, though I could be wrong about one from a a while back and just not remember it.
I use GFWL to play Super Street Fighter 4 AE.
The good news is that Ultra Street Fighter 4 will be released (available on Steam) before GFWL shuts down.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
-- Herman Melville
Office and SQL Server are probably their biggest money makers.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
-- Herman Melville