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Microsoft Considering Xbox Live Subscription on Windows
Microsoft has been attempting the win back the hearts of PC gamers and making promises to take the platform seriously. Rightfully, this was greeted with a degree of skepticism given Microsoft’s history and the disgraceful Games for Windows Live DRM client which plagued PC gaming for many years. Microsoft’s Corporate…
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It’s Now Legal to Bypass DRM Once The Servers Have Been Closed
Many video game publishers have implemented various forms Digital Rights Management into major titles from Games for Windows Live to SecuROM. These are designed to reduce piracy rates and delay the time it takes for a scene group to release a pirated version. Publishers hoped this would make impatient people…
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DiRT3 Ditches Games for Windows Live and Adds Steamworks Support
DiRT3, the latest in a series spun-off from the Colin McRae Rally games, is thankfully abandoning the risible Games for Windows Live in favour of Steamworks. In addition, developer Codemasters is upgrading every copy of the game to the Complete Edition, meaning everyone who bought the standard game is getting…
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Microsoft Closing Down Games For Windows Live Marketplace
Microsoft have announced that they will permanently retire the Games For Windows Live online marketplace. The company confirmed that such a month will take place in just six days on August 22nd 2013. This move will effectively end the sale of Games For Windows Live titles. Microsoft has asked gamers…
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