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Live headed to Windows Vista photo

We all knew it would happen eventually. This is just the official confirmation straight from the horse's mouth. Once again, GamesIndustry.biz brings us news of the various ongoings at CES.

"Windows Vista marks the biggest investment from Microsoft around Windows games since Windows 95, making games easier, safer and more fun to play on the PC," said Microsoft boss Bill Gates, as part of his CES keynote in Las Vegas.

The company used highly-anticipated titles such as Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs, Shadowrun, Company of Heroes, Age of Conan ? Hyborian Adventures and Crysis, as well as a PC version of Live Arcade favourite Geometry Wars, to show off commitment to the Games for Windows format.

Live on Vista sounds pretty incredible if you ask me. There's a ton of potential there, and with Microsoft looking to rule PC gaming, contending with their services (online and offline) will be no mean feat.

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Cruds's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2007 11:15
Cruds
Think it's a good move from MS as long its not just that gaming version of vista that gets live, after all live is meant for the casual gaming housewife, right?
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2007 11:21
Snaileb
Werd.
Milofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2007 11:21
Milofo
As long as there is no monthly fee to play on the service with PC. I don't want to have to pay to play games like Battlefield or Counter Strike.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2007 11:27
Snaileb
I hate to post this out of topic, stolen from an asshole site news but GOW update :

The full list of fixes reads as follows:

Fixed aspect ratio distortion when using VGA cable with 4:3 displays at resolutions higher than 640x480
Fixed voice issue with new players joining Player Match games in progress
Players can now get the Achievement for "Dish Best Served Cold" when using Troika turret to kill RAAM
Fixed rare situation where host could loop countdown and never start match
Fixed rare situation where players could get stuck after chainsawing in multiplayer
Reduced Grenade Tag melee distance
Enabled "Strict" NAT check on host to prevent possible connection issues
Optimized server browser queries to return results more quickly and prevent scroll bars from hiding quality of service icons
Reduced number of possible revives in Execution to match Warzone
Removed host name from Ranked match server browser
Disabled security cameras in Ranked matches
Ranked matches now require balanced teams (3v3 or 4v4)
Increased penalty for quitting a Ranked match to -50 points
Added additional cheat detection code
Additional housekeeping updates
Aetsen's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2007 14:15
Aetsen
This will be neato. Achievements and such. Pip pip cheerio.
Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2007 14:41
Namelessted
Will LIVE on Vista cost $50 a year? And I am guessing you can use the same LIVE account for PC and 360. This is going to be cool. Now that M$ is really going to be pushing Games for Windows i think PC gaming is going to see considerable more sales outside of MMOs. nothing but great news from M$ so far.
nightmareci's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2007 21:20
nightmareci
Sure, this will improve gaming in Windows a lot more, but gaming in non-Windows environments will still be suffering, and possibly more. But like you guys care (except maybe Sheir).
plyr3005's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/09/2007 15:55
plyr3005
just because it's microsoft doesn't mean they will restrict PC gaming to windows. I mean, Halo PC came out for Windows and Mac.
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