Games for Windows Live is Now Free for Multiplayers
Posted by Stephany on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 am under Computer, Gamer Life, Games, Games Industry, Microsoft, Microsoft
Love playing multiplayer games on you PC with your buddies on Xbox LIVE? Don’t like paying a subscription fee just to frag your buddies? Now, you no longer have to.
According to Miscrosoft’s Gamerscrore Blog, where Microsoft, Xbox and Games employees blog and dish about the goings on inside the company, Games for Windows Live is now “fee free” for all multiplayer games.
Pulled from the Site:
Games for Windows – LIVE – our online multiplayer gaming service for Windows, now offers completely free multiplayer. No exceptions – multiplayer is completely free, even cross-platform gameplay with XBOX 360 users.
This isn’t just for new Windows games (although there are some great games coming out, like Dawn of War 2 and Fallout 3). We’ve also enabled completely free multiplayer for all existing Windows games that use Games for Windows – LIVE, from Gears of War to Shadowrun to Universe at War.
Now we have even more reason to play with each other.
Via: Gamerscore Blog
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July 23rd, 2008 at 8:35 am
Is there any fps game that has cross platform multiplayer and no autoaim/etc. for console ones?
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:00 am
Nope
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
Halo 2/ shadowrun(i thought)
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:56 am
Yes why charge any longer! You have enough people paying for Xbox Live Gold memberships (myself included), that $3 a month dont cause problems. Maby someday Xbox live will be free like Sonys PSN and now Microsofts Games for Windows.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
Sounds like they're trying to prop up the PC gaming side of the business. I'm sure this'll tick off the 360 fanboys.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
Yeah well i'm sure the entire "MGS4 isn't on 360" will tick them off too
If they do port MGS4 to the 360…. it won't be the same. It will end up exactly like the last port. Crappy controls, slow loads, oh and you won't get the full excitment of the audio i will tell you that…
mmmmm… explosions in 7.1 surround sound… -^^-
Anywho… I'm glad they did this. XD BTW the 360 will NEVER have free multiplayer unless the game supplies it itself.
=D Ps3 is better anyways… and PC beats them all. Crysis proves this theory correct =D
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
@plz die
I don't know of any FPS but, the third person shooter, Kane and Lynch has no autoaim, or very bad autoaim…either way its a fair match for PC vs 360 fraggin.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
might actually buy gears of war for pc now..