gamedaily.com - 11/13/2008
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In an effort to better serve PC gamers, Microsoft has relaunched its Games for Windows - Live client and a special G4W Live Marketplace is on its way as well.
windowslive.com - 11/8/2008
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windowslivewire.spaces.live.com - 11/13/2008
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techcrunch.com - 11/13/2008
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techcrunch.com —
Microsoft’s Live.com portal will change significantly this evening.
No longer will it be a simple search engine...
with a few other services bolted on. It’s now a social network, too, pulling in activity information and content from ...
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Sweeping Changes At Live.com: It’s A Social Network!
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Say Hi To Your New Games For Windows Live [Games For Windows Live]
Kotaku —
... telling GameDaily: We've revisited the concept [for Games for Windows â Live]. Rather than offer an 'Xbox Live for Windows' type experience, let's optimize the service for PC gamers â let's make a great PC online gaming service. As a result of that, we completely redid the interface. It took you this long to figure out PC gamers expect a service optimised for, well, PC gaming? Sheesh. GFW and menu aficionados, you can get a better look at the new interface in the gallery below. Microsoft Overhauls Games for Windows â Live [GameDaily]
Games For Windows Live Gets Revamped Look, Marketplace [Windows]
Gizmodo —
... PC, has gotten a face lift—partially because the original version, being more or less an Xbox Live port, wasn't actually PC-user friendly. Now the new interface is supposed to be designed "with PC gamers in mind." GWL will keep Achievements, TrueSkill matchmaking, voice and text chats and gamertags, but adds a special marketplace (similar to Xbox Live's Marketplace) for buying trailers, demos and add-on game content. Check out a multitude of pics of the updated interface at Kotaku. [Game Daily via ...
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