Today, Bethesda Softworks announced that they have plans to distribute a game editor and DLC for their super-popular-and-ultra-awesome game, Fallout 3, “in the coming weeks.” (Or, if you’re a stickler for more accurate timetables, the editor will be out in December and the DLC will hit the tubes in January.) The official editor will be called [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 6, 2008
When I put together the terribly lazy GTA4 mockup you see at left, I had no idea if the freshly-announced PC port would actually be a part of Microsoft’s Games for Windows initiative. But taking a quick look at Rockstar’s freshly updated Grand Theft Auto IV website, I noticed a interesting little logo — that of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 25, 2008
You might have heard GFW LIVE subscribers have been freed from financial bondage, but did you know that Microsoft is offering that freedom retroactively? Perhaps you knew that the updated GFW service sports a new UI — but have you seen it? While we wait for our own opportunity to interview Microsoft’s Kevin Unangst about the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
It was somewhere around my visit to Eidos‘ booth at last week’s E3 that I started to realize just how many games are using the naming scheme “Something: Something Else.” This didn’t detract, thankfully, from my hands-on demo of Battlestations: Pacific, the sequel to 2007 WW2 RTS/action combat title Battlestations: Midway. I had a chance to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
This just in: Games for Windows — LIVE is now free. Cross-platform multiplayer? Free. Matchmaking? Free. Voice chat? Free. Friends list? You betcha. And there’s more GFW functionality on the way.
Continue reading...Thursday, June 12, 2008
With today’s news that Microsoft’s Shane Kim and Phil Spencer have been promoted in the wake of marketing VP Jeff Bell’s departure, Next-Gen has an interview with the two about the future of the Xbox 360. Spencer and Kim make some upbeat promises for the system — Gears of War 2 will be “huge.” Fable [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 7, 2008
You might imagine that the person in charge of the Games for Windows initiative is likely optimistic about PC gaming. And you would be imagining correctly. Kevin Unangst of Microsoft spoke with Gamasutra about the health of the initiative. His verdict? SUPER healthy!
Continue reading...Monday, April 21, 2008
Next-Gen recently spoke with Kevin Unangst, global director of Games for Windows, about the vitality of the PC gaming market. And guess what, folks? He’s bullish.
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The second iteration of one of the longer running print publications focused on computer gaming is closing up shop, at least in its print incarnation. Games for Windows will be ceasing print publication after the April/May 2008 issue.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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