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shio on 12 August 2010

More and more developers are leaving the GFWL service due to Microsoft's lack of effort in improving their own platform. PC gamers cheer for the death of GFWL!

Bethesda switched over to Steam with Fallout: New Vegas, even though Fallout 3 was GFWL. Brink too will support Steamworks.

THQ and Volition are leaving GFWL over Steamworks with their new title Red Faction: Armageddon. It's predecessor, Red Faction: Guerrilla, used GFWL.

EIDOS is also abandoning the infamous Microsoft's service. Kane and Lynch 2 will be a Steamworks title, even though the first game used GFWL! Of course, this switch may very well be explained by the fact that Square Enix now owns EIDOS(SE's Last Remnant used Steamworks).

2K Games too is disappointed by Microsoft, as Mafia II will use Steamworks, breaking their GFWL usage Streak in big PC games.

There are more examples of Devs leaving Microsoft for Valve, but you get the impact. Amazing Steamworks titles are coming to Steam in the near future, here's some of them:

- Mafia II
- Kane and Lynch 2
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Civilization V
- R.U.S.E.
- Darksiders
- Red Faction: Armageddon
- Brink
- Portal 2
- Torchlight 2

Long live the death of GFWL!

EDIT: Relic just abandoned GFWL in favour of Steamworks for their upcoming game Space Marine! Another bites the dust.



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Antabus on 12 August 2010
shio said:
More and more developers are leaving the GFWL service due to Microsoft's lack of effort in improving their own platform. PC gamers cheer for the death of GFWL! Bethesda switched over to Steam with Fallout: New Vegas, even though Fallout 3 was GFWL. Brink too will support Steamworks. THQ and Volition are leaving GFWL over Steamworks with their new title Red Faction: Armageddon. It's predecessor, Red Faction: Guerrilla, used GFWL. EIDOS is also abandoning the infamous Microsoft's service. Kane and Lynch 2 will be a Steamworks title, even though the first game used GFWL! Of course, this switch may very well be explained by the fact that Square Enix now owns EIDOS(SE's Last Remnant used Steamworks). 2K Games too is disappointed by Microsoft, as Mafia II will use Steamworks, breaking their GFWL usage Streak in big PC games. There are more examples of Devs leaving Microsoft for Valve, but you get the impact. Amazing Steamworks titles are coming to Steam in the near future, here's some of them: - Mafia II - Kane and Lynch 2 - Fallout: New Vegas - Civilization V - R.U.S.E. - Darksiders - Red Faction: Armageddon - Brink - Portal 2 - Torchlight 2 Long live the death of GFWL!

Now why would you like the competition to die? It might lower the prices if there are more competition on digital downloads!



Ultr on 12 August 2010

GFWL is shit, I hope it fades away, great to see new red faction on steam



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shio on 12 August 2010

I think the most surprising thing is that Ubisoft dropped their awful DRM on R.U.S.E., and are going to use Steamworks for the game now.



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haxxiy on 12 August 2010

Maybe these are good news...



 

 

 

 

 

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Reach on 12 August 2010

Competition is good so good sh** this! Hopefully more will go to Stream...



vlad321 on 12 August 2010
Antabus said:
shio said:
More and more developers are leaving the GFWL service due to Microsoft's lack of effort in improving their own platform. PC gamers cheer for the death of GFWL! Bethesda switched over to Steam with Fallout: New Vegas, even though Fallout 3 was GFWL. Brink too will support Steamworks. THQ and Volition are leaving GFWL over Steamworks with their new title Red Faction: Armageddon. It's predecessor, Red Faction: Guerrilla, used GFWL. EIDOS is also abandoning the infamous Microsoft's service. Kane and Lynch 2 will be a Steamworks title, even though the first game used GFWL! Of course, this switch may very well be explained by the fact that Square Enix now owns EIDOS(SE's Last Remnant used Steamworks). 2K Games too is disappointed by Microsoft, as Mafia II will use Steamworks, breaking their GFWL usage Streak in big PC games. There are more examples of Devs leaving Microsoft for Valve, but you get the impact. Amazing Steamworks titles are coming to Steam in the near future, here's some of them: - Mafia II - Kane and Lynch 2 - Fallout: New Vegas - Civilization V - R.U.S.E. - Darksiders - Red Faction: Armageddon - Brink - Portal 2 - Torchlight 2 Long live the death of GFWL!

Now why would you like the competition to die? It might lower the prices if there are more competition on digital downloads!


Because GFWL can't even be called "copetition" it's so pathetic and shitty. The sooner it gets out of PC gamig the better it is going to get.



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Antabus on 12 August 2010
vlad321 said:
Antabus said:
shio said:
More and more developers are leaving the GFWL service due to Microsoft's lack of effort in improving their own platform. PC gamers cheer for the death of GFWL! Bethesda switched over to Steam with Fallout: New Vegas, even though Fallout 3 was GFWL. Brink too will support Steamworks. THQ and Volition are leaving GFWL over Steamworks with their new title Red Faction: Armageddon. It's predecessor, Red Faction: Guerrilla, used GFWL. EIDOS is also abandoning the infamous Microsoft's service. Kane and Lynch 2 will be a Steamworks title, even though the first game used GFWL! Of course, this switch may very well be explained by the fact that Square Enix now owns EIDOS(SE's Last Remnant used Steamworks). 2K Games too is disappointed by Microsoft, as Mafia II will use Steamworks, breaking their GFWL usage Streak in big PC games. There are more examples of Devs leaving Microsoft for Valve, but you get the impact. Amazing Steamworks titles are coming to Steam in the near future, here's some of them: - Mafia II - Kane and Lynch 2 - Fallout: New Vegas - Civilization V - R.U.S.E. - Darksiders - Red Faction: Armageddon - Brink - Portal 2 - Torchlight 2 Long live the death of GFWL!

Now why would you like the competition to die? It might lower the prices if there are more competition on digital downloads!


Because GFWL can't even be called "copetition" it's so pathetic and shitty. The sooner it gets out of PC gamig the better it is going to get.

What is so shitty about it? Don't you think they can improve?



MARCUSDJACKSON on 12 August 2010

if its a better choice then by all means go for it. do whats best for your business.



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Severance on 12 August 2010

Steam is keeping PC gaming alive, Microsoft isn't giving a crap about PC gaming.

so the good choice obvious.



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