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Microsoft: Games for Windows 'raises the Quality Bar'

Posted Jul 18, 2007 at 10:48PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: Games for Windows Tags: Microsoft, Windows Vista, Chris Early, Halo 2
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The E3 Media & Business Summit has more than passed us by now, but belated updates still keep pouring in at the aftermath, and gamers on their ol' trusty personal computer aren't left out of the aftershock. During E3 2007, Microsoft Game for Windows' Chris Early and Kevin Unangst didn't let up from their constant campaign for Windows Vista and the new PC gaming initiative, telling Gamasutra how Games for Windows (GfW) raises the "Quality Bar" for PC games.

"Games that carry the Games for Windows branding go through a process where we actually look through and test the games on roughly 25 different areas," said Unangst. Included into those 25 different "areas" are compatibility with the Xbox 360 controller, widescreen support, Windows Vista Games Explorer compatibility, and an easy install mode.

In a nutshell, of course, the GfW initiative actually has a team of testers run any PC game through certain categories, of which Halo 2 for Vista and Shadowrun have likely passed. Whether or not PC gamers would agree is still up for question, since Vista's online multiplayer issues, including some on basic casual games, have beat back many gamers in the PC community with outrageous feedback.

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   by vitz3 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » no 1sts please
This post is to kill any hopes of first posts.

Shove it *****s.


   Re: VSG (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » raised the what bar?
they just force people to beef up their machines and buy the system resource hog OS that is vista.
games that are released for win vista + live can be run with a less powerful machine with xp.
   by vitz3 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » no 1sters please
This post is second!

   by Link0 - 2007-07-19
 » esaelp srets1 on
(1st)+2) post!

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   by Don Quixote (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » What a Joke, Quality Assurance my foot
If Halo 2 and Shadowrun are anything to go by, Games for Windows means ***** games

   by na2rul - 2007-07-19
 » I loved Halo 1 for PC
But........
Do u have to pay for online multiplaya for HALO 2.


   Re: Don Quixote (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » Yes you do
You need an Xbox Live subscription just like on a Xbox

   Re: na2rul - 2007-07-20
 » ffs screw Halo2 n Vista.
thats £20-30 for halo. £60-80 upgrade Vista AND subscription.
   by dodswm - 2007-07-19
 » hmmmm...
I dont know about "raising the quality bar", more like "raising the microsoft compatibility bar"...



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