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Live For Windows Coming in May

Posted by Zonk on from the matchmaking-for-all-and-for-all-a-good-night dept.

Several outlets are carrying the news that Live for Windows is coming in May to a PC near you. The announcement carried confirmation of a similar pricetag for Xbox Live, as well as details on some new titles. Halo 2 will be releasing right around the launch of the service (slated to go up May 8th), and Shadowrun will follow quickly sometime in June. Gamasutra has an interview with Xbox Live general manager JJ Richards on the subject, and 1up offers a bit of commentary with the news. Though when asked about it last week Microsoft reps seemed extremely confident, it still remains to be seen whether PC gamers will pay for what they've always gotten for free.

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  1. Oh Slashdot... by Sinnix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "...it still remains to be seen whether PC gamers will pay for what they've always gotten for free."

    See, it's comments like this that keep slashdot from being taken as serious as other bigger news sites. The posts are biased and that one quoted line shows the submitter didn't even read what he was talking about. Live Silver accounts are free and give more than what PC gamers have ever experienced before. If you don't want to pay for Gold, fine. Super. You're not missing anything you haven't done before. Microsoft is not charging PC gamers for what they've always gotten free. BIAS!

    1. Re:Oh Slashdot... by DJ_Duffy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The reasons these comments get made is because Slashdot unfortunately does not moderate who can gain membership and post to the threads. Most "serious" news sites have serious restrictions on that sort of thing...or they actually have actual gamers who post instead of just hardware and software lovers. Also, while I'm at it, another tip to be more serious in the gaming department..you need to be quicker with gaming news. Other major sites have these stories day before Slashdot posts them.