Games for Windows LIVE 2.0
This week, Microsoft released the 2.0 version of its Games for Windows LIVE client. Compared to the old version, which shipped about a year and a half ago, the new client is like a breath of fresh air. But it also seems to backstep from the original design, which promised a PC-based version of the Xbox 360 dashboard. This time around, you can still logon to your common Gamercard (really your Windows Live ID), but there's no interaction at all with that information after you're logged on. Instead, the client is just designed as a place to access downloadable content, which ranges from game demos and add-ons to game related videos (like trailers) and more.

On the plus side, Games for Windows LIVE no longer requires customers to pay for an Xbox Live Gold subscription, and the existence of this client outside of any game suggests that Microsoft will do more with it in the future. However, for this software to be truly useful, it should interact with Xbox Live Marketplace and give gamers the option to move content back and forth between the Xbox 360 console and the PC.

I still think the Xbox 360 makes a lot more sense for dedicated gamers, but if you are interested in Games for Windows LIVE-compatible games, there are now 8 titles available: Fallout 3, Gears of War, Halo 2, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Quantum of Solace, Shadowrun, Universe at War and Viva Piñata. I reviewed Gears and Shadowrun last year.

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PLAYING:
GTA IV (PC)
Halo 3 (X360)
COD4: MW (PC)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Prince of Persia (PC)

This is freaking amazing. Been dreaming about an xfire/steam killer. If they do this right and steal all the ideas from Steam (which I hate) and Xfire (which I love) then it WILL be an amazing Community like xbox Live. And I love how I can use my gamertag with this.

- Recording Game Hours (like xfire)
- Allowing In-Game Screenshots
- In Game Chat
- In game Group Chat
- In Game Video Recorder
- Live Broadcasting
- Something Like Steam Cloud where we can load our game settings on other Pc's with the same game
- Being able to play your games on other machines (like steam but this is unlikely)
- Adding Fav Servers
- PC Specs Section

And an amazing Support Forum

And it should be amazing.

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-us/live/pages/livemarketplace.aspx

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PLAYING:
GTA IV (PC)
Halo 3 (X360)
COD4: MW (PC)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Prince of Persia (PC)

So this is suppose to be a Steam/Xfire killer how? And is this Vista exclusive?

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"Anything that humans can imagine is a possibility in reality" - Physicist Willy Karen

No. Its XP and Vista.

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PLAYING:
GTA IV (PC)
Halo 3 (X360)
COD4: MW (PC)
Fallout 3 (PC)
Prince of Persia (PC)

Those features you mentioned above, does LIVE have them or they features only Steam/Xfire have?

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"Anything that humans can imagine is a possibility in reality" - Physicist Willy Karen