Read more about Steamworks.Įven with the service being shut down, it does not spell all doom for the games that feature the service, as through a post on GameInformer Microsoft have said. A few developers have worked patches into their games that changed their online functionality to other services like Steamworks.
Some game publishers announced that they would be removing GFWL from their games, but in most cases this has not happened yet. The initial announcement for its closure was made on August 2013. The service was discontinued on July 1, 2014. The first title to feature the online servicer was Shadowrun. The service was launched simultaneously on Windows Vista and Xbox 360 on May 29, 2007. Games for Windows Live was a hated online gaming service used by Games for Windows–branded PC titles that enabled Windows PCs to connect to Microsoft’s Live service.
