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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://windowsteamblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Windows Experience Blog : Gamerscore Blog</title><link>http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/tags/Gamerscore+Blog/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Gamerscore Blog</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)</generator><item><title>Games for Windows - LIVE Now FREE!</title><link>http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2008/07/22/games-for-windows-live-now-free.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:499994</guid><dc:creator>Brandon LeBlanc</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=499994</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2008/07/22/games-for-windows-live-now-free.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;P mce_keep="true"&gt;Kevin Unangst, Director for Games for Windows, made a &lt;A href="http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2008/07/22/560107.aspx" mce_href="http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2008/07/22/560107.aspx"&gt;pretty cool little announcement&lt;/A&gt; today over on the Gamerscore Blog regarding &lt;B&gt;Games for Windows - LIVE&lt;/B&gt;. &amp;nbsp;Games for Windows - LIVE now offers completely free multiplayer capabilities even when playing in cross-platform games with Xbox 360 users! Kevin also tells us that not only will new games like &lt;A href="http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/dawnofwarII.aspx" mce_href="http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/dawnofwarII.aspx"&gt;Dawn of War 2&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A href="http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/Fallout3.aspx" mce_href="http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/Fallout3.aspx"&gt;Fallout 3&lt;/A&gt; under Games for Windows - LIVE have free multiplayer awesomeness - so will existing games under Games for Windows - LIVE such as Shadownrun, Gears of War, and Halo 2. I wrote about Halo 2 on Windows Vista &lt;A href="http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2007/05/22/going-live-with-halo-2-for-windows-vista.aspx" mce_href="http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2007/05/22/going-live-with-halo-2-for-windows-vista.aspx"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt; last May. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Another tidbit that Kevin revealed (and has certainly perked my interest!) is that they have announced that his fall they will be delivering a &lt;I&gt;brand new&lt;/I&gt; marketplace for Games for Windows - LIVE. This Marketplace will be THE place to go to get content for all your Games for Windows - LIVE games. Expect to see some awesome content up on the new Marketplace for Games for Windows - LIVE including game demos and trailers!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In case you are not familiar with Games for Windows - LIVE - these are games that are designed to let users add achievements and gamerscore points earned in&amp;nbsp;games to their Xbox Live account. You can also chat with your Xbox Live friends regardless of their platform (either on the PC with Games for Windows - LIVE or on an Xbox 360 console). To read more about Games for Windows - LIVE - &lt;A href="http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Live/Pages/AboutLive.aspx" mce_href="http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Live/Pages/AboutLive.aspx"&gt;click here&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://windowsteamblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=499994" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/tags/Windows+Vista/default.aspx">Windows Vista</category><category domain="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/tags/Featured+News/default.aspx">Featured News</category><category domain="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/tags/Gaming/default.aspx">Gaming</category><category domain="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/tags/Xbox+360/default.aspx">Xbox 360</category><category domain="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/tags/Games+for+Windows/default.aspx">Games for Windows</category><category domain="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/tags/Games+for+Windows+-+LIVE/default.aspx">Games for Windows - LIVE</category><category domain="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/tags/Gamerscore+Blog/default.aspx">Gamerscore Blog</category><category domain="http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/tags/Xbox+Live/default.aspx">Xbox Live</category></item></channel></rss>