Gaming Hotness for Windows Vista

As the holidays approach and you find yourself with a little extra time to kill (who am I kidding??), check out one of the ~750 Games for Windows kiosks placed at local GameStop stores.  The kiosks show off some pretty impressive games for PCs that will look downright spectacular on Windows Vista using DX10.  I took a photo of one of them placed on display here in MS' Building 3:

You can expect stores like Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Circuit City and others to have re-branded Games for Windows sections following Windows Vista's retail general availability.

Also, drop by the Games for Windows site to find out about the latest in gaming on Windows (it's a pretty cool site).

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  1. mrmckeb
    Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 12:48AM  

    Very cool indeed! Although thanks to (what I call) the "America First Policy", we'll probably never see these in Australia. :(

  2. newscientist2000
    Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 10:59AM  

    Great Idea, makes you wonder why this hadnt been done earlier.

    What are the specs on the machine inside?

  3. Randy Scholes
    Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 11:03AM  

    I don't think i'll ever get a chance to see one of them in my area... I gotta say i think microsoft release the xbox 360 wheel for windows also :)

  4. Brandon LeBlanc
    Microsoft
    Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 2:43PM  

    Sn4k3 - you bring up a good point. If the Xbox 360 controller can work with Windows, why couldn't the Xbox 360 Wheel? I don't have one to try but would be interested to see if the Xbox Team intended or intends to make it work for racing games on Windows.

  5. someone
    Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 3:29PM  

    Speaking of DirectX, I as a Microsoft customer would like to see something new done to DirectSound, DS3D and DirectMusic in the next version of Windows. Developers would love a hardware-accelerated sound API that uses Vista's new audio stack.

  6. PowerHouse
    Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 7:51PM  

    @someone

    While nothing new has been added to Direct sound, a lot of capabilities have been removed.  This is in part because of OpenAL which will take over.  Unfortunately, from what I have read, there will no longer be any audio acceleration for older games.

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    Anyway,  those rig look slammin'.  They really are bring a whole new life into PC gaming.  I remember back in the 90s when I would go to a store and be able to play Doom and later on Quake on rigs like that.  This will most certainly be a success.  The next point which I love is bring LIVE to the PC.  I have always wanted to play cross-platform matches.  The only thing that might be a problem is the use of mouse and keyboard against controllers.  Yes, they have the option as well but from what I understand a M&K are always going to be more precise than even the best players using controllers.  No worries though - I'll be sticking to my M&K.

  7. PowerHouse
    Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 7:57PM  

    There should really be an "edit" button.  I just realized that Google Tool bar made a number of mistakes when it auto corrected my stuff.

  8. Jiffy_No0b
    Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 8:13PM  

    I can't wait for Crysis.

  9. exyeuer
    Posted on: December 25, 2006 at 9:18PM  

    Windows Vista is the best os in MS history!!!

    We like it!

    Congratulations for Microsoft!

  10. MarauderX
    Posted on: December 29, 2006 at 10:34AM  

    Very nice, thanks for the pic.

    How about some online games?

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