Games for Windows Live launches May 18th

PC News | Halo 2 launching simultaneously.

MajorNelson's blog has revealed that Xbox Live will be extended to Games for Windows on May 18th, 2007. The first game to launch alongside this service will be Halo 2.

If you're already an Xbox Live Gold member then you won't have to sign up again, as the service is unified. The blog also reveals the differences between the silver membership experience and the gold features.

Silver Membership Features:

Single gamertag
Common gamer profile
Common gamerscore
Single player achievements
Private chat via text and voice
Common friends list and online presence
PC only multiplayer including browsing a list of active PC games

Gold Membership Features:
All Silver membership features Plus
Multiplayer matchmaking with friends
TrueSkill matchmaking
Multiplayer achievements
Cross-platform gameplay

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8 Comments

slapshakle

4 years ago

From Gamespot :

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Gamerscore addicts take note: Halo 2 for PCs will include 1,000 achievement points. The game can also be played with either the mouse and keyboard or the Xbox 360 controller for Windows, and will include a map editor.

Sounds good to me

Cerebral

4 years ago

Hey, this sounds pretty awesome. Pity I don't have Vista.

Jellyfish

4 years ago

Yay, finally some more good features for Vista. Definately looking forward to online presence, I'll be able to see when PALGN guys are playing games I have when I've got spare time