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PC owners who own Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition are now able to remove its Games for Windows Live integration. The move to Steamworks, which has been in the works for some time, was originally scheduled for last month before being slightly delayed. The migration is optional, should you …

Bandai Namco’s Dark Souls will ditch Games for Windows Live a little later than initially planned. The swap from GFWL to Steam was scheduled to take place this month but will now occur in December. We are working hard to finalize the process to move your Dark Souls: Prepare to …

New Red Faction IP owner Nordic Games has announced the removal of Games for Windows Live from Red Faction: Guerrilla on PC. A post by executive producer Reinhard Pollice on the game’s Steam Community boards reveals a public beta is now running to test for stability errors and bugs – …

Bandai Namco has at last confirmed concrete plans to remove Games for Windows Live from the PC version of Dark Souls. Owners will be able to carry over achievements and, most crucially, save games once the game is shifted to Steam’s servers. To switch gamers will simply have to input …

Capcom is to remove Games for Windows Live from three more of its PC titles. Support for Microsoft’s unpopular service will be patched out of Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, with all three moving over to Steamworks. With the global popularity of …

Microsoft has officially stated it does not intend to shut down its much maligned Games for Windows Live PC games service – a reveal that flies in the face of several rumours, reports and at least one internal leak. Last week, a Microsoft representative told Game Informer that the firm …

The upcoming death of Games for Windows Live doesn’t mean permanent hollowing for Dark Souls. That’s according to Bandai Namco, which has pledged that the PC version of the cult RPG will continue working for the time being and eventually migrate to an alternative system. With the release of Dark …

Microsoft is working to develop a "renewed focus on Windows and PC gaming," according to MS Studios head Phil Spencer. Polygon reports from a Q&A last week during GDC, where Spencer revealed PC gaming is on the company’s priority list in 2014. "I think Valve’s an incredible company," he said. …

The PC versions of both Batman: Arkham City and Arkham Asylum have been patched to remove the ill-fated Games for Windows Live. The Steam versions of the games will have been automatically updated and will now operate from Steam’s servers. Those who bought the games from a rival provider or …