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Xbox Live coming to Windows 8

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will included Xbox Live functionality.
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Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming Windows 8 operating system will include built-in functionality for the digital Xbox Live service previously only accessible via the Xbox 360 console and (in part) on Xbox.com. Xbox Live's Larry Hyrb (Major Nelson) confirmed the announcement, which was revealed during the Microsoft's BUILD Windows keynote address. "Bringing Xbox LIVE to Windows 8 is part of our vision to bring you all the entertainment you want, shared with the people you care about, made easy," Hyrb notes on his blog. No other details are available yet. Hyrb explains: "We have much more detail to share about the capabilities of Xbox Live on Windows and look forward to the opportunity to do so in the near future." If you're interested in checking it out, the BUILD keynote can be streamed online, here.

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    September 13, 2011 5:30 PM

    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Xbox Live coming to Windows 8.

    Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will included Xbox Live functionality.

    • baron calamity legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 13, 2011 5:38 PM

      Yeah this isn't going to go over well.

    • dlr(2) legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 13, 2011 5:49 PM

      If its just an app then I guess its OK, but if its ingrained in the OS somehow then are they going back towards bloatware again?

      • Memphis-Ahn legacy 10 years
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        September 14, 2011 3:01 AM

        All apps are ingrained in the OS though, thanks to the great APIs Win8 has.

    • Yanks legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 13, 2011 5:50 PM

      If this fucks with the greatness that is Steam I will be very sad :(

    • ant_hillbilly legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 5:51 PM

      Makes sense. Tie in the next operating system with Xbox 720 and future phone's. Be able to use the same apps across all three platforms etc.

      • Man.of.gold legacy 10 years
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        September 13, 2011 5:53 PM

        How will you recreate a controller experience onto Windows Phone 7, and a touch game to a controller. They need to be separate entities.

        • Korban legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          September 13, 2011 5:56 PM

          that'll be on the developer, of course.

        • carbontree legacy 10 years
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          September 13, 2011 6:16 PM

          Xbox 720 to have Wii-U-like controller confirmed!

    • Man.of.gold legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 5:51 PM

      Who thought that was a good idea. Some things can be left alone without the entire earth crashing down around our heads. Xbox live works well enough on it's own it doesn't need a brother on every single Windows based object ex. Windows Phone 7. This is a very bad move.

      I can just see them trying to incorporate Games for Windows into Xbox live and that will not end well for the Xbox.

    • mayooms legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 5:59 PM

      Maybe they will drop game for wl and replace it with xbox :/

    • ETPC1 legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 6:02 PM

      nope

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14

    • Longgshot legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 6:09 PM

      So.... Windows 7 is going to be the new Win XP, that survived many operating systems released after it.

    • vitek r legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 13, 2011 6:11 PM

      Something like this could be the first real competition for Steam, if they choose to go that route. I hope they don't, simply because MS has no business in this kind of thing anymore IMO, unless they really go the distance and make it an end user oriented experience, instead of an end user oriented scheme.

      However, one thing to keep in mind, is integrating a marketplace in the OS for PC games might get them into the same kind of trouble they have had in the past. I dont know, but it will be interesting. TBH I hope this ends up just being some kind of functionality for the next XBOX and has nothing to do with PC games.

    • DragonSire legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 6:26 PM

      As long as you can play XBLA games on Windows, w/o having to get them on your XBox, I'm sold.

    • dantastic legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 13, 2011 7:23 PM

      unless you can play games i dont see the point and i doubt you can play games on it

    • ajvitaly legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 7:57 PM

      All this will end up being is another shit attempt at Microsoft trying to jam a consolized experience down the throats of PC users and PC developers.

    • GreggD legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 7:58 PM

      You know, if the OS gives you achievements just for doing certain things with the interface, that might actually buy them some good will.

      • Wiz74 legacy 10 years
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        September 13, 2011 8:02 PM

        lol...'You crashed Explorer.exe' :)

      • Sailor of Fortune legacy 10 years
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        September 13, 2011 8:33 PM

        "Your services are no longer required" - Killed a program using Task Manager

      • ETPC1 legacy 10 years
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        September 13, 2011 9:19 PM

        if they did this i would switch to linux/mac because christ

      • TrptJim legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        September 13, 2011 10:33 PM

        I could see this as a great way of getting people to learn helpful commands that they would otherwise have never found out.

      • [deleted] 1321357377 legacy 10 years
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        September 13, 2011 11:03 PM

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        • nodebug legacy 10 years
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          September 14, 2011 12:46 AM

          No that should be for abrasion's Windows classic theme

      • rick legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        September 14, 2011 12:46 AM

        MAXIMUM BOREDOM: You drew over 500 boxes on the desktop in a row!

        • zerog83 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          September 14, 2011 6:11 AM

          lol I do this all the time when I'm on the phone with people

      • Orange Pylon legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        September 14, 2011 3:20 AM

        I MUST TELL THE WORLD: Discover a keyboard shortcut that everyone's known about for years (like shift-rightclick on taskbar icons), immediately post about it.

        • zerog83 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          September 14, 2011 6:12 AM

          Achievement Unlocked! I never knew about this :D

    • Sailor of Fortune legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 8:32 PM

      Castle Crashers on my PC? Fuck Yeah!

      Assuming it's like how I have both my video library on my 360 and Zune on my PC. That would be sweet!

    • the archvile legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 13, 2011 9:07 PM

      Hopefully they won't require XBox Live Gold to play "XBox Live for Windows 8" games. That was a move that people hated back when some Games for Windows Live games required Gold for online play. Steam doesn't require a yearly fee; neither do Origin games.

    • TheEmissary legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 9:54 PM

      I honestly can't stand forcing touch friendly user interfaces on a desktop OS. I am so far not impressed with Windows 8 based on the videos of it in action that I have seen. I am also not a fan of where Ubuntu is going as well with its Unity UI.

    • asianwaste legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 10:00 PM

      Isn't this called GFWL?

    • DragonSire legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 10:21 PM

      And having just really looked at the picture, the avatars still look like shit. Sad day. :(.........

    • badcaps legacy 10 years
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      September 13, 2011 10:50 PM

      This is precisely the kind of cross-platform integration MS has badly needed for years: products as services, baked into every device, and universally synced and accessible.

      It will be more popular an idea once people get their hands on it.

      I for one welcome our WinZune Live overlords.

    • alexpr legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 12:43 AM

      See, Microsoft cares about PC gaming


      :-/

    • Broken Canoe legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 5:56 AM

      Given I haven't turned on my 360 in over a year, this isn't such a bad thing. Would be cool to have my XBLA games on the PC.

    • phate81 legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 6:02 AM

      Microsoft is so god damned retarded when it comes to PC gaming

    • creeping-death legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      September 14, 2011 6:24 AM

      Guess i'll skip windows 8 then. I can't fucking stand GFWL, I do not want any of that crap in my operating system.

    • JarEme legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 6:45 AM

      One step closer to RDR on PC!

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      September 14, 2011 6:47 AM

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      September 14, 2011 6:48 AM

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    • Elsaispo legacy 10 years
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      September 14, 2011 1:55 PM

      it would be cool if it would mean you could play your x360 games on pc.

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