PSA: Games for Windows Live's Games on Demand launches

by Alexander Sliwinski on Dec 15th 2009 5:44PM

Microsoft's Games on Demand for Games for Windows Live is now live and on demandable. The launch lineup doesn't exactly conjure up thoughts of exploding confetti, but here goes nothing:

Dirt 2 ($40)
Fallout 3 ($50)
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men ("1600") -- really, that's what it says (aka $20)
Red Faction: Guerrilla ($40)
Shadowrun ($10)
Street Fighter IV ($40)
Viva Pinata ($10)

With established digital distribution systems for PC gamers -- heard of Steam? Impulse? -- already featuring far larger libraries and arguably better discounts, it sure looks like GFWLGOD (we're still working on the acronym ... ) is marching onto the field about an hour after the match ended.
Full launch list:

Battlestations Pacific
DiRT 2
Fallout 3
FUEL
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
Red Faction Guerrilla
Resident Evil 5
Section 8
Street Fighter IV
Tinker
Viva Piñata
Shadowrun

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Tags: digital-distribution, games-for-windows-live, games-on-demand, gfwlive

Reader Comments (55)

There is simply no market for this service.

Well, at the same price as Steam I'd prefer to be logged into Live while I play, so as long as they can match those prices I'll bite on some of these I guess.

Well, it's good to see competition. Now they both need to add desirable content and improve their shitty gfwl software. At least Shadowrun is priced competitively. That game's actually pretty fun. They need to add Gears and Halo 2, though.