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Manufacturer | Microsoft |
Released | 1985 |
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Total Games | unknown (3,130 present) |
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Windows is the collective name for Microsoft's immensely popular line of operating systems. As well as being widely used by businesses, Windows is the primary operating system PC games are developed for. It is the successor to MS-DOS, which previously held a similar market share in both the home and business markets.
New versions of Windows generally maintain a high degree of compatibility with software developed for past versions of Windows (and limited compatibility with MS-DOS), and new software releases will often work on older versions of Windows. This changed with Windows Vista; some releases (such as Halo 2) are specifically designed to only work with Windows Vista, and so cannot be used on previous versions of Windows.
- Consumer product line
- Windows 1.01 (1985)
- Windows 2.0 (1987)
- Windows 2.1x (1988)
- Windows 3.0 (1990)
- Windows 3.1x (1992)
- Windows 95 (1995)
- Windows 98 (1998) and Windows 98 Second Edition (1999)
- Windows Millenium Edition (2000)
- NT product line
- Windows NT 3.1 (1993)
- Windows NT 3.5 (1994)
- Windows NT 3.51 (1995)
- Windows NT 4.0 (1996)
- Windows 2000 (2000)
- Windows XP (2001)
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 (2003)
- Windows Server 2003 (2003)
- Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (2006)
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (2005)
- Windows Vista (business versions; 2006)
- Windows Home Server (2007)
- Windows Vista (home versions; 2007)
- Windows Server 2008 (2008)
- Windows 7 (2009)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (2009)
- Windows 8 (2012)
- Windows 8.1 (2013)
- Windows 10 (2015)
- Windows 11 (2021)
Games for Windows[edit | edit source]

Games for Windows was a brand owned by Microsoft and introduced in 2006 to coincide with the release of Windows Vista. The brand represented a standardized technical certification program and online service for Windows games, bringing a measure of regulation to the PC game market in much the same way that console manufacturers regulate their platforms. The branding program was open to both first-party and third-party publishers.
This was later expanded to include Games for Windows – Live, the online gaming service for Games for Windows-branded PC titles. Not all Games for Windows had "live" content, but those that did had also access to Microsoft's Live network for online play and other features, including voice chat, messaging and friends lists, accessed from an in-game menu called the "Guide". Users could log in with their Xbox 360 gamer-tags to gain Games for Windows achievements and play games and chat across platforms (not every game supports cross-platform play.) Some features, including cross-platform multi-player and multi-player achievements, initially required a subscription to Live Gold.
However, on July 22, 2008, Microsoft announced at Gamefest 2008 that Games for Windows Live was now free of charge. This means that all users were able to access features that would normally be available to only Gold members, such as the features listed above. In addition, Microsoft also announced that a Games for Windows Live Marketplace would launch that fall. Like its console counterpart, Xbox Live Marketplace, users would be able to download content such as game demos, add-ons, and gamer pics. Some items would be free, while others would need to be paid for using Microsoft Points, as determined by the publisher of said items. Microsoft also planned to make the Games for Windows Live interface more PC friendly, and reduce the technical requirements for developers. This was in direct competition with the leading digital distributor on computers, Steam.
On August 25, 2013 Microsoft announced the discontinuation of the Games for Windows brand. Previously purchased games kept accessible through the Games for Windows – Live client software.[1] Its successor was the Xbox app.
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Pages in category "Windows"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 3,130 total.
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- Batman Vengeance
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Batman: Arkham City
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
- Batsugun
- Battle Arena Toshinden 2
- Battle Beast
- Battle Fantasia
- The Battle for Wesnoth
- Battle Isle Platinum
- BattleBlock Theater
- Battlefield 1
- Battlefield 1942
- Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII
- Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
- Battlefield 2
- Battlefield 2142
- Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike
- Battlefield 2: Armored Fury
- Battlefield 2: Euro Force
- Battlefield 2: Special Forces
- Battlefield 3
- Battlefield 4
- Battlefield Hardline
- Battlefield Heroes
- Battlefield Online
- Battlefield Play4Free
- Battlefield V
- Battlefield Vietnam
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam
- BattleForge
- Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock
- Battlestations: Midway
- Battlestations: Pacific
- Battlezone (Activision)
- Battlezone II: Combat Commander
- Bayonetta
- BeamNG.drive
- Beanotown Racing
- Beastie Bay DX
- Beat Cop
- Beat Saber
- Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator
- Beneath a Steel Sky
- Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Beyond Oasis
- Beyond Shadowgate (2024)
- Beyond Zork
- Beyond: Two Souls
- Bible Adventures
- Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
- Binary Domain
- The Binding of Isaac
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
- The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
- The Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb
- Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.
- Biohazard 4
- Bionic Commando (NES)
- BIONICLE Heroes
- Bionicle: The Game
- BioShock
- BioShock 2
- BioShock Infinite
- BioShock: The Collection
- Bishoujo Janshi Suchie-Pai
- BiT Evolution
- Biz Builder Delux
- The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
- Black & White
- Black Desert Online
- Black Widow: Recharged
- Blackthorne
- Blade Arcus from Shining
- Blade Strangers
- Bladestorm: Nightmare
- Blasphemous
- Blaster Master Zero
- Blaster Master Zero 2
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Blazing Star
- Blazing Strike
- Bleach: Rebirth of Souls
- Bleeding Edge
- Blockland
- BlockOut II
- Blood II: The Chosen
- Blood Omen 2
- Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
- Blood Waves
- Bloodroots
- Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
- Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- Blue Prince
- Blue Reflection: Second Light
- Blue's Journey
- Blur
- Bob Came in Pieces
- Bolt
- Bomb Jack
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
- Bomberman '94
- Bombuzal
- The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
- Borderlands
- Borderlands 2
- Borderlands 3
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
- Bots Are Stupid
- A Boy and His Blob
- Braid
- Brandish VT
- Bravely Default II
- Brawlhalla
- Breakers Collection
- Breath of Fire IV
- Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia
- Brink
- Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
- Brother Bear
- Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
- Brütal Legend
- Bubble Bobble 4 Friends
- Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
- Bubsy: Paws on Fire!
- Bucket Detective
- Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
- Bug!
- A Bug's Life
- Bugdom
- Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
- Bugsnax
- Bully: Scholarship Edition
- Burger Bistro Story
- Burn Zombie Burn!
- Burning Fight
- Burnout Paradise
- Bygg Bilar med Mulle Meck
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- Cabal Online
- Caesar III
- Cafeteria Nipponica
- The Caligula Effect: Overdose
- Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
- Call of Duty
- Call of Duty 2
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Call of Duty Online
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
- Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Call of Duty: United Offensive
- Call of Duty: World at War
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Call to Power II
- Can of Wormholes
- Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
- Capcom Arcade Stadium
- Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle
- Capcom Fighting Collection
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions
- Card Shark
- Carmageddon
- Carmen Sandiego
- Carrier Command
- Carrier Command 2
- Cars
- Cars Mater-National Championship
- Carto
- Castle Crashers
- Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)
- Castle of Shikigami
- Castle of Shikigami 2
- Castle of Shikigami III
- Castle of the Winds
- Castlevania
- Castlevania Advance Collection
- Castlevania Anniversary Collection
- Castlevania Dominus Collection
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
- Cat Quest
- Cat Quest II
- Cave Story
- Cave Story+