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Manufacturer | Microsoft |
Released | 1985 |
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Total Games | unknown (2,910 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]
Games for Windows is a brand owned by Microsoft and introduced in 2006 to coincide with the release of Windows Vista. The brand represents 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 is 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 will have "live" content, but those that do will have 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 can 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 is now free of charge. This means that all users are 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 will launch this fall. Like its console counterpart, Xbox Live Marketplace, users will be able to download content such as game demos, add-ons, and gamer pics. Some items will be free, while others will need to be paid for using Microsoft Points, as determined by the publisher of said items. Microsoft also plans to make the Games for Windows Live interface more PC friendly, and reduce the technical requirements for developers. This is in direct competition with the leading digital distributor on computers, Steam.
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Pages in category "Windows"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 2,910 total.
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- Armada 2526
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Army Men
- Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
- Arsenal of Democracy
- Arslan: The Warriors of Legend
- Art of Fighting
- Art of Fighting 2
- Art of Fighting 3
- Arx Fatalis
- Ascendancy
- Ashen Empires
- Asheron's Call
- Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny
- Assassin's Creed
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia
- Assassin's Creed II
- Assassin's Creed III
- Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Remastered
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- Assassin's Creed Mirage
- Assassin's Creed Origins
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- Assassin's Creed: Unity
- Assault Heroes
- Assault Suit Leynos
- Assault Suit Leynos 2
- Astlibra Revision
- Astrobatics
- At the Gates
- Atari Vault
- Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
- Atelier Elie: The Alchemist of Salburg 2
- Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
- Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
- Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland
- Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings
- Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg
- Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg
- Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
- Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
- Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
- Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
- Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout
- Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea
- Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream
- Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
- Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland
- Atlantica Online
- Atom Zombie Smasher
- Atomaders
- Atomaders 2
- Atomic Heart
- Audition
- Auralux
- Auralux: Constellations
- Aviary Attorney
- Awesome Pea
- Azure Striker Gunvolt
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- Baba Is You
- Babel Sword
- Back to the Future: The Game
- Backyard Baseball 2003
- Bad Piggies
- Baku Baku Animal
- Balance
- Balance of Power
- Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition
- Baldur's Gate
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
- Baldur's Gate III
- Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
- Band of Bugs
- Bandit Kings of Ancient China
- Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story
- Barnyard
- Baseball Stars 2
- Baseball Stars Professional
- Basketball Club Story
- Bastion
- Batman Forever
- Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
- Batman Vengeance
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Batman: Arkham City
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- 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
- Beanotown Racing
- Beat Cop
- Beat Saber
- Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator
- Beneath a Steel Sky
- Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Beyond Oasis
- Bible Adventures
- Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
- Binary Domain
- The Binding of Isaac
- 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
- The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
- Black & White
- Black Desert Online
- Blade Arcus from Shining
- Blade Strangers
- Bladestorm: Nightmare
- Blaster Master Zero
- Blaster Master Zero 2
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Blazing Star
- Bleeding Edge
- BlockOut II
- Blood II: The Chosen
- Blood Omen 2
- Blood Waves
- Bloodroots
- Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
- Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- 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
- 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