Windows | |
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Manufacturer | Microsoft |
Released | 1985 |
Windows | |
Total Games | unknown (2,191 present) |
← MS-DOS | (none) → |
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 2,191 total.
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A
- A Ressha de Ikou
- A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars
- A.I.M. Racing
- AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
- Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition
- Act of Aggression
- Action Girlz Racing
- Actraiser Renaissance
- Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!
- Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations
- Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion
- Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom
- Adversator
- Aero Fighters 2
- Aero Fighters 3
- After the End
- Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
- Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
- Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
- Age of Empires
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
- Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
- Age of Empires III
- Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
- Age of Mythology
- Age of Mythology: The Titans
- Age of Wonders
- Aggressors of Dark Kombat
- AI War: Fleet Command
- Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed
- Alan Hansen's Sports Challenge
- Aleste 2
- Alien Sky
- Alien Soldier
- Alien Swarm
- Alien: Isolation
- Aliens Online
- Aliens versus Predator
- Aliens versus Predator 2
- Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt
- Aliens vs. Predator
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite
- Allegiance
- The Alliance Alive
- Alone in the Dark (2008)
- Alpha Mission II
- Alteil
- Altered Beast
- AM2R
- America's Army
- American Conquest
- American Conquest: Fight Back
- American McGee's Alice
- Amnesia: Memories
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Anachronox
- Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
- Ancient Domains of Mystery
- Angband
- Angels Online
- Angry Birds
- Anno 1404
- Another World
- Antarctic Adventure
- Anthem
- Anvil of Dawn
- APB Reloaded
- Aquaria
- Aragami
- Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection
- Arcana Heart 3 Love Max Six Stars!!!!!!
- Arcana Heart 3 Love Max!!!!!
- Arcania: Gothic 4
- Arcomage
- Ardent Seas
- Area 51
- Arkanoid: Eternal Battle
- ARMA: Armed Assault
- Armada 2526
- Army Men
- Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
- Arsenal of Democracy
- Art of Fighting
- Art of Fighting 2
- Art of Fighting 3
- Arx Fatalis
- 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 Remastered
- Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Remastered
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- 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
- Astrobatics
- At the Gates
- Atari Vault
- Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland
- Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
- Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout
- Atlantica Online
- Atom Zombie Smasher
- Atomaders
- Atomaders 2
- Audition
- Awesome Pea
- Azure Striker Gunvolt
B
- Babel Sword
- Back to the Future: The Game
- Backyard Baseball 2003
- Bad Piggies
- 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
- Band of Bugs
- Baseball Stars 2
- Baseball Stars Professional
- Bastion
- Batman Forever
- Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Batman: Arkham City
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- Battle Fantasia
- The Battle for Wesnoth
- Battle Isle Platinum
- 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
- 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
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Bible Adventures
- Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
- The Binding of Isaac
- The Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb
- Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.
- Biohazard 4
- BIONICLE Heroes
- Bionicle: The Game
- BioShock
- BioShock 2
- BioShock Infinite