GFWL being put to the sword

EvaUnit02 on 4/5/2014 at 05:49

(http://steamcommunity.com/app/105420/discussions/0/810920962509640742/?insideModal=1#c540731691404530047) Here, confirmation from a MS subsidiary that GfWL is getting the axe. They're stripping GfWL out of their game Ms. Splosion Man and replacing it with Steamworks. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/224040/) Their latest game uses Steamworks too.

EvaUnit02 on 10/9/2014 at 20:28

(http://www.gamespot.com/articles/steam-to-absorb-resident-evil-5-and-dead-rising-2-/1100-6422201/) Capcom are transitioning RE5, Dead Rising 2 and DR2: Off the Record to Steamworks! I'm really happy about this news. Now how about RE:ORC, Lost Planet 2 and SFxT?

gunsmoke on 10/9/2014 at 22:22

That's great news.

EvaUnit02 on 19/9/2014 at 10:59

I was alerted to Red Faction Guerilla possibly getting GFWL patched out by a comment from Jason on RPS. Apparently it now has non-functional Steam achievements, that's a great sign since the same thing happened with Bioshock 2 and the Arkham games before Steamworks was patched in.
(http://steamcommunity.com/stats/20500/achievements/)

EvaUnit02 on 19/3/2015 at 19:56

Public service announcement. Steamworks patches for Dead Rising 2 and DR2: Off the Record are now line. GfWL has been banished.
(http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/03/18/dead-rising-2-gfwl-steamworks/)

A GFWL save and achievement migration tool will come at a later date.
(http://steamcommunity.com/app/45740/discussions/0/610575007218877655/)

I can confirm that wireless 360 pads work properly now. Third party workarounds no longer necessary.

Tony_Tarantula on 20/3/2015 at 00:04

Still no patch for bulletstorm though.

You can get around it by manually bringing up the home bar and creating an offline profile.

Jason Moyer on 20/3/2015 at 03:46

Unless I'm missing something, GFWL is still fully functional other than the marketplace.

Jason Moyer on 2/4/2015 at 03:33

DiRT 3 has now been moved to Steamworks and upgraded to the Complete Edition. No idea if you can redeem GFWL keys for it or not, but I have the vanilla version on Steam with no DLC and it gave me the new CE at no cost.

Tony_Tarantula on 3/4/2015 at 01:10

Quote Posted by Jason Moyer

Unless I'm missing something, GFWL is still fully functional other than the marketplace.

My experience has been that I can't create new accounts. If I've already played a GFWL game online it will work just fine, but if it's a new install where I have not logged into my online account yet it will refuse to connect.

EvaUnit02 on 3/4/2015 at 04:10

So you're trying to create a new account every time you're install a GFWL game? If so, why the fuck you would you do that? I've been using the same Hotmail address as my universal MS account since like 2002.