Games for Windows – LIVE Multiplayer Features Now Completely Free

Microsoft announced that, effective today, all Games for Windows - LIVE multiplayer features are now completely free. Achievements, enhanced TruSkill matchmaking, cross-platform play with Xbox 360 (in games that support it), voice and text chat, a friends list that is consistent across both Windows and Xbox 360 – everything is now free to Windows gamers. This change immediately affects all currently available Games for Windows - LIVE titles and all future titles. Microsoft announced plans to deliver a Games for Windows - LIVE marketplace this fall, which will offer downloadable game content (free and paid, determined by the publisher), demos, trailers and more.