DirectX 11 Just in Time for, er, GFW Live - News

Games for Windows - Live multiplayer features are free, effective today, Microsoft announced at today's GameFest 2008 conference in Seattle.
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In other news from GameFest, DirectX 11 was unveiled [and adds the ability for] compute shader technology that lays the groundwork for the GPU to be used for more than just 3D graphics, so that developers can take advantage of the graphics card as a parallel processor.

But the Shuga Shack makes a more interesting, real point:

Games for Windows Takes on Steam @ Shacknews

Microsoft today announced that its Games for Windows initiative is set to expand with the launch an online PC gaming marketplace this fall. The service will deliver free and paid downloadable game content, along with trailers, demos, and other content comparable to the company's Xbox Live offerings.

In addition to the added features, the Games for Windows Live interface will also be redesigned to be "much more PC friendly." Microsoft has not yet specified whether full games will be made available for purchase on the network.

Which, as far as I can tell, isn't going to stop people from using Steam--it's not like you can't just install both. And how else are you going to hear the magic words, "Gordon Freeman, is that really you?" And maybe it'll have the side effect of forcing Valve to make Steam less... camouflagey.

don't ask my why astroboy was the result of the search terms "god live sucks", but it was either that or someone's faith splattered all over photobucket

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