Windows Live abandoned by Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2 in favor of Steamworks

Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising 2 switch to Steamworks API.

It comes as a surprise to hear that games are transitioning away from Games for Windows Live, as we thought that phase was over but apparently there are still some games out there using Games for Windows Live. Not even small ones but popular games like Capcom titles Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising 2 but, thankfully not for much longer.

Announcing it in a new Capcom Unity post, Capcom officials said, "If you're a fan of smashing zombies (or zombie-like Majini) on your PC, then we've got some good news for ya - RE5, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record are all coming to Steamworks early next year. With the global popularity of the Steamworks platform, we’ve seen high demand from fans to bring these highly requested titles to this platform." The move to Steamworks will now allow more fans across the world to enjoy these games."

According to reports, Games for Windows Live is slowly dying, with the last of the games that it had left, abandoning it. There was a rumour last year that the service would be closed down this summer; a story that Microsoft did nothing to counter by either word or deed until a week before it was supposed to happen. Then too, they made a small announcement that it was "continuing to support the Games for Windows Live service." However, all of it remained talk and Windows Live remains effectively dead in the water. By this point, it does not matter whether or not Microsoft continues to support Games for Windows Live, because nobody else is.

More information about all the transition will be given once launch dates for the Steamworks versions of the games have been confirmed.