Xbox Live coming to Windows 8

by Jeff Mattas, Sep 13, 2011 5:30pm PDT

Related Topics – Microsoft, Xbox Live, Windows 8

Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming Windows 8 operating system will include built-in functionality for the digital Xbox Live service previously only accessible via the Xbox 360 console and (in part) on Xbox.com. Xbox Live's Larry Hyrb (Major Nelson) confirmed the announcement, which was revealed during the Microsoft's BUILD Windows keynote address.

"Bringing Xbox LIVE to Windows 8 is part of our vision to bring you all the entertainment you want, shared with the people you care about, made easy," Hyrb notes on his blog.

No other details are available yet. Hyrb explains: "We have much more detail to share about the capabilities of Xbox Live on Windows and look forward to the opportunity to do so in the near future."

If you're interested in checking it out, the BUILD keynote can be streamed online, here.

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  Yeah this isn't going to go over well. : baron calamity
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    The end is near : Strid3rtheGreat
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      I don't but people freak out the tiny bit GFWL implements Xbox live into games and now it is going to be ... : baron calamity
      
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      What structure of sentence you make? : Strid3rtheGreat
      
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      ok, "I don't but people freak out over the tiny bit GFWL implements Xbox live into games. Now imagine how... : baron calamity
      
      you forgot a comma :P : Korban
      
      Let me turn it off forever and I won't freak out about it, you numbnut. : cerealSAM2
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    Eh, there aren't a whole lot of details yet. : DrWaffles
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      I'll bet that you'll have to pay for it, is a detail forth coming. : Strid3rtheGreat
      
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      I'd be surprised if it was, because they'd be screwed on the gaming front. There are many non-subscripti... : DrWaffles
      
      Then Microsoft will be the pioneer in making it a reality. : Strid3rtheGreat
      
      I bet not. : rasputinreborn
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      People hate GFWL, right? Just imaging GFWL just always on and a part of the interface. I expect blood wil... : baron calamity
      
      i imagine it'll be ubiquitous and you won't even notice it's there. there's a big difference between a kl... : boring gegtik
  - why? : Korban
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  If its just an app then I guess its OK, but if its ingrained in the OS somehow then are they going back t... : dlr(2)
  - All apps are ingrained in the OS though, thanks to the great APIs Win8 has. : Memphis-Ahn
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  If this fucks with the greatness that is Steam I will be very sad :( : Yanks
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    I'm also kind of worried about this. What if Microsoft pulls an EA and only distributes their games via X... : Strid3rtheGreat
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      What? When was the last time Microsoft published a big game on the PC that they've also published on the... : DrWaffles
      
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      In fact, Fable III is the only Microsoft Games Studios published game on Steam now... : DrWaffles
      
      Damn you and your fact checking, I need a reason to be pissed at Microsoft over this! lol : Strid3rtheGreat
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  Makes sense. Tie in the next operating system with Xbox 720 and future phone's. Be able to use the same ... : ant_hillbilly
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    How will you recreate a controller experience onto Windows Phone 7, and a touch game to a controller. The... : Man.of.gold
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      that'll be on the developer, of course.
      
      Sep 13, 2011 5:56pm PDT
      
      that'll be on the developer, of course. : Korban
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      Xbox 720 to have Wii-U-like controller confirmed! : carbontree
      
      the controller will probably be windows phone 8 : captain hampton
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  Who thought that was a good idea. Some things can be left alone without the entire earth crashing down ar... : Man.of.gold
  - "I can just see them trying to incorporate Xbox live into Games for Windows and that will not end well fo : Strid3rtheGreat
  - XBL on WP7 is completely non-intrusive and works quite well. : Mexistache
- Maybe they will drop game for wl and replace it with xbox :/ : mayooms
- nope http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14 : ETPC1
- So.... Windows 7 is going to be the new Win XP, that survived many operating systems released after it. : Longgshot
- Something like this could be the first real competition for Steam, if they choose to go that route. I ho... : vitek r
- As long as you can play XBLA games on Windows, w/o having to get them on your XBox, I'm sold. : DragonSire
- unless you can play games i dont see the point and i doubt you can play games on it : dantastic
- All this will end up being is another shit attempt at Microsoft trying to jam a consolized experience dow... : ajvitaly
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  You know, if the OS gives you achievements just for doing certain things with the interface, that might a... : GreggD
  - lol...'You crashed Explorer.exe' :) : Wiz74
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    "Your services are no longer required" - Killed a program using Task Manager : Sailor of Fortune
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      fucking lol. I would buy the OS instantly if it had that. : Ambient80
      
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      "Enhance..." - Changed the desktop resolution. : Sailor of Fortune
      
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      "These are not the files you are looking for" Password protected your porn folder : Hemtroll
      
      LOL : Shadowdane
    - okay, that's pretty funny. : Wikus Van De Merwe
    - hahahaha that would be awesome : zerog83
  - if they did this i would switch to linux/mac because christ : ETPC1
  - I could see this as a great way of getting people to learn helpful commands that they would otherwise hav... : TrptJim
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    Let it go, son. Let it go. Ran a program in win95 compatibility mode. : master_disaster_17
    - No that should be for abrasion's Windows classic theme : nodebug
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    MAXIMUM BOREDOM: You drew over 500 boxes on the desktop in a row! : rick
    - lol I do this all the time when I'm on the phone with people : zerog83
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    I MUST TELL THE WORLD: Discover a keyboard shortcut that everyone's known about for years (like shift-rig... : Orange Pylon
    - Achievement Unlocked! I never knew about this :D : zerog83
- Castle Crashers on my PC? Fuck Yeah! Assuming it's like how I have both my video library on my 360 and... : Sailor of Fortune
- Hopefully they won't require XBox Live Gold to play "XBox Live for Windows 8" games. That was a move tha... : the archvile
- I honestly can't stand forcing touch friendly user interfaces on a desktop OS. I am so far not impressed ... : TheEmissary
- Isn't this called GFWL? : asianwaste
- And having just really looked at the picture, the avatars still look like shit. Sad day. :(......... : DragonSire
- This is precisely the kind of cross-platform integration MS has badly needed for years: products as servi... : badcaps
- See, Microsoft cares about PC gaming :-/ : alexpr
- Given I haven't turned on my 360 in over a year, this isn't such a bad thing. Would be cool to have my XB... : Broken Canoe
- Microsoft is so god damned retarded when it comes to PC gaming : phate81
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  Guess i'll skip windows 8 then. I can't fucking stand GFWL, I do not want any of that crap in my operati... : creeping-death
  - hahahahaha : Slowtreme
- One step closer to RDR on PC! : JarEme
- It's just GFWL rebranded as XBOX live... Nothing new. It's going to suck just as much as it sucks now. : razlebol
- You guys do realize that the current Windows code base is all modular right? And that you'll be able to p : mojoald
- it would be cool if it would mean you could play your x360 games on pc. : Elsaispo

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