For the PC version of this game will it have the games for windows live?

I hate games for windows live so much! I hope they don't ruin this game with that [censored] windows live gaming UI.

I Don't Beleive that you will need to have the Crappy UI installed to play the game.

Brink will be using Steam.

Why is this so hard for people to grasp, is beyond me..

This game is a GAMES FOR WINDOWS title NOT GAMES FOR WINDOWS LIVE.

So next time when you see GFW it's a GAME FOR WINDOWS aka general PC title / GWFL it's a game that requires GAMES FOR WINDOWS LIVE to play.

This game uses steam if im rigth, somebody can confirm this.

It is on steam
(sorry for no link to confirm 100%, but it is )

I have a question regarding this, the game is out the 12th May in steam, I pre-ordered from direct2drive ant it says release day it's the 10th, Will I be able to play the game the 10th? I must wait till the 12th to put it in steam if I want to?

According to my Steam it comes out May 10th.

Yes the game is being distributed through steam on PC's. No GFWL required here

You in England or Australia? If so I believe the release for those areas are the 12th. For North America is the 10th

This is correct.


If D2D allows you to download the game on May 10th in Europe, you probably can not play it yet because Steam has not unlocked it. And you must register it with Steam in order to play.

Already answered to an extent, but worth adding some further clarification...

Games for Windows (GfW) is a certification system by Microsoft - they basically endorse the use of GfW games on their OS. Most games will run fine on Windows, but having the GfW logo means that it's been tested for compatibility with Windows by someone outside of the developer's testing teams - just a little extra reassurance for paranoid people (except that they have to trust Microsoft to be more reliable than the game's developer).

Games for Windows Live (GfWL), on the other hand, is a terrible, terrible alternative to Steamworks. If a game uses GfWL, it's a bad sign. I personally think that, like the obvious and somehow irreparable memory leaks and other issues with the Mac versions of any Microsoft products, the flaws in GfWL are at least partly intentional, because it helps promote Microsoft's preferred products for the uses Microsoft wants them to be for - GfWL being dodgy would make people think the XBox 360 and XBox Live are a much better platform than the PC for multiplayer gaming. Too bad for M$ that someone else is doing it better. Same thing's happened with most of their Mac-based products as well. Funny that.