Gears of War, Viva Pinata coming to PC - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 11th Jul 2007, 11:41

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/07...coming_to_pc/1

Microsoft announces that Gears of War and Viva Pinata will be coming to PC, along with a whole load of other Games For Windows games. Check out the details within.

Fod · 11th Jul 2007, 11:45

wooh! jericho

GoW - meh.

DougEdey · 11th Jul 2007, 11:50

GoW is designed for Console, it won't work right because all the anti console fanbois will hate it.

LeMaltor · 11th Jul 2007, 11:56

Just play it with a 360 controller then, works great with a PC

p3n · 11th Jul 2007, 12:16

Can you say "Vista Only"?

Would definitely mean I wont be buying it as I could get a 360 for that price...

will. · 11th Jul 2007, 12:16

Looks like I am actually going to have to invest in a 360 controller...

Turning Point: Fall of liberty looks interesting. Games(tm) had a good feeling about it anyway.

Silver Shamrock · 11th Jul 2007, 12:31

Some nice titles there that's for sure but i just wish Dead Rising would get a port!!

John_Edward · 11th Jul 2007, 12:45

So, more "windows" gaming.
I see that XP is not an windows any more, as those "games for _windows_" won't work with it..
Oh well, any news on that DirectX10 port for XP :P ?

DXR_13KE · 11th Jul 2007, 13:06

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Originally Posted by John_Edward

Oh well, any news on that DirectX10 port for XP :P ?

in other news, hell froze over and MS sues the makers of the port for 1 trillion dollars.

CardJoe · 11th Jul 2007, 13:15

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Originally Posted by Silver Shamrock

Some nice titles there that's for sure but i just wish Dead Rising would get a port!!

UBER QFT!

Redbeaver · 11th Jul 2007, 14:09

Jericho and Gears of War.......

....who needs Crysis?

jk... i know i do........

Vista here... (which IMO; works faster than XP on some of the games i play)(like LOTRO and BF2/2142)(oooh go ahead, flame away), just another reason to get another 8800GTS to do SLI

it'z all goood..... its *gooooood*....

capnPedro · 11th Jul 2007, 15:23

I actually quite want to try playing GoW. It sounds good from what I've heard from my friends with 360s.

Oh and about the Piñata... they're all evil!

devdevil85 · 11th Jul 2007, 16:28

GOW is "Ok". The graphics looked nice, but artificial and the gameplay seemed almost "slow", but also realistic in speed. I almost got fed up with the "wall-sticking" because whenever I didn't want to, I would stick to the walls or whatever was next to me, and when I did need to "stick", I would also have to hit the button a good 2-3 times. Either way, I am not a console FPS guy, whatsoever so I have a bias against games like these in general, but I would still recommend you play this Joe. It's a good game, but it should still not be retailing for $50, for as old as it is. Hope that helps....

completemadness · 11th Jul 2007, 17:09

now when they say "games for windows" do they actually mean that or will it be "games for vista" ??

if its the latter, im not that interested, although gears of war looks pretty interesting, if it works on XP i might try it

Amon · 11th Jul 2007, 17:48

The exec at E3 was using God mode for the demonstration. Cheater.

It will be made available on Windows XP.

TTmodder · 11th Jul 2007, 17:50

Scaled down vista = windows xp with dx10 support

SPQQKY · 11th Jul 2007, 18:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fod

wooh! jericho

GoW - meh.

Dito, I'm a big Clive Barker fan, can't wait to play this on the PC.

LVMike · 11th Jul 2007, 18:16

hey Viva Pinata was entertaining...

mikeuk2004 · 11th Jul 2007, 20:59

Games for windows is a crap idea. If most the games got that way then I will be gaming more on console as I cant afford to by anew PC with Vista for a very long time. I want supreme Commander but not got Vista.

bestforbuy · 11th Jul 2007, 22:13

That wouldn't be such a thing , just think how people will play gears of war in a PC , it is a game for controllers only

11th Jul 2007, 11:41	#1
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11th Jul 2007, 12:16	#6
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11th Jul 2007, 12:16	#5
p3n Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 735	Can you say "Vista Only"? Would definitely mean I wont be buying it as I could get a 360 for that price...

11th Jul 2007, 12:31	#7
Silver Shamrock Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 672	Some nice titles there that's for sure but i just wish Dead Rising would get a port!!

11th Jul 2007, 12:45	#8
John_Edward Minimodder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Espoo - Finland Posts: 27	So, more "windows" gaming. I see that XP is not an windows any more, as those "games for _windows_" won't work with it.. Oh well, any news on that DirectX10 port for XP :P ?

11th Jul 2007, 14:09	#11
Redbeaver Hypermodder Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario, CANADA Posts: 718	Jericho and Gears of War....... ....who needs Crysis? jk... i know i do........ Vista here... (which IMO; works faster than XP on some of the games i play)(like LOTRO and BF2/2142)(oooh go ahead, flame away), just another reason to get another 8800GTS to do SLI it'z all goood..... its gooooood.... __________________ Monita DFI NF4 Expert - X2 3800+ 2.925Ghz - 2x1Gb OCZ Gold XTC DDR500 - 2x eVGA 7900GT SLI - 2x80Gb Seagate 7200.9 [RAID-0 4k] - Enermax Liberty 500 - Vista Ultimate x86 - Silverstone Kublai [Modded] Keisha DFI BloodIron P35 - Q6600 3.6Ghz - 4x1Gb OCZ Gold XTC2 DDR2-800 - eVGA 8800GTS 640MB - 2x80Gb Seagate 7200.9 [RAID-0 4k] - OCZ GameXstream 700 - Vista Ultimate x86 - Silverstone TJ-06 [Modded] www.pecelayam.com

11th Jul 2007, 15:23	#12
capnPedro Deaf forever to the battle's din Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North-East England Posts: 2,977	I actually quite want to try playing GoW. It sounds good from what I've heard from my friends with 360s. Oh and about the Piñata... they're all evil! __________________ ASUS M4A785TD-M Evo \| AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE \| D-Tek FuZion 4GB Corsair XMMS3-10666 \| Corsair TX650 Point Of View 8800GTX \| EK FC-8800

11th Jul 2007, 16:28	#13
devdevil85 Hypermodder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: US of A Posts: 884	GOW is "Ok". The graphics looked nice, but artificial and the gameplay seemed almost "slow", but also realistic in speed. I almost got fed up with the "wall-sticking" because whenever I didn't want to, I would stick to the walls or whatever was next to me, and when I did need to "stick", I would also have to hit the button a good 2-3 times. Either way, I am not a console FPS guy, whatsoever so I have a bias against games like these in general, but I would still recommend you play this Joe. It's a good game, but it should still not be retailing for $50, for as old as it is. Hope that helps....

11th Jul 2007, 17:09	#14
completemadness Hypermodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 887	now when they say "games for windows" do they actually mean that or will it be "games for vista" ?? if its the latter, im not that interested, although gears of war looks pretty interesting, if it works on XP i might try it

11th Jul 2007, 17:48	#15
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LVMike Supermodder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Las Vegas NV & Rolla MO Posts: 412	hey Viva Pinata was entertaining...

11th Jul 2007, 20:59	#19
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11th Jul 2007, 22:13	#20
bestforbuy What's a Dremel? Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 16	That wouldn't be such a thing , just think how people will play gears of war in a PC , it is a game for controllers only