Dead Rising 2 + OTR + Resident Evil 5 moving to Steamworks early 2015

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http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/09/08/r...windows-live-in-favor-of-steamworks-releases/

GFWL is still around & has no end date now from MS but Capcom are moving these 3 games over before it does get shutdown.

Good news for anyone waiting for GFWL to be removed.

 

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Hopefully that'll mean co-op in RE5 won't drop randomly anymore natively throwing you back to the start of the mission you were on. Ended up using a crazy fake LAN + hack to get coop to work stable. A pain, but worth it

It works fine on GFWL you need to open all the required ports for both players though.
http://support.xbox.com/en-gb/xbox-...roubleshoot-games-for-windows-live-connection

 

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Believe me we tried everything and were not alone, sometimes it could be fine and there was never an issue starting a game - it would just suddenly drop out sometimes.

Trust me its router/firewall related I play this game for many happy hours in co-op back in 2009 never had any dropouts!

The dropouts are caused when you do not have the required ports open, port forwarding enabled on your router & or firewall settings which do not allow it through.
http://support.xbox.com/en-gb/xbox-...e-connection#d13a753b520148fb9e1fc0f753ee2f84

 

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DR2 + OTR are being patched to Steamworks today but the GFWL versions will still work as MS are no longer discontinuing that service for now.

Retail keys will activate on Steam but you lose any DLC bought on GFW Marketplace.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/45740/discussions/0/610575007218877655/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-off-the-record-arrive-on-steamworks-tomorrow

 

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No news on Resident Evil 5 though? Strange.

Capcom submitted a remove GFWL patch to Microsoft over 2 weeks ago they are still waiting on it being approved by MS..........

RE5 is also going to be the Gold edition with the console DLC (which you have to buy again) & not only that its confirmed as DX9 only despite RE5 being DX10 with GFWL which made loading instant as DX10 allows that to take advantage of newer DirectX tech to preload the games graphics but the DX9 version is crippled loading wise!

 

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This is now live on steam but as always with Capcom there are lots of technical issues :

1: Steamworks save games are not working at all for anyone.
2: Steamworks version does not run properly crashes at startup.
3: GFWL Retail keys are not being reedemed yet but you can buy the DLC & both games for 66% off right now

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/18253/