Microsoft is by no means losing sight of the fact that Windows continues to be the most important gaming platform worldwide. In fact, the latest move from the Redmond company is designed to streamline the way in which gamers running Windows PCs can access gaming titles. On December 15th, the software giant announced that its Games for Windows ‘Games on Demand’ service was available to all Windows users, including those running the most recent iteration of the Windows client, Windows 7. “You can now download full version of games via the newly launched Games for Windows Games on Demand service. You can see the complete list of games now available [via the client]. Once you download the Games for Windows client, be sure and grab Tinker. This is a free game that will allow you to add some new achievements and couple of hundred points on to your Gamerscore for free and while you are sitting at your desk,” revealed Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson), the director of programming for the Microsoft gaming network Xbox Live.
You have been able to read that Tinker is now available as a standalone download for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 and SP3, earlier today right here on Softpedia. Tinker is of course offered for free, having been resurrected from the n... (read more)
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