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Microsoft refunding gamers, Games for Windows Live goes free

PC gaming wasn't a huge factor at this year's E3, but it seems that Microsoft was merely biding its time before making its big moves to try and perk up the waning PC gaming market. The company made a variety of positive announcements at the GameFest... ...full story at digg

from digg on Fri, Jul 25 2008

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