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Games for Windows Live gets a minor update. Hints at Chess game?

Submitted by rapture on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 9:13pm.

Games for Windows - Live users (a.k.a. HALO 2 Vista and Shadowrun Vista gamers) were greeted with a tiny update to their service today. Who knows what the update did? I mean, the Games for Windows - Live website isn't exactly a hot spot for information about the service. Heck the website is still out of date for games that were released months ago.

Shadowrun 2007-08-27 18-19-09-81
Looks like we've got a new graphic.

Shadowrun 2007-08-27 18-20-18-63
And GfWLive crashes my network after the update.

More pics and analysis after the break.

Shadowrun 2007-08-27 18-20-23-39
Nice. Looks like we've got a diagnosis screen. Finally.

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The HOME screen gets an update.

Shadowrun 2007-08-27 18-45-08-55
And we've got some new gamerpics. What's up with the chess gamerpics?

Other than what you see in these screenshots, I have no idea what the latest patch did. Playing online in Shadowrun saw no noticeable difference. There not update from the GfW website or from Major Nelson.

Oh, Games for Windows - Live. I've STILL got a lot of issues with the service. Look for an update to my "Top ten things wrong with Games for Windows - Live" list in September.

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God... Freaking Windows Logo!

Submitted by Master Kim on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 9:29pm.

Games for Windows Live just seems to be getting better and better.

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Thats probably not just a hint at a chess game

Submitted by Oculus on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 10:51pm.

That's probably not just a hint at a chess game.. It'd have to be a hint at GFWL Arcade right?

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