Games

Games for Windows Live Finally Gets a Standalone Client (1up.com)

3 Dec 2008

Continuing its push towards becoming a relevant service, Microsoft has finally released a standalone client for Games for Windows Live (download it here ). It's hardly anything revolutionary and seems very much like a base waiting to be built upon. There's no friends list access, Achievement browsing, or message center; for all of that, you'll still need to either start up a GFW ...

Is Europe ready for U.S.-style TV coverage of Games? (International Herald Tribune)

3 Dec 2008

By throwing open the bidding to broadcast the Games of 2014 and 2016, the Olympic committee is leaving the door open for commercial and pay-TV channels to wrest the rights away from their publicly funded rivals.

NFL suspends six players for four games each (NFL.com)

3 Dec 2008

The NFL suspended six players for four games each on Tuesday for violating the NFL Policy on Anabolic Steroids and Related Substances.