Bioshock 2 has Games For Windows Live Removed

ninja 12

I haven't seen this mentioned here but Bioshock 2 has been patched on Steam .

Games For Windows Live ( and it looks like Securerom as well )has been removed from it , and anybody who already has it in their Steam accound has also been given Minerva's Den (and multiplayer DLC) for free

Also as part of the removal of Games For Windows Live , all retail keys should activate on Steam (keys from GMG , Gamers Gate , Amazon etc).

I just gave a friend my spare Games For Windows Live key from GreenMan Gaming and it activated on Steam for him with the Minerva's Den included as well

Full controller support has also been added

degrassinoel

i actually noticed it was gone from GTAIV on steam too, massive pain in the bollocks it was with every bloody game it was stigmatised onto aswell. Good riddance to it.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

so what happens if I have an older disc copy of bioshock 2.. just install it and it skips the gfwl stuff altogether?

--edit

oh, nevermind. i put the key in wrong. also i now have minervas den \o/

Retr0gamer

So how can we buy minerva's den? I never picked it up for PC.

ninja 12

Retr0gamer wrote: »

So how can we buy minerva's den? I never picked it up for PC.

If you already have BioShock 2 in Steam , you should have it now for free .

It is also available to buy in the steam store , for people who buy BioShock 2 now.

If you activate a BioShock 2 key you will get Minerva as well .

danthefan

What exactly was the point of GFWL, what did it do?

jos22

degrassinoel wrote: »

i actually noticed it was gone from GTAIV on steam too, massive pain in the bollocks it was with every bloody game it was stigmatised onto aswell. Good riddance to it.

gta IV on steam still locked into games for windows live

Retr0gamer

danthefan wrote: »

What exactly was the point of GFWL, what did it do?

The only thing it did for me was make the online functions in Dark Souls not work for me and turned the Bioshock 2 install into 3 hours of frustration.

TerrorFirmer

It was the biggest piece of broken crap ever. Bioshock 2 was a nightmare with it. I suppose if you like achievements, they were tied to your Xbox gamertag as well, so for example because I played Halo 2 on PC through GFWL, on my Xbox Gamertag, I had a list of achievements and points for Halo 2 that went towards my score. Just put my retail Bioshock 2 key into Steam and it worked, with free Minerva's Den. Really happy with that. Wonder if people are still playing the multiplayer - I actually really enjoyed it.

ancapailldorcha

danthefan wrote: »

What exactly was the point of GFWL, what did it do?

Punish you for not pirating the game.

danthefan

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The only thing it did for me was make the online functions in Dark Souls not work for me and turned the Bioshock 2 install into 3 hours of frustration.

It point-blank refused to allow me install Arkham City from a disk on my PC. Ended up having to buy a digital version from Steam.

Absolute trash. I can't think of a single benefit of it though to the consumer.

returnNull

so can I install bioshock 2 by downloading it from steam and then use the key from the physical copy I have and get minerva's den free?

Strangely enough never had a problem playing it with WFGL.

DeSelby83

For some reason I only got half way through this even trough the first one is one of my all time favourite games. Think this free Minerva's den might convince me to finish it

ninja 12

returnNull wrote: »

so can I install bioshock 2 by downloading it from steam and then use the key from the physical copy I have and get minerva's den free?

Strangely enough never had a problem playing it with WFGL.

Have you already got Bioshock 2 in Steam ?
If you have you should have gotten Minerva's Den for free already .
Right click on it in your library ,click properties , then click on the dlc tab .
see the below pic .



If you don't already have Bioshock 2 in your Steam library , activate your Games for Windows key and both Bioshock 2 and Minerva's den will be added to your library , see the below pic

danthefan wrote: »

It point-black refused to allow me install Arkham City from a disk on my PC. Ended up having to buy a digital version from Steam.

Absolute trash. I can't think of a single benefit of it though to the consumer.

The way the dlc was handled for Arkham City was a disaster as well , activating and downloading through Games for Windows , instead of through Steam .

Good riddance to it .

returnNull

Thanks ninja,downloading now

ShadowHearth

So they removed the Herpes and gave us a lolipop!? THUMBS UP FROM ME!!!


From what I heard that DLC is the really really good one. Looks like it might be the time to replay bioshock!

ninja 12

returnNull wrote: »

Thanks ninja,downloading now

No problem

returnNull

ShadowHearth wrote: »

From what I heard that DLC is the really really good one. Looks like it might be the time to replay bioshock!

Was just thinking that

degrassinoel

jos22 wrote: »

gta IV on steam still locked into games for windows live

is that a shortut to the game or is the game on steam? because it's gone entirely from mine.

jos22

degrassinoel wrote: »

is that a shortut to the game or is the game on steam? because it's gone entirely from mine.

I launched from my games list in steam

degrassinoel

no idea what to tell you dude.. it's gone from mine, and mine's on steam too.

ancapailldorcha

Are any other publishers likely to do the same for their games? The sooner we can be rid of GFWL, the better.

jos22

degrassinoel wrote: »

no idea what to tell you dude.. it's gone from mine, and mine's on steam too.

came accross this on the web

, it's safe to say that Rockstar not patching out GFWL on GTA IV (while currently failing to announce the very obvious PC rendition of GTA V) almost comes across as one of the biggest slap-in-the-face tactics to the PC audience yet.

jos22

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Are any other publishers likely to do the same for their games? The sooner we can be rid of GFWL, the better.

current list is

Bioshock 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
F1 2010
F1 2011
Fallout 3
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

ancapailldorcha

That's a pretty decent list. May it grow bigger.

jos22

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

That's a pretty decent list. May it grow bigger.

nothing on Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition yet.

blatantrereg

That's great. Hopefully the game will work for me now. Spent a long time unsuccessfully trying to get it to work, but it always froze at the GFQWL login. Fallout 3 worked fine and so did Warhammer 40k.

jos22

blatantrereg wrote: »

That's great. Hopefully the game will work for me now. Spent a long time unsuccessfully trying to get it to work, but it always froze at the GFQWL login. Fallout 3 worked fine and so did Warhammer 40k.

that list I got came from http://www.cinemablend.com/games/List-Games-Switching-From-GFWL-Steamworks-59613.html

link with in it says for fallout

GFWL can be completely ignored as long as you don't care about achievements and you don't buy any DLC. More advanced info is below. DLC packs can be loaded as mods when not playing with GFWL, so long as you have the GOTY edition or the DLCs bought from Steam

blatantrereg

jos22 wrote: »

that list I got came from http://www.cinemablend.com/games/List-Games-Switching-From-GFWL-Steamworks-59613.html

link with in it says for fallout

GFWL can be completely ignored as long as you don't care about achievements and you don't buy any DLC. More advanced info is below. DLC packs can be loaded as mods when not playing with GFWL, so long as you have the GOTY edition or the DLCs bought from Steam

I wasn't questioning your list. What I meant was Bioshock 2 wouldn't start properly for me. It would freeze while trying to update or patch itself or the GFWL client. Quite a lot of people had this problem.

jos22

blatantrereg wrote: »

I wasn't questioning your list. What I meant was Bioshock 2 wouldn't start properly for me. It would freeze while trying to update or patch itself or the GFWL client. Quite a lot of people had this problem.

wasnt implying that your were, just thought people would like the source.

bio shock 2 use to crash for me 2 before come to think of it.

degrassinoel

blatantrereg wrote: »

That's great. Hopefully the game will work for me now. Spent a long time unsuccessfully trying to get it to work, but it always froze at the GFQWL login. Fallout 3 worked fine and so did Warhammer 40k.

Actually that's another weird one, DOW2 Retribution had it, but doesn't anymore, and DOW2 Chaos Rising still has it. haven't tried fallout 3 in years since it had issues with dual core processors and bethesda didnt bother patching it (they might have by now) so id to manually edit it's ini to allow it to work on my machine

jos22

the free bio shock 2 dlc crashes at random to desktop for me tonight

ShadowHearth

degrassinoel wrote: »

Actually that's another weird one, DOW2 Retribution had it, but doesn't anymore, and DOW2 Chaos Rising still has it. haven't tried fallout 3 in years since it had issues with dual core processors and bethesda didnt bother patching it (they might have by now) so id to manually edit it's ini to allow it to work on my machine

Retribution did not had Games for Windows. It was the first stand alone expansion, which ditched it and went for steam. Two first ones had GFW shiet.
I wonder will rockstar bother taking it out from GTA 4. One of the reasons GTA 4 is a nightmare to mod is GFW.

degrassinoel

that makes sense, i thought it had GFWL, must have been chaos rising i was thinking of. My version of GTA4 definitely doesnt have GFWL though. Played it there the other day and noticed specifically that it was gone because i'd been trying to remember my pass for it. Was it not patched out or have i just modded it so much that it broke?

returnNull

went to to play the minerva dlc and found that I also have the trials dlc.Was that also free?

ancapailldorcha

I think Minerva's Den isn't free but everything else is. I think people who already owned the game got it free but if you buy it now you have to pay for it. Well worth it, mind.

returnNull

No I got minervas den free yesterday just didnt realise I had the trials dlc too.

Spear

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I think Minerva's Den isn't free but everything else is. I think people who already owned the game got it free but if you buy it now you have to pay for it. Well worth it, mind.

I added my physical copy key to Steam today, and Minerva's Den and the Protectors trials were both added to it. The Steam licence for it explicitly describes it as Bioshock 2 and Minerva's Den Retail copy.

ancapailldorcha

Spear wrote: »

I added my physical copy key to Steam today, and Minerva's Den and the Protectors trials were both added to it. The Steam licence for it explicitly describes it as Bioshock 2 and Minerva's Den Retail copy.

Excellent, everyone gets the wonderful DLC (2 words that you never see together) free.

vladicaris

Can we expect same for batman arkham city soon ?

ninja 12

vladicaris wrote: »

Can we expect same for batman arkham city soon ?

Looks like it ,

Have a read here -

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=619976

danthefan

Downloaded this last night and went to play it today, game just constantly crashes on me. Very annoying, anyone else having the same?

ancapailldorcha

I did. Ensure the game is up to date and then delete your saves folder (transfer your saves first). Then, launch the game and quit. Finally, place your most recent save in the new folder.

jos22

danthefan wrote: »

Downloaded this last night and went to play it today, game just constantly crashes on me. Very annoying, anyone else having the same?

did you switch to Direct x 9, mine did that in direct x 10 and stopped when i switch to 9

Sarky

I'm not terribly interested in Bioshock 2, but by Christ's own testicles it's good to see games getting rid of GFWL.

vladicaris

Do we really need every of microsoft c++ from 2005 to 2012 ?

returnNull

vladicaris wrote: »

Do we really need every of microsoft c++ from 2005 to 2012 ?

Yes,it isnt just games that install them either.You might see that you have 4 for 2005.All are different versions.

They are needed to run software that was developed with visual c++.If it wasnt installed the gameor application wouldnt run.

danthefan

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I did. Ensure the game is up to date and then delete your saves folder (transfer your saves first). Then, launch the game and quit. Finally, place your most recent save in the new folder.

Just to confirm here, it seemed like a corrupt save was the issue. I only had one save in the folder, so I just started the game and immediately overwrote the save that was there, it hasn't crashed since.

simon360

jos22 wrote: »

current list is

Bioshock 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
F1 2010
F1 2011
Fallout 3
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

does this mean if you have physical copies of the above games you can redeem their GFWL keys on steam like Bioshock 2?

ninja 12

Just adding to this thread -
It looks like the Arkham games are about to be updated soon to remove Games for Windows .


The cd keys for Arkham Asylum and City are no longer visible when right clicking on them in Steam .

I have the non-GOTY version of City , with all of the DLC , and I can see the cd keys for the DLC , but not the actual base game .


Probably going to tie in with the release of Origins .

simon360 wrote: »

does this mean if you have physical copies of the above games you can redeem their GFWL keys on steam like Bioshock 2?

It looks like it (fingers crossed ) ,

Arkham City and Asylum GFWL redemption entries have been added to the Steam database .

Batman: Arkham City GFWL Redemption
Batman: Arkham Asylum GFWL Redemption

wexdevil

Looks like it's been removed from the batman games, I had the regular edition of Arkham City* and they also added the GOTY version to my library