In it's currently broken state, it appears the final activation & online gaming servers for Games for Windows Live finally went offline by no later than 2020, causing all PC games that utilized the service to become permanently unplayable, to no longer be activated via the internet, online multiplayer servers shutting down, new keys for existing games to no longer be generated, and PC games that utilized the service no longer being playable in Single Player & Multiplayer, even with No-CD & No-DVD cracks. Sadly, as of today, the service is now no longer functional or online anymore, as Microsoft broke the ability to re-download previously purchased DLC since the marketplace deactivated itself in 2018, and in 2020 they removed the Games for Windows Live download page and the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant was removed from their servers and therefore the vanilla Games for Windows - LIVE installer fails to install.Īlthough this hasn't been confirmed, they also likely shutdown the key generator servers for PC games that required the service, which was notable with what happened with Grand Theft Auto IV on Steam, as Rockstar Games couldn't generate the additional keys needed to sell the game, which lead to the multiplayer being removed with the current PC version of GTA IV. Unfortunately, the latter feature was very short-lived with only five games on PC & Xbox 360 ever utilizing it. We are all pretty familiar with Games for Windows - Live, Microsoft's ill-fated Steam competitor from 2007 and discontinued in 2013, which tried to bring Xbox Live-like features to Windows XP, Vista & 7, including achievements and cross-platform play between PC & Xbox 360 gamers.
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