Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising 2 Ditch GFWL for Steamworks

No one likes Games for Windows Live, and thanks to the service’s lack of popularity, it’s also shutting down this year. Fortunately for players, games that still use the service will be making the switch over to the Steamworks API provided by Valve on its Steam digital distribution platform. 

Joining the likes of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2, which is also making the switch, are Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2, and Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, three titles which use GFWL at the present, by migrating to Steamworks. 

There’s no definite date for when these Capcom-developed titles will be making the switch over to the new system, but the publisher has announced that it’ll happen sometime early next year. 

“With the global popularity of the Steamworks platform, we’ve seen high demand from fans to bring these highly requested titles to this platform. Moving to Steamworks will allow more fans across the world to enjoy these games,” wrote the publisher. 

“Current owners of these PC titles will be transitioned over to the Steamworks versions early next year. Once we have specific dates ironed out, we'll have more information about all three titles and their respective launch days so stay tuned.”