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==Games on Demand== {{seealso|Windows Games on Demand}} On December 15, 2009, Microsoft launched Games on Demand, a [[digital distribution]] service offering titles such as ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' and ''[[Battlestations: Pacific]]''. Also available are arcade games such as a free version of ''[[Microsoft Tinker]]'', a former exclusive to [[Windows Vista]] Ultimate, as well as ''[[World of Goo]]'' and ''[[Osmos]]''.<ref name="GFWLG.O.DLaunched-WTB">{{cite web|url=http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/12/17/games-on-demand-for-games-for-windows-live.aspx|title=Games on Demand for Games for Windows – LIVE|last=LeBlanc|first=Brandon |date=December 18, 2009 |publisher=Windows Team Blog|accessdate=24 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gamerscoreblog.com/press/archive/2009/12/03/az985.aspx|title=Games on Demand, Meet Games for Windows – LIVE |first=Xbox Team|date=December 3, 2009|publisher=Gamerscore Blog|accessdate=24 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/184777/games_for_windows_live_adds_games_on_demand_downloads.html|title=Games for Windows Live Adds 'Games on Demand' Downloads|last=Peckham|first=Matt |date=December 16, 2009|publisher=PC World|accessdate=24 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5418213/games-on-demand-coming-to-games-for-windows-live|title=Games On Demand Coming To Games For Windows Live|last=Fahey|first=Mike |date=December 3, 2009|publisher=Kotaku|accessdate=24 December 2009}}</ref> Some titles bought on Games on Demand include Server Side Authentication. This is a Games for Windows – Live 3.0 feature that automatically ties the game to your [[Windows Live ID]] and the Gamertag associated to it. These games have no activation limits and can be re-installed multiple times. The majority of the other titles on the service use a [[SecuROM]] [[DRM (computing)|DRM]] that lets the user activate the game up to five times each month on any hardware.<ref>http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/t/9446.aspx</ref> ''[[Dark Void]]'' is the first title to have the Games for Windows – Live service limited exclusively to the Games on Demand digital release. Retail copies of the game will not have the Live features integrated. [[Capcom]] have stated that other digital platforms such as [[Steam (content delivery)|Steam]] may have the service patched in at a later date.<ref>Steam</ref> On June 8, 2010 some games which were previously not [[Games for Windows]] titles were added for download. Microsoft claims that new titles will be added every week and there will be over 100 games by the end of 2010.<ref>http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/Community/Pages/gond.aspx</ref>
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