Microsoft Announces New Partnerships 0
Microsoft partners with Ubisoft, Sidewinder to expand PC gaming platform.
Earlier today, at the German Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Microsoft has announced new partnerships that may have exciting implications for PC gamers worldwide.
Top video game publisher Ubisoft, already well known for such titles as “Rayman”, and the Tom Clancy series (Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon) has signed on to Microsoft’s already impressive stable of developers to publish games under Microsoft’s Games for Windows brand.
PC versions of mostly all of Ubisoft’s upcoming console titles will be released concurrently for Games for Windows, as well as exclusive titles such as the hotly anticipated god sim, “The Settlers: Rise of an Empire” and shooter “FarCry 2”.
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Additionally, Microsoft has also announced the relaunch of previously cancelled title “Train Simulator 2”, as well as the return of the popular Sidewinder line of accessories.
Of particular note is the new Sidewinder Mouse; the first of it’s kind to bear the Sidewinder name, and specifically designed with gamers in mind. The new mouse is ergonomically designed for online gaming, and offers a wide range of features, from an onboard LCD screen to adjustable weights!
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Global director of Games for Windows, Ken Unangst, had this to say in summary of the announcements: “The addition of Ubisoft to the Games for Windows program and the continued innovation in PC gaming hardware is a huge win for gamers around the world who are experiencing the revival of the PC as a world-class gaming platform.”
