GFW Day and Date Releases

[Jun 08, 2010, 8:49 pm ET] - 9 Comments

Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson announces the Games for Windows Games on Demand program is getting day and date releases, providing some games for download at the same time they are released at retail. Here's word:

Major game publishers have committed to delivering new day-and-date releases as well as back catalog titles to Games on Demand starting this week
Games on Demand is expanding as of today to offer an even larger library of blockbuster titles starting with the day and date release June 8 of “Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands”
To celebrate, Microsoft and Ubisoft are offering 75% off on the previous two games in the series, “Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within” and “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”
Games on Demand offers both LIVE and non LIVE titles
New titles will ship on Games on Demand every week
We expect more than 100 titles available on Games on Demand by the end of 2010.

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