14 DAY TRIAL // Capcom has confirmed that it's finally transitioning some of its older games from the infamous Games for Windows Live service onto the Steamworks one provided by Valve, in the form of Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2, and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Microsoft may not have shut down its Games for Windows Live this summer, as originally planned, but this isn't stopping companies that used the highly criticized service from updating their older games and moving them to Valve's Steamworks technology.
After quite a lot of them received patches throughout the current year, Capcom has confirmed that it's also joining the GfWL transition process with Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2, and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
The three games will get their Steamworks updates in early 2015, according to the official Capcom-Unity announcement.
"If you're a fan of smashing zombies (and/or zombie-like Majini) on your PC, then we've got some good news for you - RE5, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record are all coming to Steamworks early next year," the company announces.
According to Capcom, there was a lot of demand from Steam users for new versions of the games that didn't use the Games for Windows Live service. Microsoft's solution is filled with quite a lot of issues and bugs, not to mention the notoriously clunky interface, as opposed to the pretty seamless technology offered by Valve.
"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," the publisher adds.
Unfortunately, a specific date for the transition is unknown, but more details are expected in the following months.
"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."
Plenty of different games have transitioned from Games for Windows Live to Steamworks in the last year, from the likes of Dirt 3 to the Batman Arkham titles, or even the Microsoft-published Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
However, there are still plenty of big PC games that have yet to shed the restrictions imposed by GfWL, like Fallout 3 or Grand Theft Auto 4, and both Bethesda and Rockstar have been silent about any transition to Steamworks.