Windows Vista – Game manager?

Microsoft is due to release the latest version of the Windows OS (Windows Vista) towards the end of this year. One of the more interesting features that Microsoft has added, and kept pretty quiet, is Vista’s ability to keep your games up to date by checking game companies’ websites for updates.

You can get hold of programs that will do this very thing already, i.e. save you the time and hassle of looking for patches/updates to your favourite games. A very good example of this is GameShadow.

Valve Software have gone down a different route and use their own software distribution system (Steam) to not only provide you with the game(s) in the first place but also to ensure that they are always up to date. However, the only drawback to both these solutions is that they require you to install additional software.

Now Microsoft is saying that Windows Vista can look after all your games for you, free of charge, no problem matey, ta very much.
Quite how effective this will be and how much support the games companies will give Microsoft remains to be seen, but theaveragegamer.com will keep you informed of any developments prior to Vista’s release later this year.

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