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Re:Windows 8 (soon) available for download by freehunter on Thursday October 25, 2012 @09:10AM (#4697454)
There are certain games that will not run on Windows 8. The only one I've personally run into was Grand Theft Auto 4. I had Windows 8 installed on my desktop, could not get the game to run, and moved back to Windows 7.
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Re:Windows 8 (soon) available for download by jiggy2011 on Thursday October 25, 2012 @09:51AM (#4697638)
I assume this is a temporary thing and that either MS or the game vendor will patch it soon enough.
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Re:Windows 8 (soon) available for download by freehunter on Friday October 26, 2012 @02:15AM (#4701072)
The trouble with GTA seemed to be in the Securom DRM. With GTA5 on the way and knowing the business Securom operates in, I wouldn't be surprised if a patch never came.

However, all of the other games I've tried have worked with Windows 8 on my laptop. It does make me wonder about the future of companies like Securom in a Windows 8 world.

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