Microsoft Not Killing Games for Windows Live

The boys and girls in Redmond Washington have announced to Game Informer that although the store for GFWL has indeed gone the way of all flesh, the service itself is going to "keep on keeping on".

When asked, Microsoft told GI

We are continuing to support the Games for Windows Live service. As previously announced, as part of the retirement of Microsoft Points the Xbox.com PC marketplace was closed. Although customers are unable to purchase new games from the marketplace or receive title updates, they can continue to enjoy previously purchased content by downloading them through the Games for Windows Live client as usual. We remain committed to investing in PC gaming in the years ahead, and look forward to sharing more in the future.

Phil Spencer, head of the Microsoft Xbox division has said that they aren't looking to compete with what Steam has done as part of their renewed focus on PC gaming.

Despite this, but it can't help but be noticed that an announcement of the closure of GFWL was on the Age of Empires Online support pages even if it did vanish very quickly.

 He has also said that Microsoft will put out a clear answer on the future of GFWL very soon, but what they have right now probably won't be the core of their product in the future.