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Games On Demand For Windows To Get Day-And-Date Releases

Microsoft's download service is movin' on up.

In advance of E3, Microsoft says Games on Demand for Windows is poised to begin keeping up with the release dates of games. In a recent press release, the publisher stated that the digital platform "will soon be the home of day-and-date releases," citing 2K Games, Capcom, Microsoft Game Studios, Rockstar Games, THQ, and Ubisoft as partners. In addition, the service will also begin distributing non-Live-enabled games. Starting this afternoon, one will hit every week throughout the year, kicking off with Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and several other games, all published by the aforementioned partners: 

 
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Microsoft reckons it'll put out over 100 non-Live titles by the year's end, which sounds like a step in the right direction for a service that, uh, still does less than what Steam can, but will at least get some games just as quickly.

As a side note to all of this: Microsoft is also throwing a sale on Prince of Persia games. Right now you can grab Warrior Within and The Sands of Time for 200 Microsoft Moon Bucks. Not bad.