Ken Levine: Why Vista is good for gaming
- March 16, 2007 16:47 PM PST
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Lead designer of upcoming PC game Bioshock discussess why he thinks PC gamers really should upgrade to Windows Vista.
By Corrine Zuniev
Ken Levine, lead designer for upcoming PC title BioShock, discusses what he thinks makes DirextX 10 (the latest of a suite of multimedia application programming interfaces built into the Windows OS) and the Vista OS significant to the videogame industry.
"The best thing about DX10 and Vista for me is not better graphics," says Levine to Eurogamer in an interview to come next week. "It's the push Microsoft is making to make PC games easier for the user to buy, install and understand."
"The new rating system for system requirements is going to go a long way to broaden our market. PC gaming needs to grow up in this regard, and Vista is a great start."
By this Levine meant the Vista ability to allow users to see the possible performance a game will have on the system. Also, "Games Explorer," a unique feature to the OS, provides efficient organization and control of game software and save games. "Game for Windows - Live," a PC take on Xbox Live, is planned for release in May 2007. The PC version will have an integrated cross-platform profile and friends list in addition to an adaptation of the 360's Gamerscore system.
BioShock will be available for XP/Vista PCs as well as the Xbox 360 sometime this August.
