Thread: Games that work.

Originally Posted by nmsuk

I used to work in the Industry and have friends at DICE. Let's just say the Pre beta Rocks Would love to post some screenies but my NDA prohibits it. 'Mr Smug Bastard'

Oh come on, fellow alpha testers can share content Agreed - this NDA sucks.

The 29 is not a set in stone date for Battlefield 3, EA is still holding rights to delay the release of the beta.

I can confirm that:

Origin - EAs digital download system
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

both work in 8. Also that xfire runs and woks with NFS:HP. I will be testing the Origin versions of:

Alice Madness Returns
C&C 4 Tiberiun Twilight

as soon as they download and install. Should know in the next few days if they run or if they need any tweaking.

PS I know these are as much of a game as Photoshop, but Yahoo, AIM Pro, Google Talk and Skype all work with out issues.

AIM installs and runs, but wont connect to the internet. The test of the connection works fine, but it acts like the server is just gone.

29th is now set in stone

I can confirm that Starcraft 2 also works in windows 8. I must say Call of Duty Black Ops MY FPS Rate went up by 11 when switching from 7 to 8!!!

LoL nmsuk, pain in the ass :-P

I'm planning on running the Battlefield 3 Beta to see how it runs on my system with Windows 8.

I can confirm the Origin versions of:

Alice Madness Returns
C&C 4 Tiberiun Twilight
Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition
Crysis 2 Limited Edition

Install and run. The C&C 4 gave me a BS product code error, so I couldn't get in the game fully, but it didn't give me load errors.

Fallout 3 retail works, but the Windows Live Sign On Assistant does not. So that means you only have the option of playing offline. None of the achievements will go on record. Plus if you get your DLC through the downloads menu, you wont be able to download it.

I didn't see if any one posted this one or not. The Steam version of Fallout: New Vegas works as well.

I have a Madcatz X360X wired controller. 8 detected and installed the drivers for it, with out issue. Also the games detected it as well.

Sorry it takes me so long to write back. I have a funny work scheduled and I'm not a morning person. I will do my best to start to get on more often.

I'm downloading the BF3 beta on Windows 8 now. I'll report back.

I can confirm BF3 beta does work on Windows 8. Although I'm getting 10 fps less. Maybe the Nvidia beta drivers don't work as well with Win 8. It also wants to open IE for battlelog, even though firefox is my default browser. Battlelog doesn't seem to show pings in IE. I have to manually log in to battlelog in firefox.

Can also confirm it's works with ati drivers too