Microsoft announces offline mode for Win10 games

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/31/2016 08:23 AM | source: | 23 comment(s)

Microsoft sends word that that an offline mode is available right now for its Windows 10 games. According to the publisher, most games available in the Store support offline play, however players are asked to check the details of their games to make sure theirs are supported

If you’re planning to be in an area with no online coverage, such as on a long-distance flight or a sailing excursion, you can prepare your Windows 10 device to allow you to play offline. Most games available in the Store on your Windows 10 device support offline play, but check the details of the game to make sure yours is supported by searching for your game at http://www.xbox.com.

Most games with a campaign mode will be playable offline, but games with network co-op or multiplayer features will not work while you’re offline.

While playing offline, some features, such as the ability to purchase additional items from the Windows Store, will not be available. Additionally, any leaderboards will be unavailable while you're offline.
Achievements
If you earn any achievements while playing offline, they will sync to your account the next time you sign in to Xbox Live on your device. You won’t see a toast notification letting you know that you unlocked the achievement until you sign in to Xbox Live on that device.

Cloud saves and offline game play

Before you go offline, connect to Xbox Live to sync your most recent game save to the cloud. While you play offline, your game save progress will continue to be saved locally, and it’ll sync the next time you sign in to Xbox Live. If you want to continue playing on a different device (or platform, if the game supports Xbox Play Anywhere), you’ll need to go online and connect to Xbox Live to allow your local saved game to sync with the cloud again.

If you’re on a Windows 10 device, your cloud saves will automatically start uploading once you’re signed in and connected to Xbox Live. Game save sync is usually fast, but allow a couple of minutes before you try playing on another device.

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kinggavin
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#5352979 Posted on: 10/31/2016 09:04 AM

if you actually look at the steps you need to take to "prepare a game to play offline its very tedious microsoft google and the rest make money by harvest your data and selling it so they dont want you offline thus make it tedious so you cant be bothered windows 10 seems to me turn a pc into a console so all devices are equal but in the end win 10 could be the death of pc gaming because if u got no freedom to do what you want on a pc whats the point especially when you put lot more money into a pc than a console costs so you get that freedom

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#5353010 Posted on: 10/31/2016 11:12 AM

Jesus man, punctuation.

I think that it's nice that they're adding this functionality back so that we can play games like our ancestors did since the 50's.

Ugh. When did always online become a thing anyway?

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#5353033 Posted on: 10/31/2016 12:27 PM

nick0323
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#5353163 Posted on: 10/31/2016 05:21 PM

I don't understand why people whinge for offline gaming especially when you have to "download" the game any ways. Gosh it reminds me of the days when I'd have tens of folders in My Documents with different save games! But, nonetheless - good on MS for supporting this and pleasing the people who whine the most to make a company look bad.

PrMinisterGR
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#5353179 Posted on: 10/31/2016 05:56 PM

Jesus man, punctuation.

If he does that then the round-earthers win.

Joking aside, this seems like standard behavior that should have been there since day 1. Next step, resumable downloads and installation discovery like Origin and Steam. I hope it doesn't take them as long as this one.

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