Flight jockeys, military tacticians and animal lovers can rejoice this holiday season; Microsoft® Games for Windows® has something for everyone. Carrying the Games for Windows branding bar, new titles available today include the highly anticipated “Flight Simulator X,” and extremely popular expansion packs “Age of Empires® III: The WarChiefs,” and “Zoo Tycoon® 2: Marine Mania®.” Also available today is the “Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection,” which includes the original “Zoo Tycoon 2” and two expansion packs.

Other recent Games for Windows releases sure to be on the top of many holiday lists are the epic World War II strategy game “Company of Heroes” and the family-friendly “LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy.” Each of these games will also carry the new Games for Windows branding bar, which ensures that the game has met a set of technical guidelines that give consumers a consistent, reliable gaming experience on Windows XP and the forthcoming Windows Vista™ operating systems. The guidelines help ease game installation, increase reliability and add support for key Windows Vista features, such as the Games Explorer and Parental Controls.