{"id":29839,"date":"2023-06-02T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/a-review-of-every-major-desktop-launcher-for-pc-games\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:00:14","slug":"a-review-of-every-major-desktop-launcher-for-pc-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/a-review-of-every-major-desktop-launcher-for-pc-games\/","title":{"rendered":"A Review Of Every Major Desktop Launcher For PC Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Over the last decade many of the biggest video game publishers (and some smaller ones too!) have decided that we can\u2019t just launch our PC games straight from Steam or the desktop. Instead, we need to fire up their own desktop app first and <em>then <\/em>start our games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/desktop-launcher-pc-review-ea-battle-net-ubisoft-app-1850489703\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last decade many of the biggest video game publishers (and some smaller ones too!) have decided that we can\u2019t just launch our PC games straight from Steam or the desktop. Instead, we need to fire up their own desktop app first and then start our games. 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