EA’s PC Games Hit Steam
by Bradley Wint on December 21st, 2008 at 2:41 pm EDT - 220 views
Electronic Arts (EA) has partnered with Valve to make some of their more recent titles available via the popular game purchasing client, Steam. Some of the first games being made available are Spore, Need for Speed Undercover, Mass Effect, EA Sports FIFA Manager 2009 and much more. The partnership between the two companies will now allow for people anywhere in the globe to purchase PC titles via the Steam client.
“We are pleased to extend our holiday titles to gamers worldwide via Steam — a revolutionary technology that is one of the game industry’s most successful digital distribution services,” – EA COO, John Pleasants
Steam has been a popular tool for other companies to distribute their games, including some top names such as Activisio, SimBin, Atari and others. Check out the Steam website for more details.
Source: Gamesutra
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Nathaniel Ed - posted on December 21st, 2008 at 6:22 PM MST - Link
Steam is pretty convienient, and it’s becoming more and more popular as time goes on.
I’m fairly impressed by it. You can buy games with a credit card and play them without all the wait you’d need to go through if you bought them and needed them shipped to you.
