Nintendo kicks off 'Crowdfarter' promo for Game & Wario
Narco Terror announced from Deep Silver
Call of Duty: Ghosts teaser gives tenuous look at next-gen COD
OZombie will be Spicy Horse's take on Oz
Deadpool listed for Wii U on Amazon Canada
CastleStorm assaulting XBLA next week
Leisure Suit Larry HD delayed until late June
Rhode Island looking to sell Amalur intellectual property
Resident Evil: Revelations DLC coming throughout June
Seeing Red: A History of the Xbox 360's Red Ring of Death
EA's Steam Offerings Go International
by Chris Faylor, Dec 22, 2008 10:36am PSTThose "in most of Europe" can now purchase Electronic Arts-published games through Valve's online digital distribution platform Steam, the companies announced today.
After pursuing its own digital distribution scheme, EA finally hopped on the Steam bandwagon last Friday, offering a number of internally-developed PC games, including Need for Speed Undercover and Spore, to United States and Canadian residents.
According to Valve, Spore, Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Mass Effect, Need for Speed Undercover and FIFA Manager 2009 are now available for "most of Europe."
However, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is not yet available via Steam within Europe. The exclusion of Warhammer likely stems from GOA, which handled the game's European publishing. EA published WAR itself in North America.
In addition to today's offerings, EA and Valve will be adding more titles in the coming weeks, including Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Dead Space, and Mirror's Edge.
Comments
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.
Crazy price gouging going here of the european folks.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 20 replies.
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.
I might actually pick up Mass Effect now.
If - like me - you're not using Euros, you may want to calculate the price into local currency as the new pricing rivals (and in many cases exceeds) what you'd normally pay in your local shop.
There are postings on the Valve forums but they are now under Valve censorship:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/1e1us
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=770231
I have been waiting for Dead Space to come down to a more bearable $35 or $40 before picking it up from stores, but if I can get it from Steam with no additional DRM...hell I'll buy it at full price. It doesn't make any sense, but who says life has to make sense right?
You must be logged in to post.