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NCsoft Joins Steam, Brings City of Heroes and More

by Chris Faylor, Apr 22, 2009 9:11am PDT

Related Topics – City of Heroes, Steam, PC, NCSoft

Expanding Steam's catalog of massively multiplayer online games, publisher NCsoft has announced that its various MMOs will soon hit Valve's digital distribution platform.

NCsoft's City of Heroes, Guild Wars and Lineage series are now available through Steam, with NCsoft's next MMO, Aion: The Tower of Eternity, due on it this fall.

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"NCsoft is a clear leader in the MMO industry, and we believe our player community will be very excited to have access to the diverse catalog NCsoft has to offer our members," said Valve business development director Jason Holtman.

In celebration, various "special offers" on NCsoft-published titles are said to be hitting Steam across the coming weeks.

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I always loved the simplicity of the Guild Wars system. One executable, one data file, no install, online activation/login, in-game patching.

That's the way it should be.

Apr 22, 2009 10:37am PDT

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I always loved the simplicity of the Guild Wars system. One executable, one data file, no install, onlin... : jake
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Cool. Steam just keeps getting better and better. Soon, we will be buying our SteamPCs, drinking out of our Steam Coffee mugs, going to work at our SteamPowered jobs, and going home and watching the Steam Late Show, with Gabe Newell

Not that that's a bad future :D

Apr 22, 2009 11:19am PDT

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Cool. Steam just keeps getting better and better. Soon, we will be buying our SteamPCs, drinking out of... : Kylegar
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  I would kill to see The Steam Late Show with Gabe Newell : Durajim
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    "It's The Tonight Show with Gabe Newell" has a nice ring to it. : emazingek
    - More like the Tomorrow Night Show with A Different Valve Employee Every Time amirite. [ / ] Topic's Ob... : AlexW1203

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sweet i can buy a bunch of shitty MMOs

Apr 22, 2009 6:21pm PDT

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sweet i can buy a bunch of shitty MMOs : feek
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- Guild Wars isn't too bad is it? : MeestaNob

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the guild wars online system is far, far better than steam. so this isn't an advantage for guild wars.

Apr 22, 2009 10:22am PDT

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the guild wars online system is far, far better than steam. so this isn't an advantage for guild wars. : Luminair
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  Yeah, alright kid, don't kid yourself. The Guild Wars online system is complete crap, their servers a... : ReckHavoc
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    do you think ncsoft is selling on steam to use their download service, or to use their store front? : Luminair
    - store front : Sylvanus
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    I've never had a problem. I've been with 'em since launch. : Sylvanus
    - I can remember that the servers were down a couple hours once in the like 2 years I played. This system i... : razorblade79

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Did anyone else notice this?

"NCsoft is a clear leader in the MMO industry, and we believe our player community will be very excited to have access to the diverse catalog NCsoft has to offer our members," said Valve business development director Jason Holtman.

Is that true? I honestly assumed Blizzard was #1 and I still think that...anyone know?

Apr 22, 2009 10:02am PDT

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Did anyone else notice this? "NCsoft is a clear leader in the MMO industry, and we believe our player ... : SlingBlaze
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  I'm referring to this part "NCsoft is a clear leader in the MMO industry" : SlingBlaze
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    The key part you're not focusing on is "a" as one of the clear leaders not "the" clear leader. : Jonathan
    - Damn you. : Moonbase Commander
    - Thanks. That definitely does clear it up. (i should learn to read small words) : SlingBlaze
- A clear leader vs. The clear leader. : Moonbase Commander
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  Yes, it's true. Guild Wars, City of Heroes/Villians, and Lineage II. All extremely popular MMOs. Oth... : IndigoAK
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    I don't think you compete with wow. More like there's Wow and every other MMO out there. : TheGamer11
    - wrong. : Jinxplayer
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      If you think WOW is better than any other MMO you are very wrong my friend. : rock42
      
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      Please tell, what is better than WoW? : Don Soleone
      
      Guild Wars : Wilhuf
- Leader in what? It's a very open statement. # of current players? Revenue? # of new titles? Genres? : jake

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Hopefully we can import Guild wars keys over

Apr 22, 2009 9:50am PDT

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Hopefully we can import Guild wars keys over : jonin
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  your key is locked into your guild wars account, effectively destroyed afterwards. it will be the same w... : Luminair
  - You can launch it from steam. It acts normally. Also, I believe newegg is having a sale of sorts. Chec... : Sylvanus
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  seriously how is guild wars on steam an improvement? this game is already a digital download and has alwa... : razorblade79
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    I'd assume the 9 million or so active user base is a bit of a factor. Besides, this isn't a relaunch. ... : Kylegar
    - it makes sense given that they will gain some additional pr. I didn't know the downloading with games of ... : razorblade79
  - I never claimed it would be "better" but just nice to have it all in one place. : jonin

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This is AWESOME! What'd be better is if existing Guild Wars keys could be imported.

I re-upped for City of Heroes with the Architect edition. It's well worth playing.

Glad to see NCSoft is finally getting with the program.

Apr 22, 2009 9:27am PDT

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This is AWESOME! What'd be better is if existing Guild Wars keys could be imported. I re-upped for Ci... : Sylvanus
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  Come to think of it, this could be huge for Dungeon Runners. Could have helped Tabula Rasa as well. : Sylvanus
  - Nothing could have helped TR. The market is over-saturated enough with good/cutting edge MMOs. An unpol... : Jinxplayer
- If they integrate GW keys into steam I would be a very happy panda. : rock42

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I was just thinking last week as I played the demo that CoH should be on Steam.

Apr 22, 2009 9:28am PDT

I was just thinking last week as I played the demo that CoH should be on Steam. : Smurfy12

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meh

Apr 22, 2009 9:20am PDT

meh : kn1fe

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Retailer, Chris!

Apr 22, 2009 9:13am PDT

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Retailer, Chris! : Rice-Rocketeer
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- Thank you, very kind sir. : Chris Faylor

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