Steam Adds Third-Party Game Mods, Red Orchestra Selling for $5
Available now, the first Red Orchestra mod on Steam is Mare Nostrum, which brings three nationalities to the game along with 8 new maps, 8 weapons, and 10 vehicles.
In celebration, Tripwire has dropped the price of Red Orchestra to $4.99, a 75% price reduction that will run until the end of the weekend.
Upon purchasing Red Orchestra, any compatible mods will be listed under the "Not Installed" portion of Steam's "My Games" section. As with the previous batch of mods, the community-made Red Orchestra add-ons will be automatically updated by Steam, just like any other game on the digital distribution platform.
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replyWow, steam could really distance itself from all other download services, if they open up mods for all games that support them. Not only is there an obvious 'more value' look, but the mods show up in your gameslist, once you purchase the original, making it real easy for exposure.
I like the fact that Valve runs steam. They know what gamers want, unlike giant corporations that are so disconnected and only think about money. (Hi EA!)-
Yes, it's very cool. The games it has on there would allow for most of the popular modded games out there (except WC3). We have the UT franchise, the Quake franchise, Crysis, Half-Life series, Civilization, etc. That's just scratching the surface. We could see dozens of really amazing mods on Steam if Valve is up to the task.
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