EA games coming to Steam

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EA games coming to Steam

#1 Posted by deaux (233 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

EA will distribute a bunch of their top games through Steam, Destructoid has confirmed . I think this is great news, as it means not having to use EA's terrible download service to get their games digitally.

#2 Posted by Gizmo (5382 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Can't wait to download Dead Space 2,3,4,5 and the sixth, made by a developer everybody loves to hate.

#3 Posted by Megalon (1391 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Sweet, it's about damn time.

#4 Posted by Systech (4076 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

In this economy, Steam wins by default.

#5 Posted by pause422 (6068 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Really good idea on their part. I hope they eventually put every one of their big games on Steam and don't leave any off, also maybe shutdown their own terrible store.

#6 Posted by Kloreep (139 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

It seems Mass Effect has no SecuROM, only Steam's own DRM.

Anyone know if this holds true for the other EA games on Steam?

#7 Edited by KEITH1437 (275 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

I believe Spore's DRM is gone as well. It now uses Steams DRM.

#8 Posted by Yit (766 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Finally came to their senses.

#9 Posted by DXSSI (266 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Sweet. I've still never played Spore, and I really wanted to. Wouldn't buy it on principle, wouldn't pirate it on principle, and didn't dare try the demo lest it turned out to be enjoyable thereby weakening my resolve.

#10 Posted by deaux (233 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

DXSSI: This is good news for everyone, but you seem uniquely positioned to be glad.

#11 Posted by pause422 (6068 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Yea this is really great news. I just bought Mass Effect and Spore both :)

#12 Posted by Lunarbunny (1025 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Dammit, I had insider information and I didn't even know it. I talked in person to Steve McClure last Saturday night and he said that EA was distributing on Steam like it was past tense...I hadn't checked but I thought they already were, so I didn't go hog wild over posting it. I do know something else cool, but he asked me not to spill anything about it.

Also, Steve is a cool person.

#13 Posted by desoda (65 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Hm. Too bad Steam's prices just went up ~20% for us in Europeland.

#14 Posted by Geno (6479 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Epic win, pretty much the only criticism to Steam before was that it was missing EA's vast library, now that complaint is annulled and Steam's hawtness may proceed to rule.

#15 Posted by lionheart62 (4 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Sweet, not theyll make an EA Game pack with like $300 of games for $100 :)

#16 Posted by PapaLazarou (702 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

No EU = major bummer for me I was going to buy Mass effect and The Witcher today on Steam but NA only :(

#17 Posted by DavidPalmer (343 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Finally trying to tap into that huge market for digitally distributed games. It's a good move on their part and a really interesting one too, eventually Steam is going ot be THE way to get games digitally. Heck, it pretty much is the standard now.

#18 Posted by Scorched (689 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

very excited about this

#19 Posted by Sparky_Buzzsaw (4922 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

I'm stoked! If EA dips into their vast library, I'd jump for a chance to play Syndicate or a bajillion other games.

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#20 Posted by Stevokenevo (572 posts) - 4 years, 5 months ago

Anyone got any idea when this comes to the EU and/or UK? I want me some spore and mass effect without getting out of this chair.

#21 Posted by jonnyboy (2912 posts) - 3 years, 11 months ago

Great I guess. I stopped buying stuff on Steam when they started charging me in GBP (pounds stirling). When I was paying in Dollars I was saving a packet, so spent more! Even after VAT was added, it was a steal. Not any more.

Still Waaaaaaaaaay better than that stupid EA Download Manager crap.

#22 Posted by Yukoei (1878 posts) - 3 years, 4 months ago

O RLY?

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