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The first wave of free-to-play games have now gone live on Steam. Valve announced it is now offering support for such titles, including use of Steam’s micro-transaction backend system to handle in-game transactions. The system is already available to Steamworks partners and currently used in titles such as Team Fortress …
Read More »EA ‘begins pulling games from Steam’
Crysis 2 will likely become exclusive to publisherâ??s own rival service, Origin
Read More »EA: Origin and Steam aren’t rival services
New distribution platform doesnâ??t present an 'either/or choice', says DeMartini
Read More »EA blows of Steam with new digital PC service
Origin described as a 'direct-to-consumer gaming platform'; Mobile version also on the way
Read More »EA announces Steam rival
Publisher EA has today launched a direct rival to leading PC digital distribution portal Steam. Called Origin and described as "direct-to-consumer gaming platform", the etailer launches with over 150 titles to choose from. It will also be the only outlet from which certain limited editions of EA titles such as …
Read More »Team Fortress 3 could ‘help flaunt TF2 upgrades’
New project under new name could alert people of TF2â??s significant updates, dev says
Read More »Valve releases Portal 2 Authoring Tools
Free download of beta level editor kit available to PC game owners
Read More »Valve: We’ll ensure Steam doesn’t flood
But the firm says it won't tighten submission standards, and calls for more indies
Read More »Valve: Steam is good for retail
Jason Holtman, the chief of Valve’s digital distribution network Steam, has said that the success of the service is nothing but good news for retail. Last year MCV learnt that a number of key chains were considering a boycott of any Steam enabled games as they feared once purchased, the …
Read More »Steam dev revenue split ‘flexible but fair’
Valve explains its supple royalty system, and examines the platform's astounding growth
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