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Read More »Steam membership up 25%
25m members now signed up to leading digital distribution network
Read More »Steam membership jumps 25% in 09
Valve’s popular digital distribution network Steam now has over 25m members, the Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead developer and thriving distribution platform owner has revealed. Member numbers surged 25 per cent in 2009. Of the registered members, 10m are described as having profiles in the Steam Community. The peak …
Read More »Steam sells all THQ games for £26
Steam is offering its users the chance to buy every THQ title currently on the service for 26. The deal, spotted by Rock Paper Shotgun, is one of many seasonal deals the digital distributor is running in the build-up to Christmas. The pack includes all games, sequels and expansions from …
Read More »Steam holds 70% of digital distribution
Steam is estimated to control around 70 per cent of the overall game downloads space. That’s according to rival Stardock, which runs its own digital distribution service Impulse. The company claims to be in second place behind Valve in the market, reports Gamasutra. Our estimation is that Steam – as …
Read More »Direct2Drive calls Steam ‘Trojan Horse’
Digital distribution firm refuses to stock Modern Warfare 2
Read More »Digital distributors boycott MW2
IGN-owned digital games firm Direct2Drive is refusing to sell Modern Warfare 2 on PC because of its integration with Valve’s Steamworks. All PC copies of Modern Warfare 2 will come with Steamworks, not just the ones sold on Steam, and will benefit from Steamwork’s variety of features, including community integration, …
Read More »Pitchford attacks Valveâ??s â??fanboyâ?? PS3 neglect
Valveâ??s public distancing from Sony hardware is branded foolish
Read More »Direct2Drive calls for digital chart
Leading downloads provider Direct2Drive is keen to see the formation of a digital games chart, despite resistance to the prospect from competitors including Steam. In an exclusive interview with MCV, Rich Keen – marketing director of IGN-owned Direct2Drive – said that a chart would make the digital market appear more …
Read More »Steam branded â??exploitative money grabâ??
Steam holds a â??horrid conflict of interestsâ?, says Gearbox CEO
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