Eidos is Cooking with Steam
By UgLyPuNk - Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:01am
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The latest publisher to jump on the Steam train is Eidos with many of the Hitman titles, Battlestations: Midway, Just Cause, and the entire Commandos series going live on steam today. However for Eidos, this is just the beginning with many other titles being announced in the coming weeks.
"Eidos is delighted to add Steam to our extensive digital distribution network. Steam represents an opportunity to distribute our games electronically to millions of gamers around the world," said Tom Marx, Senior Business Development Manager: New Media at Eidos. "It also provides us a direct connection to these extremely active PC influencers who frequent Steam as a source for new content and information. As a result of being a spotlight feature on Steam this year, we expect to see sales of Tomb Raider: Anniversary benefit across all channels."
The first agreement included complete franchise sets of classics such as Tomb Raider, Commandos, and many of the Hitman titles. In addition, Eidos will bring some of the most highly anticipated releases to Steam, including Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Championship Manager 2007, and more.
"For over 10 years, Eidos has been a leading publisher on every major gaming platform," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "Offering legendary action franchises in complete sets and working with Eidos to deliver new releases is a great step forward in our efforts to expand Steam's offerings, and to do so in ways that provide highest value to customers."
Steam is already the distribution network for all Valve games as well as many Activision games including Call of Duty, and many smaller and independent games like Darwinia, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 and DEFCON. With products like Steam and EALink I wonder how much longer we will be buying games in the shops.
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