EA games roll onto Steam
EA has accepted the warm embrace of Steam and will begin using the digital distribution service. Following reports that Spore was crawling out of the primordial ooze to Steam, Valve announced today that several of the latest EA titles are available now, with many more coming over the next couple weeks.
Available now:
Spore
Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Mass Effect
Need for Speed Undercover
EA Sports' FIFA Manager 2009
Coming Soon:
Mirror's Edge
Red Alert 3
Dead Space
Sister site Big Download contacted EA to find out if older PC games would become available, but the publisher wouldn't comment. Also, in case you're wondering, EA games on Steam apparently don't install or use third-party DRM set-ups. According to Valve "the only DRM it uses is Steam itself."
[Via Big Download]