The Steam Review

The Game Developers Conference is Steam’s E3 (or Leipzig if you want to be picky) and as usual there are several sessions relating to it scheduled, this year predominantly in the wider context of the indie-to-AAA development path.

Zeh Fernando’s Online Gaming Zeitgeist has posted a partial analysis of Valve’s Free Week/Weekend promotions, using DOD: Source’s player-count statistics as a sample.

The FiOS Grand Tournament is underway. What effect has its relationship with Steam had?

A summary of the ‘What’s Next in Digital Distribution and Mainstream Games’ panel at GDC has been posted by GamesIndustry.biz, passing on a message of reassurance for traditional publishers, retail chains, and others not yet involved in the practice.

Leaked resource files leave no doubt that a P2P distribution system is being added to Steam, and very little that it is related to the “distribution system…for free content” mentioned last September.

Steam’s run of smooth releases since Half-Life 2 came to and end tonight as confusion, invalidated content and slow downloads marred the release of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45.