The Steam Review

Psychonauts is coming to Steam this month. What of developers Double Fine?

Has Warren Spector’s Junction Point Studios been forced to back down from digital distribution? GameSpot’s report from the little-publicised Austin Games Conference suggests so, and my enquiries have been met with silence. Expect the worst.

The first Steam Podcast was released today. While it concerns the wider Steam community more than it does Steam itself, some company is welcome all the same!

New purchase methods are being added to Steam over the next few weeks, demolishing its reliance on credit cards.

Gamesindustry.biz have posted an interview with Mark Morris, director of Introversion Software, developers of Darwinia and Defcon, which spends a significant portion of its time covering the indie developers’ relationship with Steam, and their thoughts on digital distribution in general.

Virgin Games is set to see the launch of a proprietary digital distribution service next year, delivering a range of titles through an ephemeral streaming system.