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Region restrictions a selling point for Steam

November 6th, 2007 :: New Products, Valve :: 6 Responses (Feed)

Valve have begun to use region restriction as a front-line selling point for Steam when promoting it to publishers.

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Deals with the devil: publishers on Steam

October 9th, 2006 :: Features :: 9 Responses (Feed)

Long-term publisher contracts are expanding Steam’s library. But are they doing so at the expense of Valve’s integrity?

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PopCap deal brings Bejewelled and more

August 22nd, 2006 :: New Products :: 35 Responses (Feed)

PopCap and Valve have announced a distribution deal. But who will be buying into Steam’s new casual library come September?

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Rag Doll Kung Fu shipping to stores

June 21st, 2006 :: General :: 2 Responses (Feed)

Mark Healey’s Rag Doll Kung Fu will be available on North American store shelves from August, through ‘developer-friendly’ independent publisher Merscom.

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Midway acquire Unreal publishing rights

June 16th, 2006 :: General :: 9 Responses (Feed)

Midway have brought Epic Games’ back catalogue from Atari, ahead of the launch of the ailing publisher’s GamersFirst budget range.

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Atari’s back catalogue on Steam by June?

May 14th, 2006 :: New Products :: 39 Responses (Feed)

Struggling publisher Atari’s new ‘GamersFirst’ initiative seems set to push either a portion or all of their extensive PC back catalogue onto Steam as part of a new budget range.

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