EA and Valve Partnership
EA and Valve are joining forces to bring EA Access and EA games to the Steam platform.
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News EA Games returns to Steam with 1st wave of titles, EA Access coming later in Summer 2020
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I could do without using Origin and EA using something that's useful like Steamworks but if Rockstar and Ubisoft can do it, I guess EA says "why not us"??
Still, EA definitely going for more player rentention and thinking long term than putting a quick and dirty bandage on things.
Still, EA definitely going for more player rentention and thinking long term than putting a quick and dirty bandage on things.
Hmmm... Nice? I'll probably like some of the games that have been missing but honestly I've followed even Ubi's releases much closer than EA's since Origin exclusivity started.
Most of EA's recent games aren't for me anymore. But i'll be happy to (re)buy some of their older games like The Saboteur, and EA originals like FE and Unraveled.
Anyway this is great news, more games being sold in multiple storefronts is exactly what pc gaming needs! I'm also happy that EA is joining Microsoft and Bethesda in removing store exclusivity from pc gaming, despite Epic trying to push it.
Edit: it seems we still need Origin installed. From the Fallen Order Steam page: EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required. That sucks.
Anyway this is great news, more games being sold in multiple storefronts is exactly what pc gaming needs! I'm also happy that EA is joining Microsoft and Bethesda in removing store exclusivity from pc gaming, despite Epic trying to push it.
Edit: it seems we still need Origin installed. From the Fallen Order Steam page: EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required. That sucks.
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How poetic:
-Monday: got my Shenmue 3 refund, which I requested thanks to Epic's last minute exclusivity deal;
-Tuesday: I'll take some of that money, and pre-order the title that marks EA's return to Steam.
Excellent. PC gaming becoming unified again is great news for everyone involved. Well, except one particular individual.
Everything was on Steam, even their gaas and multiplayer things...hugely huge move!!
I believe we all said that All Roads Lead Back to Steam...
The effect for me is limited because as expected The Fallen Order has terrible regional pricing over here (Origin already had full support for Brazil), but this is still huge news.
We were hoping for the older games, but instead the plan is to bring almost everything of note, including Origin Access and F2P titles. That fact that Steam is starting to work with subscription services is also very big.
And yes, knowing that some people at Epic are probably not that happy with this is a great bonus - though I expect the reaction to be even more aggressive ($$$) with exclusives.
We were hoping for the older games, but instead the plan is to bring almost everything of note, including Origin Access and F2P titles. That fact that Steam is starting to work with subscription services is also very big.
And yes, knowing that some people at Epic are probably not that happy with this is a great bonus
- though I expect the reaction to be even more aggressive ($$$) with exclusives.
This is bigger than expected. New games AND EA Access.
Urgh that Mike Rose guy, seriously just cos you cheerlewd for Epic and they money hat doesn't mean Steam money hats too. Infact I can't think of a single reason why steam would moneyhat EA, it's been what ? 8 years since EA was on steam. A more logical conclusion is that EA has been struggling to get PC gamers to buy their shite so they have gone back to where the audience is.
Now there may have been some negotiation on percentage taken by valve but I imagine that is the case with most big publishers. But seriously this Mike guy with the "nuh huh Valve must have paid" bull.
Now there may have been some negotiation on percentage taken by valve but I imagine that is the case with most big publishers. But seriously this Mike guy with the "nuh huh Valve must have paid" bull.
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Just block him, so you don't have to read his crap.
I'm not sure I understand why a nobody, who took some numbers and predictions out of his ass, is now suddenly someone who's opinion is supposed to mean something, as if he's some sort of expert.
i never said it's absolutely impossible ... just unlikely
i was expecting them to dip their toe ... not dive headfirst
I guess I’ll preorder Star Wars now. I really hate spreading my games across so many platforms on m fucking PC, so this is the chance.
Also, I wonder when will Ubi stop being a cunt and return to Steam.
Also, I wonder when will Ubi stop being a cunt and return to Steam.
They better, UbiIn March.
maybe
It kinda sucks that Star Wars doesnt have regional pricing tho
They were about a day too late since I already subbed to Origin Premier to play Fallen Order, but I will definitely consider buying the game on sale in the future.
Good news for future games, and I will definitely be migrating my Apex Legends stuff over to Steam and using that for easy updates.
Good news for future games, and I will definitely be migrating my Apex Legends stuff over to Steam and using that for easy updates.
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name of the vid in the tweet :-D
name of the vid in the tweet :-D
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From an EA employee on Reddit:
He was replying to this:
So maybe they'll not require an installation of Origin in the future and maybe a login within the game or something.
Also, there is an article with EA's SVP:
EA returns to Steam
Electronic Arts is coming back to Steam, the publisher announced today. Technically, it never really left, but after it…
www.gamesindustry.biz
2019 is weird af.
Also, there are some salty replies in that reddit thread.
He's probably pulling as many strings as he can to get Kojima on the horn and licking down that Death Stranding exclusive.
I think Kojjma won't play ball to be honest. I believe Death Stranding will launch on Steam.
I also think Death Stranding is going to launch on Steam.
Oh, I think so too. It'd look pretty bad for it to end up going EGS exclusive right now, tbh. But I don't think that'd stop Sweeny from trying.
Well, these are multibillion companies, Epic can't moneyhat a big company like Microsoft, EA or even Bethesda enough to matter to them.
But Kojima Productions is a different matter. And I doubt Kojima is even very in the know about the gamer's POV of what these things even do...
More like Yu Suzuki/Shenmue 3 than EA I think. I mean, 505 Games got the publishing rights for PC, hardly a great big publisher behemoth. We'll see.
But Kojima Productions is a different matter. And I doubt Kojima is even very in the know about the gamer's POV of what these things even do...
More like Yu Suzuki/Shenmue 3 than EA I think. I mean, 505 Games got the publishing rights for PC, hardly a great big publisher behemoth. We'll see.
Not gonna lie, what I saw and read about the game in the last couple of weeks intrigued me. This and the dev reddit comment made me preorder the game, on Steam. Worst case scenario: I won't like what I see in the first two hours and I'll get my money back.
It looks like a competent game but I think Respawn would have been better served making a Mandalorian tie in FPS game, basically Titanfall 2 in Star Wars lore.
I'm waiting for a long time for a worthy Jedi Knight successor. I'm happy about it being Lightsaber focused tbh. I'm even more happy about it not being a button smasher and about a bit more tactical combat (hopefully).
About the mandalorian: The newest Trailer looked okay, not bad, not great. Hard to judge the show on that tbh, but after "Solo" and "Rogue One" I'm rather sceptical about SW Spinn Offs.
Another problem is: Disney+ isn't starting world wide. I believe it's just the U.S., Canada, Netherlands, GB, Australia & New Zealand. The rest of the world would have a tie in to a show that nobody is able to watch. Maybe not the best idea.
Hey, dumbass, not you, lash you already get a percentage cut if your games perform well. Needless to say, EA games probably perform well ... just maybe.
IIRC, DLC caused the entire fallout to happen in the first place. So maybe Valve just decided to apply that to DLC too and that satisfied EA enough to come back?
Just talking based on the studio's expertise being FPS and while this game looks alright it doesn't look exceptional in its melee combat or anything either.
Mandalorian based just to be current and boost sales, I dunno about the quality of the series. Otherwise it could have been its own thing like Dark Forces 1.
EA and Valve's partnership includes connecting Steam and Origin friend lists
EA is once again selling its games through Steam, and it'll offer its EA Access games subscription service through Valve's platform as well. The partnership starts next month with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and multiplayer games such as Apex Legends and FIFA 20 are on the way to Steam too...
www.engadget.com
Valve paying for games would be pretty big change, because GabeN has been adamant before that they won't moneyhat or fund exclusives (with SteamVR at least)
I highly doubt any money changed hands over this, though I would not be surprised if adjustments to the 30/70 cut weren't made. Perhaps EA gets 20% right off the bat? I mean, it's almost guaranteed most of their games would meet the threshold anyway, why beat around the bush? Also, I think this has a LOT more to do with Destiny 2's success on Steam than anything else. According to their investor's call, they'll be pushing Apex Legends hard going forward. And I'm not exactly sure they'd want it sitting alongside its biggest competitor on the EGS.
This is huge to me. I have been slowly transitioning over to Proton/Linux over the past 3 or 4 months, and the biggest pain in the ass I have with this is my Origin account. It is always screwed up. I want Titanfall 2 especially to work, but it seems it only does with a cracked copy and I prefer to avoid that most of the time. Obviously nobody at Valve is going to work to make Proton work nicely with Origin .... except, now they will when it shows up on Steam. Looking forward to it.
(proton is amazing btw)
(Also hilarious is Valve's quiet "this is how you do exclusives" response.)
(proton is amazing btw)
(Also hilarious is Valve's quiet "this is how you do exclusives" response.)
It would be glorious, and I imagine that Respawn it's a really interesting partner for valve with all their knowledge with the engine
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Steampages:
Electronic Arts Launches 25+ Games on Steam Starting Today
EA Access Subscription Service Arrives for Steam Players Later this Summer Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) launched the first wave of 25+ EA games on Steam, with more on the way. Starting today, players can explore BioWares award-winning Role-Playing Games - Dragon Age : Inquisition...
Today, Electronic Arts Inc. launched the first wave of 25+ EA games on Steam, with more on the way.
Starting today, players can explore BioWare™’s award-winning Role-Playing Games - Dragon Age™: Inquisitionand Dragon Age II, experience high-speed, white-knuckle driving action in Need for Speed™Heat, Need for Speed: Rivalsand Need for Speed (2016)and battle it out in the wacky, fun and over-the-top shooter, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™. A selection of the bold and innovative games from EA’s indie development partners like Unravel, Unravel II, Fe and Sea of Solitude will also become available. Additionally, these games and many others will be available as part of an EA Access subscription on Steam that will launch to players later this summer.
“We want to make it easy to play the games you love, wherever you want to play. Delivering games to the Steam community is an important step in achieving this goal,” said Mike Blank, SVP, Strategic Growth. “Not only are we excited to have our games on Steam, but we look forward to bringing them even more value when our subscription becomes available in the Summer.”
New EA games developed for PC will also launch on Steam alongside other platforms, including the Command & Conquer™Remastered Collectionwhich launches tomorrow, providing mod support with the Steam Workshop as this game is one of the first major RTS franchises to open source their source code under the GPL. The compilation, which was made for and with the help of the community, is comprised of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, Command & Conquer: Red their three expansion packs - Covert Ops, Counterstrikeand The Aftermath.
Steampages:
- Burnout Paradise Remastered – $4.99 (normally $19.99)
- Crysis 3 – $9.89 (normally $29.99)
- Dragon Age II – $12.49 (normally $24.99)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – $19.99 (normally $39.99)
- Fe – $9.99 (normally $19.99)
- Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst – $9.99 (normally $19.99)
- Need for Speed Rivals – $9.99 (normally $19.99)
- Need for Speed – $9.89 (normally $29.99)
- Need for Speed Heat – $27.99 (nromally $69.99)
- Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville – $19.99 (normally $49.99)
- Sea of Solitude – $9.99 (normally $19.99)
- Unravel – $9.99 (normally $19.99)
- Unravel Two – $9.99 (normally $19.99)
The bad guy in Inquisition main game was introduced in DA2's DLC "Legacy" and two of Inquisition's companions are from the second game: Varric and Cassandra (Varric is actually a companion in 2 as well, so he has more story).
Oh, and there's a cameo from Hawke in Inquisition.
Is it worth playing without 2? I don't know, but I guess so? A lot of people did.
Personally I found Inquisition to be the weakest Dragon Age game. The main story is boring, the gameplay is a lite-MMORPG with a terrible camera and it's full of fetch quests. The companions are good at least.
Dragon Age 2 has you exploring different iterations of the same cavern / dungeon / city street, but I didn't find it boring. It's possibly my favourite Dragon Age game.
Yeah, people shit on Dragon Age 2 all the time, but I find the game deserves a better reception. Origins is still my favorite Dragon Age though.