Cool, I wonder if I can register my Crysis CD key with steam so I dont have to keep looking for it.

Altima NEO

This is awesome. Thank you valve <3

Solid_hedgehog

I am just hoping that the price of Crysis will be reduced now that warhead is coming out, or a reasonably priced bundle pack with both of them.

CyberG4

I just hope this game doesn't require the high specs like the original Crysis did

caffolote

@PixelRambo: Awesome thing about EA Download Manager: it only plays games in 32-bit mode, regardless of whether you installed the 64-bit version and run a 64-bit OS. Good times!

Toasticus

@akwinters:

Amen. All my games I've bought this year have been from steam. Mostly because I trust Valve to be fair to their customers...I don't trust greedy EA who doesn't care if you can't play your game a few years from now.

Also, the SiN game on Steam is the only other game that is tagged EA.

Solid_hedgehog

Epic news. Damn that it didn't happen earlier because I bought a digital copy of Crysis that uses EA download manager to start. Grrr!

skadebo

@akwinters: It's kinda surprising an EA game is coming out on Steam since they already have a shitty Steam clone called EA download manager.
Only thing I can guess at is that Crytek kept the digital distributions right to the game while EA got the retail distribution rights.

PixelRambo

woot warhead preordered.

EA is trying to push their own store where you have to pay a premium to redownload YOUR games YOU purchased after 6 MONTHS.

it's Bullshit, but hey, when you own.. what is it? 50% or more of the games that come out you can pretty much do whatever the hell you want.

relax_guy

It would be nice of more EA games came to Steam. We wouldn't have this issue of Spore's shitty DRM if that game were on the service.

Alas, it's probably Steam's rather fair DRM which has scared EA away from the service.

akwinters

@Roto13:

It allows you to download most of the game before the release. Then on the release date you can download the remainder of the game and play it, which is more convenient then only being allowed to download the game at all after the release.

TheHeeyyy

Why would you "pre-purchase" something that's not going to run out?

Roto13

@CyberG4: Both are bundled on Steam for 69.98 I think.

Fadakar

Cool. I might pick up the original when it drops. Hopefully by now they've fixed whatever issues were responsible for the game always hanging during the parachute drop on the demo in Vista x64.

Toasticus

@caffolote:

The game's engine has been further optimized, so not-only does it look better than Crysis it also performs better too.

At a price of $30, I must admit Crysis Warhead looks very tempting. Still, I'll wait until the reviews of Far Cry 2 come-out before deciding.

TheHeeyyy

WEIRD! I am actually going to drop a load of cash on a new comp today...but not the crysis branded one...An even better one. And not 7 hundy. More like 13 or 14 hundy. AND I was planning on picking up crysis as a system tester, but now I can just buy it on Steam.

anmkevin

Go Steam

Sentouki

Farcry 2 looks ugly compared to Crysis Warhead

Fryfat2

Steam's DRM is awesome! "Look, you can download it as many times as you want, but you have to be logged into our service to play, which is now like XBox Live without the $50 a year. Deal?"
Hell, yes, we have a deal! You don't even have to go through an install page; you just double-click, press a button, and it downloads and installs in the background!

DukeOfPwn

@DukeOfPwn: I'm not sure if they've changes this, but Steam's DRM usually exists IN ADDITION to the publisher's DRM.

Bioshock over Steam had both the Steam DRM AND SecuROM. Which means that idiotic install limits were imposed even if you bought the electronic copy, and the SecuROM rootkit was installed, preventing you from ligitimate software like Process Explorer.

Like I said, this was back during the BioShock release. I don't know if they're still doing that.

TetraNitroCubane

@crazyscreenwriter: Dude, you might be dead in 25 years. Yeah.

Anyway, if something bad ever happens to Steam or Valve, they've said you own the games...you paid for them, so if Steam goes down, they'll make sure you own your games.

You can put the game files on a CD or DVD at any time...so it's simply a matter of unlocking the files if Steam were to disappear (which it's not).

BenKenobi88

Pre-Purchase does not mean "Available"

heretrix

But...what's warhead about?

rdj

@crazyscreenwriter: This is going to be one hell of a pre-order then.

Toasticus

@crazyscreenwriter:

Who knows.

And besides, you won't be able to play it 25 years from now anyway, new operating systems can somtimes drown out old games.

Solid_hedgehog

Too bad STEAM won't exist until 25 years from now.

crazyscreenwriter

It depends on the game...Bioshock was a bad case, most games aren't that bad in the first place.

I know a lot of digital downloads have different protection than their retail versions, and it's usually better to use Steam.

Especially for the auto-updates.

BenKenobi88

IS there going to be any DRM on top of Steam? For instance, Bioshock on Steam still has SecuROM. I don't buy any games--nor do I pirate them--that incluse SecuROM. Let me miss out on a couple games, but I'd rather not play a game, than have that crap on my system.

ramenite

@belo: He's wondering if SecuROM will be installed in addition to that, like it was with BioShock. In other words, will there be EA DRM on top of Valve DRM?

TetraNitroCubane

Miiiight have to get this. I enjoyed Crysis.

@ramenite: If you buy it from Steam you can't play it without connecting to Steam in most cases. It'll be tied to your Steam account.

belo

@akwinters: I did not know that.

Roto13

Isn't $60 for both games a bit... expensive?

Dave Silva

I know this is only an EA partners game, but I hope more EA titles start to show up in Steam.

hagridore

@Dave Silva: My steam says $80 which means $50 for original crysis. Thats a ripoff.

Hdfisise

Two year old Xbox/PS3 games still sell for $69.99

Crysis isn't even one year old. $70 for both is pretty good.

arcum

You don't need such high specs to run Crysis Warhead as according to IGN review, it will look better and run better than the original Crysis:
I played Warhead on a high-end machine with a quad core CPU and the latest Nvidia graphics card at high resolution (1680x1050) with all the details set to Enthusiast, which is essentially very high. It looked cutting edge and the frame rate was solid. Next, I checked the game on a slightly older PC with a two-year old 8800GTS and I was still able to crank it to Enthusiast settings and the same resolution and get solid results. Finally, I checked it out on the "$700 PC" that Crytek and EA have been touting. It really is a $700 machine built on the latest mainstream parts (the video card is a 9800GT), and I was able to play the final boss battle at the same resolution and at Enthusiast settings and get solid frame rates. I also tried it the Gamer setting, which is essentially high, and the frame rate was buttery smooth. You do lose some visual quality stepping down from Enthusiast, but even at Gamer Warhead still looks better than almost every game out there.

I guess you only need the old 8800GTS G80, a dual core CPU and 2GB of RAM and you're good to go.

iTravis

Crytek just realized how to win. Respect.

lumpi

@Hdfisise:
Fail! Is $70 for the Crysis complete pack, which means is $40 for the original Crysis

SatanicBoomBoomHead

I am so amped for this game. I still can't believe it's just days away. I really hope Kotaku does an in depth review of Warhead, as that would be epic.

homernoy

"So if you drop 7 hundy on your Crysis-branded PC rig but don't want to shell out or drive to the store for a retail copy of its namesake, there you go."

A pretty misinformed statement if you ask me. The point of steam is hassle free gaming and the community which is why I buy games on steam almost exclusively. They have automatic updates, supportive forums, a place to backup my saves, and an overlay that lets my friends know what i'm playing and let's me know what my friends are playing.

PATSCRU

More steam news:
*you can buy a game called Gumboy and Gumboy Tournoment for 5 bucks all weekend. While it would normaly not be worth the 30 USD it usually costs, it's not bad for 5 bucks.

*Pre-order multiwinia (20 bucks) and get darwinia (normally 20 bucks) free!!! That's basically buy one get one free prices!! Why haven't you guys done it yet?

Akin

Crysis is showing up in my Steam as $59.99. Is it the same for everyone else? Is it just because I live in Japan that Crytek decided to screw me over? At this rate, it's probably just cheaper to buy Warhead for $30, if it's standalone.

rcomegys

Damn it, I should have waited for the O.G. Crysis, oh well at least I didn't run and get Warhead, I'll get that on Steam when it gets there.

artofwar420

So a game being published by EA is being brought to steam, rather than using DRM SecuROM? lets hope EA sees how much better it is so they can avoid another Spore+Amazon attack(especially for RA3).

Vorbix

$24.99 for crysis and $59.99 for me in dutchville europe, totally acceptable if you ask me.

Props to Steam for having these 2 awesome games, but does anyone know for certain if this will contain any of EA's infamous DRM?

Sorry if this is a stupid question... but i'd rather know for sure then bite the bullet AGAIN

Zaerus

Though it's quite obvious, Valve's Steam is to computers what Xbox Live, Wii Ware, and PSN are to the consoles -- a high-profile game destination via digital distribution.

And that alliteration wasn't on purpose.

paulwilliams