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Last June, EA removed Crysis 2 from Steam blaming “business terms” for developers using the service. Many folks at the time speculated the removal was part of a new strategy to help launch EA’s own digital distribution service Origin. At time of writing EA big hitters Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield 3 are still unavailable on the service. But now it looks as though the game that started it all — Crysis 2 — is once again available on Steam.
So, you’ve successfully rallied hundreds of strangers to pay for your brilliant game idea on Kickstarter, IndieGoGo or some other crowdfunding site. Now you need to make the damn thing. But an even bigger problem looms after you develop and test Amazing Game X: getting it to everyone who wants it, including backers.
Oh man, be careful what you ask for. Apparently EA is in the process of organising an event — it wants consumer feedback on its Origin service and, by golly, I expect it’ll get it. In droves. Head here to leave initial feedback.
Valve Software boss Gabe Newell has said kind things before about mega-publisher EA’s upstart rival to Valve’s popular PC gaming service Steam. That may have seemed charitable, given that EA’s new Origin service competes with Steam and even by EA’s own standards may not be as good as Steam for years.
EA has been known for being a little bit ban happy on Origin, banning players from accessing all content as a result of forum infringements and such like. But now there is some good news for all you naughty children — banned players can now access singleplayer content.
A fan-engineered sequel to the long dormant Wing Commander series is known to Electronic Arts and all of the franchise’s rights holders, but they are taking no action to shut down its development. That said, they don’t officially or unofficially endorse the game.
EA has already launched an Origin page for its new SimCity, revealing that those picking up the Digital Deluxe Edition will be getting a range of content that includes supervillain lairs and European city packs.
I swear, Battlefield fans have to be the unhappiest people on Earth.
Less than a year ago, EA told PC gamers it would give them something that many PC gamers probably thought they didn’t need: a competitor to Steam.
