online distribution
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A Look At How Steam, Publishers & Australia Don’t Get Along
CNET.com.au has just put an article up summarising the issues with Steam, game pricing and importing in Australia. We’ve covered them piecemeal in the past, from Activision, to THQ, to 2K Games, but there’s nothing wrong with putting the puzzle pieces together and staring at the big picture… even if it’s ugly as all hell.…
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Problems Plague Crysis Demo
Online activation is all the rage these days. Yet, despite the good intentions of publishers, things always go awry. Tipster Brendan sends word that gamers who pre-ordered Crysis through EA’s digital download system, with the promise of receiving the demo a day before everyone else, have been disappointed. According to this post on EA’s forums,…