Steam Welcomes Epic Games

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World-renowned developer Epic Games makes its debut on Steam today, delivering the award-winning Unreal and Unreal Tournament franchise to Steam gamers everywhere.

The Epic hits now available on Steam include the debut classic Unreal Gold, Unreal 2: The Awakening and the Unreal Tournament series: Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, and the recently released Unreal Tournament 3, which has shipped over a million copies to date. For the ultimate Unreal experience, nab the Unreal Deal Pack, an incredible value at just $59.95.

To celebrate the launch, all of Epic’s games on Steam are available for 10% off their regular price (offer ends March 24).
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Source: Steam

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[hobo]eclipse

Steam really has a corner on this niche market IMHO, I've been on steam since about 2 months prior to when it was "forced" and have never had a problem. The library they are now offering is impressive. Is there even anything out there that comes close? If so i haven't heard of it.

Vikingod

Agreed. Honestly, I never thought I would like the idea of digital distribution, but I've bought a couple games through steam, and I am quite impressed. It's nice having everything tied to an account, don't have to worry about damaged CD's or lost access keys.

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Mousey

Great stuff
I've got to admit i really hated steam at first, it was really slow, munched at my resources and was a pain in the arse.
But now it's been optimised (i think, or maybe it's just me getting a more powerful rig), it's a lot quicker with the store ect. and not having to use CDs/DVDs anymore + world wide access is god's gift to gaming.
Awesome

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BlueMak

I like Steam and I use it. Yes there are three more kind of similar sellers that I also use and I think they are also great.

Total Gaming Net. Very similar to Steam, you need to use an application when installing and patching the game.

GamersGate, you need to run an application when you download and install the game. This is perhaps closer to Steam in terms of number of games available through them.

MatrixGames, although more a publisher, they do not use a special program, a simple download of a non copy protected file, but you need the game key to install and and download any patches. Many games, mostly strategy and wargames. I think it doesn't offer the unrestricted downloads the other 3 do, but it has far less DRM too.

I like them all and I find myself the last couple of years buying mostly from them than physical copies. (mind you with MatrixGames and with some TG games you can also buy a physical copy at a slightly increased price).

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