In a move that might have fueled the potential EA-Valve digital distribution war, Crysis 2 and other recent games published or developed by EA were taken off of Steam today.
This move contradicts EA earlier statements saying they would not be removing their games from Steam but work as a partnership of sorts along with their own Origin service.
EA also later updated reports of the removal by trying to blame Valve for the sudden removal of the games but EA also showed they have no intention of reuploading the games at the moment.
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"It’s unfortunate that Steam has removed Crysis 2 from their service. This was not an EA decision or the result of any action by EA.
Steam has imposed a set of business terms for developers hoping to sell content on that service – many of which are not imposed by other online game services. Unfortunately, Crytek has an agreement with another download service which violates the new rules from Steam and resulted in its expulsion of Crysis 2 from Steam.
Crysis 2 continues to be available on several other download services including GameStop, Amazon, Origin.com and more."
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Older games published by EA such as Need For Speed and Crysis 1 are still on Steam but the future of those games could be in doubt should EA decided on a complete withdrawal from Steam.
Valve and Crytek haven't responded to the removal but it is assumed Crytek's games were removed without their knowledge or permission.
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