EA on Steam, but so far not in Europe

By Tom Bramwell Published 22 December, 2008

No immediate word on availability.

Electronic Arts has added several of its games to Steam in the US, but there's no word yet on when the likes of Spore will be available through the service in Europe.

The initial run of EA titles on the US version of the digital distribution channel consists of those two, Spore's Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Warhammer Online, Need for Speed Undercover, Mass Effect and FIFA Manager 09.

The publisher also said to expect Mirror's Edge (due out at Euro retail 16th January), Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 and Dead Space "in the coming weeks".

However, despite global publishing exec John Pleasants' observation that EA is "pleased to extend our holiday titles to gamers worldwide via Steam", EA was unable to clarify European timing today.

We've also contacted Valve and expect something official from both companies soon.

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Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (16) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • AssassiN Verified Owner/Editor, Computers N Stuff #1 3 years ago

    Crysis and Warhead were available on the European Steam store ages ago. Have they suddenly disappeared?

  • dammskog #2 3 years ago

    valve can suck my.....

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  • Les #3 3 years ago

    "No info on the Euro=Dollar shitstorm currently melting the steam forums?"

    +1. What a fucking bunch of wankers. Thank goodness there are still plenty of other ways to get games than through Steam. It amazes me that that club of assholes is capable of creating some of the best games ever.

  • Tyronne #4 3 years ago

    come on, wheres the news about the issue with steam selling stuff in sterling and euros and the sudden rise in game prices?

    or maybe they need to release some character in a funny dress before it becomes newsworthy?

  • MattyD #5 3 years ago

    How long before EA just outright buys Valve so it can get its hands on Steam?

  • StooMonster #6 3 years ago

    Pound goes through the floor and it's Valves fault? Maybe a certain over-spending and over-borrowing government is really to blame?

    Still, maybe there is an opportunity for all online software services to adjust their prices. Personally I've been complaining about Adobe for years, for them $1 has always equaled £1.

  • Headache #7 3 years ago

    Seems to be available for "most of Europe" now according to announcement on Steam but doing a search for Mass Effect, Spore and Football Manager 2009 still turns up nothing. I guess "most of Europe" doesn't include the UK.

  • Burton2000 #8 3 years ago

    Crysis+warhead are both still available and have been since their release.

  • Mattb90 #9 3 years ago

    They've even announced it for Europe now, but still nothing here in the UK. Confused about the mention of Football Manager 2009 - it's on there, but it's published by Sega... Also, Crytek themselves are the ones responsible for getting Crysis and Warhead on Steam; the games are distributed to retail through EA Partners, so Crytek are free to make other deals for online distribution (which is exactly how it happens with Valve, of course)

  • StooMonster #10 3 years ago

    "Most of Europe" is presumably Europe minus the UK?

  • layleeloo #11 3 years ago

    Goes hand in hand. Apparantly EA's customer service is shit - although I have not experienced it. However I have now experienced steam for the first time on Thursday. I ordered 2 games, one worked and the other does not. I put in my "ticket" question to which I have heard absolutely naff all from them the robbing bastards!!! Despite 4 emails asking fro updates.

    So if this is anything to go buy it seems a match made in heaven!

  • hiddenranbir #12 3 years ago

    Just because it is on Steam doesn't mean they won't stop using their own DRM.

    Look at Rockstar.

  • superfurry #13 3 years ago

    Indeed, really surprised Eurogamer haven't picked up on this, especially as it's a prime example of companys shafting Euro...gamers.

  • Ste105 #14 3 years ago

    There is a user group on steam called 1€ ≠ 1$ join it to show your support for the Euro=Dollar issue

  • Dan234 #15 3 years ago

    Odd how if a company adds support for other currencies apart from their home one they are almost always set at a rate which is favourable for the company.

  • Gargant #16 3 years ago

    Available next generation