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gamasutra.com - 14 days ago
Direct2Drive Tussles With Valve By Declining To Sell Steamworks
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IGN-owned digital game distributor Direct2Drive ">announced today it's refusing to sell Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on PC, protesting the game's integration with Valve's Steamworks. "We don't believe games should force the user to install a Trojan Horse," said the company -- ...

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Blue's News:  Modern Warfare 2 Digital Distribution Backlash

GamePolitics News:  Non-Steam Digital Deliverers Uninterested in Selling MW2

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Modern Warfare 2 Digital Distribution Backlash
Blue's News — ... service. There's a statement about this on Gamasutra where Direct2Drive says: "We don’t believe games should force the user to install a Trojan Horse," referring to Steam. ...

Non-Steam Digital Deliverers Uninterested in Selling MW2
GamePolitics News — ... IGN-owned Direct2Drive has opted not to offer MW2 on its service reports Gamasutra, calling the forced use of Steam a “Trojan Horse.” The company will offer $5 off other Activision games as compensation. From a statement on Direct2Drive’s website: ...

The Bender Podcast – Episode 009 – Go Away Pre-Order Bonus, the $100 360, and Nintendo 64
Binge Gamer Dot Net — ... the Nintendo 64 -Modern Warfare 2 is Kind of Popular – Pre-order bonus, please go away! -It’s a Slow News Week, so Hideo Kojima is Judging a Twilight Fan Art Contest -Epic games released Unreal Engine -Super Street Fighter brings back beating up cars -Microsoft Employee Poopoos Idea of Facebook on Game Systems… wait, what? -IGN-owned Direct2Drive calls Steam a “trojan horse”, Won’t sell MW2 ...

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