EA is Valve's new publisher
 

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050718/185804.html
This isn't too hard for me to believe.

Now, Steam can not only be garbage, but also garbage the way its meant to be played! Excellent!


Next Steam update changelog:

-fixed ATI error, game should now properly have glitches on ATI cards
-added more corporate advertisements into games

Re: EA is Valve's new publisher
 

I can't believe it. I'm in shock. o_O8o

Re: EA is Valve's new publisher
 

Vu games and Valve didnt get along well after.. you know.. Steam.. so they did look for a publisher.. EA did that.. and that is alright thats what they are suppose to.. as long as they dont try anything else..

Re: EA is Valve's new publisher
 

vivendi is garbage anyways... there new management sucks. they need the sierra guys back !

Re: EA is Valve's new publisher
 

This is thankfully not as bad as it could sound. EA is only going to be the physically distributer of Valve titles, Valve will still be an independant studio.

Re: EA is Valve's new publisher
 

Yeah, I know the whole Valve vs. VU thing... But I didn't think they were going to be stupid enough to search another publisher...

But since Zacker said that Valve will still be an independant studio, I think it's not that bad anyway...

Re: EA is Valve's new publisher
 

What I find funny is that Steam was precisely supposed to get rid of the need of game publishers... 9_9

Re: EA is Valve's new publisher
 

Yep but it's steam that needs to be push on to the market.
Maybe after steam has been very widley spread Valve can do without hardcopy distributers.

Re: EA is Valve's new publisher
 

There are alot of people who dont want to use thier credit cards to get games.

Re: EA is Valve's new publisher
 

you dont have to.. i have paypal works well.. dont know if steam supports it.. but if we talk the future.. it will be common.. and simpler..