EA games roll onto Steam

After joining forces with Valve Software in 2005, Electronic Arts has finally embraced its download service, Steam. The publisher today released a major slate of titles on the game network, filling in a number of the online catalog's more noticeable gaps.

Headlining today's group of new arrivals on Steam are Will Wright's Spore and the expansion, Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack. In addition to the cosmic life sim, EA is now offering Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Mass Effect, Need for Speed Undercover, and FIFA Manager 2009 over Steam. The publisher is also looking to expand upon that offering by releasing Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, and Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 on Steam next month.

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While this marks EA's first big commitment to the Steam platform, a handful of the publisher's games have found their way onto the service in the past. Previously, the downloadable counterparts to EA Partners titles like Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, Half-Life: The Orange Box, and Valve's own Left 4 Dead have appeared on Steam.

Source : gamespot

Available now:

• Spore
• Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack
• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
• Mass Effect
• Need for Speed Undercover
• EA Sports' FIFA Manager 2009

Coming Soon:

• Mirror's Edge
• Red Alert 3
• Dead Space

Sister site Big Download contacted EA to find out if older PC games would become available, but the publisher wouldn't comment. Also, in case you're wondering, EA games on Steam apparently don't install or use third-party DRM set-ups. According to Valve "the only DRM it uses is Steam itself."