CAPCOM GETS STEAMED
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on June 12, 2007 12:28:13 PM (72 Reads)
First Japanese Video Game Company Signs on to Offer Multiple PC Games Through Valve's Leading Digital Distribution Platform
Capcom , a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games,
and Valve today announced an agreement that brings a collection of
Capcom's current and future PC games to Valve's Steam digital
distribution service. Under the arrangement, PC versions of Lost
Planet: Extreme Condition, Onimusha 3, Devil May Cry 3: Special
Edition, Super Puzzle FighterTM II Turbo HD Remix, and future PC titles
will be made available via the leading online distribution platform.
Capcom is the first major Japanese software publisher to sign on with
Steam.
'"Capcom is a worldwide leader in development and
publishing of action adventure titles," said Gabe Newell, co-founder
and president of Valve. '"This initial set of Capcom titles coming to
Steam, as well as those coming at a later date, are a perfect fit for
the millions of action gaming fans connecting to Steam each week."
Steam
is the only full-featured broadband platform for the delivery and
management of games and digital content, and has pioneered its
broadband services to over 13 million customers with core and casual
games from today's leading publishers and developers.
'"With the
PC market becoming a larger part of our business, we're naturally
focusing our attention on digital distribution," said Mark Beaumont,
executive vice president, officer, Capcom American and European
consumer software publishing. '"Steam is the right place for us to go
with our titles. Valve has created a huge installed base of gamers who
naturally fit with the profiles of the titles that Capcom develops."
Available
later this week, Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition is an action game
that follows the stylish demon-slayer Dante as he uses swords and guns
to wage a nonstop, one-man battle against the demon world in order to
carry out a 2000 year-old revenge. Coming in the next few weeks,
Onimusha 3 is an action game that travels in time between the 16th
century Japan and modern-day Paris, pitting two heroes (one a samurai,
the other a modern-day fighter played by actor Jean Reno) against a
horde of other-dimensional evil. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is a
critically-acclaimed third person action game from an all-star team of
Capcom's game designers, will be available day and date with the retail
version of the PC game, currently scheduled for June 26. Super Puzzle
Fighter II Turbo HD Remix downloads Capcom's incredibly popular puzzle
game into the new generation, featuring enhanced 1080p HD graphics,
several new game modes, improved game balance, and online play and will
be available later this year.
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