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Steam vs. origin
Steam vs. originBy Owen Good
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You Can't Buy Battlefield 3 on Steam

The latest casualty of the EA/Origin-Steam war is Battlefield 3, a title of no small consequence to the PC gaming community. Electronic Arts has confirmed the heavily anticipated combat shooter will not be sold through PC gaming's dominant digital distribution service , apparently for the same reasons that have seen… » 8/05/11 11:00pm 8/05/11 11:00pm

Battlefield 3 Might Not Be Released on Steam
EA Blames Post-Release Policies for Crysis 2's Disappearance from Steam
Steam vs. originBy Owen Good
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EA Blames Post-Release Policies for Crysis 2's Disappearance from Steam

Electronic Arts has followed its claim that Steam "expelled" the EA-published Crysis 2 with an explanation that some EA games will not be available over Steam, the leading PC download service, because of a dispute over how they are patched and updated. This comes, of course, a month after EA opened Origin , its own… » 7/06/11 8:30pm 7/06/11 8:30pm

EA Says It Was Valve Who 'Expelled' Crysis 2 from Steam
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Steam vs. originBy Michael McWhertor
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EA Says It Was Valve Who 'Expelled' Crysis 2 from Steam

EA and Crytek's Crysis 2 was available on Valve's Steam service until this week. Now it's available "only on Origin ," Electronic Arts' new digital store (and a few others, actually). Despite the change and conjecture about the motivations behind it, EA says it was not behind the decision to pull Crysis 2 from Steam. » 6/15/11 3:40pm 6/15/11 3:40pm

Crysis 2 Pulled From Steam, Now 'Only On' EA's Origin
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