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Atari Steams it up

By Luke Anderson, GameSpot UKPosted Mar 13, 2008 5:44 am PT

Publisher announces it is to start piping titles through Valve's digital-distribution service.

Many industry heavyweights have made at least part of their catalogues available on Steam, including 2K Games, Activision, Eidos, id Software, Majesco, Rockstar, Sega, and THQ. Now, one more has joined their ranks.

Atari today announced that North American gamers will soon be able to log on to Steam and download the following titles: Act of War: Direct Action, Act of War: High Treason, ArmA: Combat Operations, Atari 80 Classics in 1, Death to Spies, Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge, Indigo Prophecy, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum, and Tycoon City: New York.

Atari's Steam lineup won't end there, with The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights 2, and its expansion pack, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, being made available to Steam users in the next few weeks. Nizzi Renaud, Atari's vice president of Online Entertainment said, "We look forward to making an extensive collection of games, across many genres, available to Steam's extensive, globally connected community."

While the publisher says its games are available now, Steam's site indicates otherwise with no sight of the aforementioned titles. Meanwhile, Sega's Football Manager 2008 (known as Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008 in the states) made its Steam debut on March 11.

Atari UK has yet to confirm if the catalogue will be made available outside the US and Canada.

56 Comments

  • NearlyPrescient

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 5:40 pm PT

    I can't find NWN2 either.

  • andalore

    Posted Jun 20, 2009 5:38 pm PT

    Shame, id rather pay for Fahrenheit on Steam than Xbox live and i cant find anywhere that still sells it but its 2009 and still no Fahernheit on steam

  • Moridin202

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 6:26 am PT

    Yup, Atari is full of sh*t; still no NWN2 on Steam. Of course it's not surprising, considering the appalling support they offered for the game's myriad technical failings.

  • gijas

    Posted Jan 3, 2009 7:07 pm PT

    Um, I've yet to see neverwinter nights 2 on steam and it's Jan - 2009? What gives Atari?

  • Humorguy_basic

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 7:07 am PT

    Gotta be bad news for G.O.G.....!

  • zoladex

    Posted May 23, 2008 2:36 am PT

    Errrh. I dont dislike steam the same as my HATERED for windows LIVE, A.K.A Con Program. just i think steam games should not require the net to play.
    Im stuck at boarding school so the net filter block steam so i cant install and play thier games. im guessing quite a few people at home would have the same problem, mainly children with protect parents.
    The problem has often made me avoid buying steam altogether.

  • ghost867

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 4:43 pm PT

    Might be some smart, yet simple decision making by Phil Harrison, might not be. Regardless, they need to get some better games on the service. Sure, they have Indigo Prophecy, which was a great game. And soon they'll have The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights 2, and NN2: Mask of the Betrayer. But still, not really a great catalog. Hopefully more titles come up with the inevitable US release.

    Suggestions: Alone in the Dark, Dungeons & Dragons Online, Marc Ecko's Getting Up, Neverwinter Nights, Test Drive, Unreal Tournament, The Witcher, Driver, and RollerCoaster Tycoon.

  • alsnyder

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 9:26 am PT

    The Witcher is the best RPG I've ever played (despite the ludicrous sex scenes). Neverwinter Knights - more specifically Atari and SecuRom intentionally placed a null entry onto my system compromising my machine to exploits, and acting like a root kit. You couldn't even find it (invisible folders) let alone get rid of it without 3rd party software.. Last I heard, they hadn't patched it out. A shame - it ruined a good game for me and a lot of other people.

  • chrissp26

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 7:41 am PT

    Quote: "chrisda thats great and all but name an atari game thats actually good"

    Act of war is great (although it doesn't support widescreen grrr)
    The witcher is pretty good.

  • Lucifer_Rus

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 6:52 am PT

    Such great game. I will buy it as soon as it will be available outside the US

  • imprezawrx500

    Posted Mar 14, 2008 12:51 am PT

    now if they don't release them here in nz, there is another publish that will make me mad

  • Adam_the_Nerd

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 6:54 pm PT

    Steam is actually a half decent service, because it allows you to download a game at your own pace without an installation. It works wonders for those playing at work or school.

    I don't mind losing physical ownership of the game because I know it's embedded in my account. If you say, move houses and lose game-disks, you are screwed

  • RomisSandthief

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 4:57 pm PT

    Don't Like the lack of physical ownership associated with downloading from Steam

  • Vash67

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 4:18 pm PT

    Looks like Phil Harrison is taking his new job seriously.

  • markevens

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 2:07 pm PT

    Sweet. I love steam. Those wenches better watch out, I'm about to get my witcher on!

  • Agreb91

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 1:43 pm PT

    That is cool Atari is jumping on the bandwagon and putting content for sale on Steam.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 1:42 pm PT

    Thats nice but I am not a big fan of steam

  • shredicalous

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 1:39 pm PT

    good stuff.

  • Gribb85

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 1:29 pm PT

    Stage 1: Put Atari's best recent games on Steam
    Stage 2: ????
    Stage 3: Profit

    Steam is the home of PC Gaming, long may it continue.

  • chrisda

    Posted Mar 13, 2008 12:49 pm PT

    thats great and all but name an atari game thats actually good

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