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Major online retailer Direct2Drive have announced today that the year's biggest game - Modern Warfare 2 - won't be made available on their PC digital delivery service. Why? Because of rival platform...
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Steam Snag: Digital Retailers Boycott Modern Warfare 2
Technologizer —
... Just days before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is released, several digital retailers have decided not to sell the game.
Is it because of that controversial scene where the player acts out a terrorist attack? Nope. It’s because the game’s PC version uses Steamworks, a software platform for multiplayer match creation, downloadable content and anti-piracy measures. Direct2Drive, Impulse and GamersGate say they oppose the forced installation of third-party software on players’ computers (Direct2Drive calls Steamworks “a Trojan ...
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... • Online Retailers Refusing To Sell Modern Warfare 2 - Because the game relies on rival Steam for its updates and maintenance. Posted by Dwight at November 7, 2009 10:00 AM Share: Comments Post a comment Please use a valid e-mail address . We don't harvest addresses, you will not be spammed and your address will not be publicly visible. But if I have a question about your comment, I need to be able to contact you. Thank you. URL: Remember Me? Yes No Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style) E-mail this entry Email this entry to: Your email address: Message ...
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