2 New Steam Games in February. [Archive]

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maDDin

11th January 2006, 05:53

Bellevue, WA. January 10, 2005. -- Software publisher Strategy First Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSTR (http://studio.financialcontent.com/Engine?Account=iwire&PageName=QUOTE&Ticker=SSTR)), and Valve Corporation, a leading entertainment and technology studio, are pleased to announce the Steam launch date for “S.C.S - Dangerous Waters™” and “Space Empires IV Deluxe.”

Steam, Valve’s online platform for digital content distribution and management, offers developers and publishers the chance to offer their creations directly to millions of gamers around the world.

“S.C.S - Dangerous Waters™” is a groundbreaking naval simulation game, and will be available via Steam for $39.99. “Space Empires IV Deluxe,” a grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, will also be available via Steam for just $19.99.

Those with an active Steam account will be able to pre-purchase the games beginning January 24 and save 10%.

More titles from Strategy First will be coming to Steam later in 2006. Stay tuned for more details on those releases.

Source (http://www.strategyfirst.com/press/DisplayArticle.asp?sLanguageCode=EN&iArticleID=3261)
Dangerous Waters Overview (http://www.strategyfirst.com/en/games/DangerousWaters/)
Space Empires IV Deluxe Overview (http://www.strategyfirst.com/en/games/SE4Deluxe/)

Miz

11th January 2006, 07:39

Great. More (strategy) games that they know won't sell well in the shop so stick it on Steam in the hope that people will buy and download them just because "they're there."

Cessle

11th January 2006, 10:07

yer thats wot i thort as well miz :(

acehigh

11th January 2006, 17:22

i dont like all the new games you have to pay for. i much like hl1 for its simple non pay games

11th January 2006, 17:42

Steam was always going to ruin the 'mod' scene. Look how DoD and CS have already become commercial products.

MaNiC^

11th January 2006, 20:10

warez ftw ;P

Cessle

12th January 2006, 10:28

no not warez

*cough* ok most of the stuff on my pc is either, hacked, cracked, illegel, or from bangladesh

BadGirlDefender

12th January 2006, 20:38

okies...that dangerous waters thing a top-down strategy then? the overviews and features were crap, ahve no clue whats going on with either xD

and cheked screenies for the space empire thing - reminds me remarkably of a (slightly) tarted up version of a game i played about 11 years ago =P