Atari may well be the punchline of the industry and PC gaming itself may be on its way to obscurity (Epic Games certainly seems to think so), but at least one glorious bastion of PC gaming good remains -- Steam, Half-Life series developer Valve's direct software delivery platform and gaming community.Today, Atari and Steam have invited us all to see if they can keep one another afloat.
Starting today, gamers in North America may add the following Atari titles to their Steam games library:
- Act of War: Direct Action - a real-time strategy experience that puts players squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.
- Act of War: High Treason - an ultra-realistic modern military real-time strategy game.
- ArmA: Combat Operations - a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation.
- Atari® 80 Classics in 1 - the ultimate collection of the original games that inspired generations of gamers.
- Death to Spies - third-person stealth action game that immerses the player into the atmosphere of World War II military intelligence operations.
- Desperados® 2: Cooper’s Revenge - an RTS set in a thrilling Western atmosphere.
- Indigo Prophecy® - a thrilling supernatural mystery adventure game.
- RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum - combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild!
- Tycoon City™: New York - a tycoon simulation game set in one of America's most exciting metropolises.
While this list looks rather vanilla (all in all, the titles average a 75 on Metacritic), Atari also promises that The Witcher (hopefully in its polished, freshly localized Enhanced Edition format), NeverWinter Nights 2 and its expansion Mask of the Betrayer will also arrive on Steam in the weeks to come.
Also, if you've yet to check out Quantic Dream's stellar Indigo Prophecy (known in the rest of the civilized, non-sexually-repressed world as Farenheit) this may be the opportunity you've been waiting for.
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