Psychonauts, Call of Duty 2, City Life & More...

Psychonauts, Call of Duty 2, City Life & More On Steam // UPDATE #2

The folks from Valve pumped several Steam-related news in our inbox this week, revealing six more games that will be released via their digital distribution service. After DEFCON a couple of weeks ago, Psychonauts is now also available for download on Steam, and soon it will be followed by RoboBlitz and four Activision titles: Call of Duty, Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty 2 and Gun.

Right, so let's take them apart one by one. First in line is Tim Schafer's Psychonauts, available now on Steam for $19.99.

"Psychonauts is Double Fine Productions' critically acclaimed, mind-bending comedic action / adventure about a young circus performer's desperate quest to save a summer camp for psychics from a mysterious, brain-stealing lunatic. Created by industry veteran Tim Schafer, designer of classic games such as Full Throttle and Grim Fandango, Psychonauts has received numerous awards, including game of the year from Eurogamer and, last week, the prestigious BAFTA.



"So for the press release. uh. man, it's tough because every single 'steam' related play on words has already been done," said Schafer. "Double Fine and Valve: With a love this hot, you know there's gotta be STEAM! How about that?"

Not content to simply craft a stunning play on words about Valve's full-featured broadband platform for the delivery and management of games, Schafer ordered award-winning cartoonist and Psychonauts art director Scott Campbell to create a special comic commemorating the warm digital relationship between Double Fine and Valve. The impressive result is available here."

In the coming weeks, the Unreal Engine 3-based action game RoboBlitz will also be released via Steam, for $14.99. Word is RoboBlitz is a humorous, physics-driven action game full of inventive gizmos, weapons, and environments. Players take on the role of Blitz, a multi-talented robot who must activate an aging Space Cannon to save his world from a band of maladjusted space pirates. Set in seven distinct environments, RoboBlitz features 19 levels of puzzle-solving and high-intensity action.

And last, but certainly not least, Activision will be re-launching four of its PC games on Steam, namely Gun and the Call of Duty series. Meaning the original game, the United Offensive add-on and the Call of Duty 2 sequel. No word yet on when these titles will hit Steam, but we're waiting to get some clarification on that from Valve.

UPDATE: Valve has just sent us not only the clarification we wanted, but also another press release, informing us that City Life was also added to the Steam catalogue. Available now for download, Monte Cristo's city builder is priced at $39.95.

As for Activision's games, all four of them will re-launch this month on Steam (although Valve couldn't offer an exact date yet). Gun, Call of Duty and CoD: United Offensive will each cost $19.95, while Call of Duty 2 will be downloadable in exchange for $39.95.

UPDATE #2: Earlier I think that they would have expected, Valve have already pumped the four Activision games through the Steam pipe. And they also said that those who purchase Call of Duty 2, Gun, Call of Duty or CoD: United Offensive during their first two weeks of availability on Steam will receive a 10% discount. [16.10.2006, 14:50]

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