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[In this new Gamasutra analysis piece, psychologist and gamer Jamie Madigan explains some psychological reasons why those big bundles from Steam and other digital distribution platforms are so hard to resist.] Steam, the digital game distribution platform owned by Valve, often has these weird bundles for sale where they cram together, for example, every id Software or every Rockstar game or every game featuring squirrels into one package. One message board I frequent has a ...
Major console/PC game publisher THQ (UFC Undisputed 2010) has done publishing and distribution deals for other companies for some time, but it's adding its recently-revealed Partners division for "more focus." The division, tailored to larger firms who may want to self-fund some or all of its game's development and lean on THQ for distribution and marketing, will "provide select developers and publishers access to THQ's global retail and online publishing network". So says THQ Partners ...
Rock Band developer Harmonix and owner MTV Games have partnered with several online music distribution, promotion, and tools firms to tighten links between those services and the Rock Band Network. Under the Rock Band Network Affiliates Program, the Rock Band Network will be promoted to musicians who use Tunecore, Nimbit, Reverb Nation, Indaba Music, and Topspin, while those sites will be promoted to existing users of the Rock Band Network. The partnership is intended to ...
Electronic Arts' EA Partners program has allowed it to publish some high-profile third-party titles, and in turn helped those developers reach a wider distribution network -- now THQ is getting on board with a similar strategy, announcing its own partner program. The new division is titled THQ Partners, and the company says it's dedicated to "providing select developers and publishers access to THQ's global retail and online publishing network." THQ, which has North American, European ...
PC digital distribution service Direct2Drive has expanded its reach to free-to-play games in the form of "starter packs," paid game downloads that bundle microtransaction-monetized games with predetermined sets of paid items. "We saw a unique way to offer free-to-play content and help the consumer add value immediately," Direct2Drive content VP Sutton Trout told Gamasutra in advance of today's announcement. The service's new "online games" section now includes numerous free-to-play games sold at various price points ...
To celebrate the launch of its digital distribution platform Steam on Mac computers, Valve has made downloads for its award-winning first-person action game Portal free to both Windows and Mac users for two weeks. Valve made the platform available to Mac users earlier today with an initial selection of 57 games (compared to the 1,100+ releases available to Windows users), including Runic Games's Torchlight, Amanita Design's Machinarium, Firaxis's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, and several ...
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