   Egosoft Announces Partnership with Steam
Egosoft, developer of the award-winning space simulations X2: The Threat and X3: Reunion have joined forces with Steam to deliver state-of-the-art space action right through your broadband Internet connection.Thanks to Valve's Steam technology, you can now enjoy both of these classic titles without the annoyance of physical DVDs or CDs. All of the latest updates and patches are provided with each game as well.Both games can be purchased for a special 10% discount through July 28th.    
  best of luck to you!i just hope steam is worth all the trouble. she's not the best piece of software in the world...   ;  Hey that's great! Congratulations!   ;  Congrats!I personally love Steam. I've never had any problems with it and I love its services. It makes buying those games so easy, and I don't even have to think about patches. I think this is a fantastic way to get new customers.Just curious, but do boxed copies of X3 and X2 require Steam to run now?   ;  No, boxed editions still run standalone, including the recently-released GOTY edition (not sure if that's available outside of Europe though).At this point Steam-licensed copies of the game and boxed copies are not interchangeable, which is a minor nuisance, but considering that the Steam deal has come quite late in the game's life cycle it's the best we could arrange. If we go ahead with Steam for future releases, we'll probably look at closer integration.Steam-licensed copies also do not include StarForce. We will be releasing a no-DVD, StarForce-free patch for X3 later in the year. Such a patch is already available for X2. Finally, all bonus downloads (game manuals, etc.) are now available without registration from the Egosoft site.   ;  Nice, and good luck :)   