Today is a great day for PC gaming. Valve has struck a monumental deal, bringing a huge chunk of EA's catalog into Steam for purchase. Steam has been, for many people, the definitive PC gaming source, offering gamers the ability to buy, launch, and store games through one HUB, without the hassles of draconian DRM.

Several EA titles have already been available through the service, but this brings some of the larger ones, such as Mass Effect, Spore, and Warhammer Online. This is likely in response to the news last week, showing that games with SecuROM were some of the most pirated, regardless of the security placed upon them.

Hopefully this will help cut down on those numbers, and give PC gamers a reason to keep enjoying their games the old fashioned way.

Here's the press release:

STEAM LAUNCHES HIT PC GAMES FROM EA
Spore, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and More Available Now

December 19, 2008 -- Valve today announced Spore(tm), Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Warhammer(r) Online: Age of Reckoning(tm), Mass Effect(r), Need for Speed(tm) Undercover and EA SPORTS FIFA Manager 2009 are available now to gamers in the United States and Canada via Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital content with over 15 million accounts around the world.

In the coming weeks, Mirror's Edge(tm), Command & Conquer(tm) Red Alert(tm) 3, and Dead Space(tm), will be added to the catalog of EA's titles available via Steam.
"EA is one of the industry's largest publishers," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "The EA titles coming to Steam this holiday include some this year's top PC titles."

"We are pleased to extend our holiday titles to gamers worldwide via Steam -- a revolutionary technology that is one of the game industry's most successful digital distribution services," said John Pleasants, President, Global Publishing & Chief Operating Officer.

For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com

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