Metro 2033 shipping with Steamworks on PC

Like Modern Warfare 2 and many games before it, 4a's post-apocalyptic FPS will be bundled with Steamworks on PC. Good news for Steam fans; terrible news for those that hate online authentication and requisite clients.

The decision, we expect, will draw the ire of competing digital distribution services yet again, as it did with Modern Warfare 2. Impulse, Direct2Drive, and GamersGate are the big ones, none of which is currently selling the Infinity Ward game, so as to not promote the competition.

Among the Steamworks features supported in Metro 2033 will be auto-updating, achievements, and in-game DLC.

Source:Press release

Section:PC Games

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