Saturday, July 17, 2010

Direct2Drive Starts selling Modern Warefare 2


You may remember that last fall IGN's Direct2Drive PC game download site said that it would not sell Infinity Ward's shooter Call Of Duty : Modern Warefare 2 At the time the site provided its reasons, saying, "we believe strongly that when you buy a game from us, you shouldn't be forced to install and run a 3rd party software client to be able to play the game you purchased." That was in reference to the fact that the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 required the use of Valve's Steam client and Steamworks tools to play and update the game.

Now Direct2Drive has had a change of heart. Starting earlier this month the download site has begun selling both Modern Warfare 2 as well as its two map packs.with the purchase of Modern Warfare 2 and the two maps packs. Indeed the site is offering a bundle sale at the moment that allows people to get Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for free The site does mention that the game does require Steam to play and that a third party download is also required.

Big Download has both called and emailed IGN's PR rep to ask about the reasons for this about face in policy but so far the company has not responded to our inquires. Other PC game download sites like Impluse and GamersGate sites who said they would also not sell Modern Warfare 2 because of its use of Steam have still not made the game available to purchase on their sites.

Update : Direct2Drive has reponded : "We asked our customer base and they told us they weren't concerned whether a game came with a third-party client or not. And we listen to our customers." That would seem to leave things open for other Steam exclusive games showing up on Direct2Drive as well. When asked if that was going to happen Uhrman responded with, "Future titles will be decided on a publisher by publisher basis."

Call Of Duty : Modern Warefare 2 was released In November 2009 for the PC.

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