No Bionic Commando Rearmed on Steam

Posted Aug 14th 2008 7:30PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Action

Capcom has just launched the PC downloadable version of their side-scroller remake Bionic Commando Rearmed but one of the biggest, if not the biggest, outlets for downloadable games won't have it available as previously announced. According to a note on Capcom's message boards by company exec Christian Svensson, the game won't be made available via the Steam service.

Svensson's note states, "At the last minute, we've been unable to reach mutually agreeable terms with Valve on BCR, so they won't be carrying it (unfortunately you'll have to get it elsewhere). I won't get into the details but we do continue to have a good relationship with Valve and future Capcom titles we expect to be carried on Steam." The title is now available from other outlets like Direct2Drive and Gamersgate for $14.99; as we have previously reported, Capcom is expected to have extra PC challenge levels for the game via a free patch.

[Via Shacknews]

Tags: bionic-commando, bionic-commando-rearmed, capcom, grin, steam, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Then I'll probably just skip it or maybe buy it on the 360. As I've said before, I don't want games from a dozen different DRM'd portals all over my computer. If it isn't on Steam, Impulse, or just boxed then I'm not interested. Publishers, those are your options with me. Capcom can scrape with Valve all they want over a few pennies but they pretty much just lost a sale because of it. On top of that, this is just insult to injury after Capcom decided to charge $5 extra for the game on the PC because they felt they could get away with it. I appreciate that the game is being released on the PC in the first but this is NOT the way to do it. Of course Capcom will eventually make a statement about they were disappointed with PC sales of Re-armed and the mainstream sites will start championing the dead of PC gaming yet again. Really it is just evidence of Capcom being way out of touch with the PC audience still.

...bysmittyPosted at 7:42AM on Aug 15th 2008 by bysmitty

This is a really bad move for Capcom. Do they want the game to be successful on the PC at all? How could it not "reach an agreement" with Steam? It's like coming out with a product and not brokering an agreement with Wal-mart. Just stupid. Like many others, I was originally going to buy this game if it came out on Steam, but now I won't.Posted at 12:03PM on Aug 15th 2008 by Steven Wong

I'm with these guys. I want steam features in my games, and I want the convenience that steam provides.Posted at 12:21PM on Aug 16th 2008 by Jed