EA has announced that they’re releasing a slew of their older games onto Steam. All of them were available elsewhere, but finally, they’re available on the PC’s biggest digital storefront.
A lot of these are from Bullfrog, one of the many studios that EA shuttered, but there’s also theCommand & Conquer – The Ultimate Collection, which features some games from Westwood, another studio that EA shuttered.
Here’s the list:
That’s a coincidence! I’ve been working on something involvingCommand & Conquer, and while doing my research, discoveredThe Ultimate Collection. I saw that it was available on the “EA App” (formerly Origin), and that’s as far as I went in that direction because I’m not installing the EA App. Now I don’t have to! Phew. But that’s neat since I just discovered its existencetodaywhile I was looking up if you could still buyCommand & Conquer Renegade.
Aside from that, everything else was available on GOG, and I already own most of them on that list, but notCommand & Conquer – The Ultimate Collection.
If it sounds like I’m being flippant, it’s because EA is one of the worst companies when it comes to preserving their back catalog.SimCity 3000is here, but do you know what isn’t available? The originalSimCity. Most of what they made back in the ‘80s and ‘90s might as well not exist to them.
But credit where it’s due. You can now buy the listed EA games on Steam. That’s not nothing. Maybe they’re going to pay better respect to their old classics, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
The games are available right now, and they’re alldiscounted quite considerablyfor a limited time.
