Some old-school favs.

There hasn’t been a lot of good news out of EA lately, but here’s some: the company just launched a bunch of classic games on Steam. The new (old) releases include nine games in total, spanning franchises like Dungeon Keeper, Populous, and SimCity.

Here’s the full list:

Command & Conquer The Ultimate Collection

SimCity 3000 Unlimited

Populous

Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods

Populous: The Beginning

Dungeon Keeper Gold

Dungeon Keeper 2

Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack

The Saboteur

  • ampersandrew@kbin.social
    391·
    9 months ago

    EA’s launcher still requires internet access though, right? If so, you’re probably better off sticking to the GOG versions. I booted up Jedi: Fallen Order on a train, and EA told me “no”.

    • JambalayaEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      I don’t think these games require the EA launcher.

      • ampersandrew@kbin.social
        8·
        9 months ago

        Maybe not. The disclaimers on the side of the store page appear to be different between these and some other EA games. I hate how hard it is these days to discern if a game has a stupid always-online requirement.

        • JambalayaEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          Can confirm at least on the C&C bundle there is no EA app requirement

    • FrankTheHealer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      That is so fucking annoying. How they gonna say you can’t play a game that you bought.

      Ffs.

      I was having similar issues with Red Dead Redemption 2 on Steam. Like RDR2 is still a great game but that DRM bullshit can go fuck itself.

      • jeeva@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Just FYI, it generally seems that none of these require origin or the EA app or any more than Steam as DRM.

    • stufkes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I don’t know about these newly added games but I can launch Sim City 4 from Steam without Origin.