Spore’s DRM has now been removed on Steam

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spore 400x221 Spores DRM has now been removed on Steam

The large publisher Electronic Arts has announced that they have joined Valve’s digital distribution platform Steam, bringing notable titles to the service such as Spore, Warhammer Online, Mass Effect and Need For Speed Undercover.

In the next month the publisher will add Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Mirror’s Edge, and Dead Space as well.

Steam currently has 15 million active user accounts globally.

“We are pleased to extend our holiday titles to gamers worldwide via Steam — a revolutionary technology that is one of the game industry’s most successful digital distribution services,” added EA COO John Pleasants of the deal.

Also notably, it appears as if Spore will have its DRM removed,

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