DLC now on Steam

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The front page has a link to Steampowered with an announcement on DLC now on Steam. I am at work and cant get to it, can anyone post this info here? Thanks...
 
Steam said:
Steam offers gamers in-game downloadable content
March 16, 2009, 5:38 pm - Valve - Press Release

March 16, 2009 — Valve, creators of best-selling entertainment products and advanced technologies, today announced the arrival of in-game downloadable content to Steam, their massively popular PC gaming platform. In-game DLC allows developers and publishers to use their own games as a platform for selling additional content to gamers.

The first game to take advantage of this new in-game DLC capability is The Maw, by Twisted Pixel Games. Their first DLC releases are levels entitled The Maw: Brute Force and The Maw: River Redirect. Each DLC level expands The Maw storyline by fitting in-between the original levels as "deleted scenes."

Twisted Pixel CEO, Michael Wilford, says "We're happy that we can now offer Steam customers significant expansions to the Maw story, delivering more Maw directly to gamers while they're still playing the game."

DLC can now be added to any game on Steam, regardless of whether it was originally purchased via Steam, at retail, or via other digital outlets. It is also a feature of Steamworks, the suite of free tools and services available to game developers and publishers.

For more information about The Maw or Steam, please visit www.steamgames.com.
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Cool. Thanks. Steam is becoming each day a more versatile tool for devs, and gamers.
 
I was hoping it was on Fallout 3 or Empire: Total War, but its a good start.
 
So I'm assuming this now gives publishers an outlet to distribute DLC for a charge via Steam.
 
There was a time when such content was released free charge as a support for game you bought sigh.
 
I agree, DLC go to hell. It's only a matter of time when Valve will start using their own service for their DLC, and it who knows if it will be free. Bottom line, DLC is never worth the price you pay, and I would rather have a good expansion pack instead.
 
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