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

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[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 38 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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".

[–] Jambalaya@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Jambalaya@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago

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

[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.world 1 points 8 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.world 2 points 8 months ago

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