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Online retailers boycott MW2 PC thanks to Steam

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Thanks to the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 including a mandatory installation of Valve's Steamworks, Direct2Drive is boycotting the game. Like, it's not selling it.

"We don't believe games should force the user to install a Trojan Horse," a rep told Kotaku.

The IGN-owned DD service isn't the only one taking umbrage: Impulse and Gamersgate are also dropping the title.

Direct2Drive has said it's now refusing to sell any game bundled in such a manner until Valve has "decoupled its retail marketplace" from Steam's other services.

This could turn mighty. Hit the link for the full thing.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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