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Microsoft planning to launch Steam rival?

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Speaking to Shacknews, Microsoft's Chris Early has apparently confirmed that firm has plans to launch a PC digital distribution platform in line with Valve's Steam.

"Clearly it's on our road map," said the Games for Windows Live boss when asked if the firm is to start selling full games over the "innerned".

There's a fuller segment of the interview through the link.

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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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