Deus Ex: Human Revolution Augmented Edition, Steamworks & PC Support

The revolution may not be televised, but the human revolution will be digitized, as Eidos-Montreal announces plans to digitally distribute Deus Ex: Human Revolution through Steam, adding that the action/RPG prequel will support Steamworks features like auto-updating, Steam Achievements and the Steam Cloud upon its release this August. They also announce that in addition to the standard game, Steam will offer an "augmented edition," which will include a digital art book, a "making of" special, trailers, an animated storyboard of the CGI trailer, a motion graphic novel, the soundtrack, and a free download of the Deus Ex Game of the Year Edition. They say prepurchases are now being accepted, though a glance at the Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Steam Page shows this is premature, but when prepurchases are enabled, they will be at a discount for a limited time: The standard game will be $44.99 USD, and the Augmented Edition will be $53.99 USD. Eidos-Montreal also offers a few documents on PC-specific features: This article describes support for AMD Eyefinity, AMD HD3D technology, and DirectX 11, this tech Q&A discusses those elements in more depth, and this internal Q&A explores the challenges of making the Windows version of Human Revolution live up to the PC roots of the Deus Ex series, in spite of being a multiplatform game. Finally, these screenshots offer a couple of shots from the PC edition and one of the game in Eyefinity mode spread across three monitors.
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May 7, 2011, 18:33
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Re: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Augmented Edition, Steamworks & PC Support May 7, 2011, 18:33
May 7, 2011, 18:33
 
Wow Creston,no Activision in there?

In any case, there didn't used to be a need for 'customer service' of that level. Demos were used to showcase games.

Nowadays, you're lucky to find a demo on most games.

As to Tumbler's comments: I just came to the realization(which should be pretty obvious to anyone caring to look), that PC gamers are second class citizens when it comes to gaming. Game companies aren't looking to cater to us because their main audience is consoles.

I don't see that ever changing. There simply aren't more of us than there are console players. I've accepted that and learned to adjust my buying habits accordingly.

It's not that much of an inconvenience. I like gaming and I don't mind researching my games before I buy them. If you want the kind of treatment you're talking about from developers...then I suggest you stick to indie devs and put your support there.
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