It’s stating the obvious that the rise of Steam and the shift towards a digital marketplace for games has helped developers find success for niche and breakthrough titles. Developer Paradox Interactive has decided after doing well on Steam, to release retail copies for some of its biggest franchises.
On November 22, Paradox will be releasing boxed copies ofMagicka,Hearts of Iron III, andCities in Motion. These editions will be collections including all the DLC available for each game, so for example, you’ll be able to pick up all the crazy add-ons forMagickaon one disc.
Cities of Motionwill have the expansions for Germany and Tokyo andHearts of Iron IIIwill include the Semper Fi and the For the Motherland expansions. Each collection will retail between $19.99 and $39.99. I’d be interested to see how well these games do, consider the joke that is PC games at retail. Would any of you guys pick these games up in a brick and mortar shop over buying via Steam?
