id Software Games on Steam

id Software has announced that it has partnered with Valve Software to bring id's game's to the Steam digital distribution platform.

"Starting today, Steam users may download full versions of these best-selling and critically-acclaimed games, including the complete DOOM series and QUAKE I - III, including mission packs, as well as id's pioneering PC side-scroller, Commander Keen and vintage favorites Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Heretic, and HeXen. As part of the id Welcome Celebration on Steam, select id packages are being offered with a 10%, limited-time discount.
 
"Valve pioneered digital delivery of video games with Steam," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO of id Software.  "As a game developer themselves, Valve understands what developers and game players want and need in an online distribution system, and Steam delivers."
 
"We can't overstate our admiration for id, its games, and the technical advancements the company has delivered to help move the industry forward during the past 15 years," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "Like many other studios, Valve was born when we licensed the QUAKE engine to build our first game. We're proud to welcome id to Steam and give people around the world an easy way to play the games that have inspired everyone here at Valve."
 
The line-up of legendary id games and packages launching on Steam today includes:

• Individual games:
• Commander Keen, Episodes 1 through 5
• Wolfenstein 3D 
• Spear of Destiny
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein
• Ultimate DOOM
• DOOM II
• Master  Levels for DOOM II
• Final DOOM 
• DOOM3 
• DOOM3: Resurrection of Evil 
• QUAKE 
• QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
• QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
• QUAKE II 
• QUAKE II Mission Pack: The Reckoning 
• QUAKE II Mission Pack: Ground Zero
• QUAKE III Arena 
• QUAKE III: Team Arena 
• Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
• HeXen
• HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
• HeXen II

Packages

• DOOM 3 Pack: Includes DOOM 3 and DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil
• QUAKE III Pack: Includes QUAKE III Arena and QUAKE III: Team Arena
• Wolf Pack: Includes Wolf 3D, Spear of Destiny and Return to Castle Wolfenstein
• DOOM Pack Complete: Includes all DOOM games released by id
• QUAKE Pack: Includes all 8 QUAKE Titles available on Steam
• Heretic\HeXen Pack: Includes Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders, HeXen, HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel, HeXen II
• id Super Pack: Every id game on Steam

For more information and pricing, please visit www.steamgames.com."