Valve Inc. has announced that the TrackMania game series is now available on its digital distribution platform Steam.

"TrackMania Nations Forever, the sequel to the popular online racing title, is available now for free via Steam, a leading online platform for PC games with over 15 million accounts worldwide. In addition the new retail version of Trackmania, Trackmania United Forever, also launches today on Steam for just $39.95 to customers worldwide.

TrackMania Nations Forever offers a new version of the Stadium environment, a complete solo mode, and 65 new tracks. TrackMania Nations Forever promises to unite an even larger number of players than its very successful predecessor thanks to engaging new multiplayer modes, online functions, and -- for the first time - allowing players of the free versions to play online with players from the retail version of TrackMania United.

Players of the TrackMania United retail version also gain a brilliant free extension named "United Forever." In addition to being compatible with Nations Forever, this extension offers many bonuses - including tracks that have never been seen before, new design blocks for the game environments, and a spectacular graphics update for the three historic environments.

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