Castrum - Well, it seems Steam (and by extension, Valve) have gotten a bit more up-front with their monopolistic tendencies. No longer content to simply have a de-facto stranglehold on the Digital Download market, now they have decided to make it legally-binding for any publisher/developer who wants to sell games and/or DLC via Steam:
The EA and Steam saga marches ever onward. Dragon Age 2 is no longer available on Steam, apparently pulled just as the new "Legacy" downloadable content was released. No reason has been given by Steam or EA regarding the absence.
This wouldn't be the first time a game was pulled from Steam in recent weeks. When Crysis 2 disappeared from Steam, it seemed like a shot across the bow of Valve's digital service as EA aggressively marketed its own service, Origin. EA claims the issue was merely an "agreement with another download service which violates [Steam's] new rules."
Eurogamer notes that the game's removal coincides with the release of the "Legacy" DLC for Dragon Age 2.http://www.shacknews.com/article/69452/dragon-age-2-missing-from-steam
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