Doug Lombardi @ GameCloud

Gamecloud - How has the Steam system worked so far and are there any plans to improve it and also allow other third party games to use the system?

Doug Lombardi - In addition to opening a new avenue for selling our products, Steam has proven very effective in curbing piracy and assisting with the administration of the CS:Src and now DoD: Src betas. It's also allowed us to roll out updates and new content (such as HL2:DM) directly to customers, without having to send them to an FTP site to hunt for the files. We plan to continue the development of Steam and we'll be announcing the first set of third party games to be offered on Steam in just a few weeks.