Decision to pull Crysis 2 from Steam was not made by EA

EA has responded to an earlier report stating it pulled Crysis 2 from Valve's Steam service, and according to a company representative, the game was pulled as a result of Steam’s policies, not due to a decision made by EA.

"It’s unfortunate that Steam has removed Crysis 2 from their service," the EA rep told GameFront. "This was not an EA decision or the result of any action by EA.

"Steam has imposed a set of business terms for developers hoping to sell content on that service – many of which are not imposed by other online game services. Unfortunately, Crytek has an agreement with another download service which violates the new rules from Steam and resulted in its expulsion of Crysis 2 from Steam.

"Crysis 2 continues to be available on several other download services including GameStop, Amazon, Origin.com and more."

Kotaku reported earlier today that Crysis 2 was sporting an "Only on Origin" label, suggesting EA was restricting the bestseller to its newly-announced Origin distribution service.

Like the EA representative's statement confirmed, the game is currently still available digitally via Direct2Drive, Amazon, Gamersgate, and Impulse. It is not known at this time if the "agreement" with "another digital download service" was in fact EA's new Origin platform or not.

Alice: Madness Returns is likewise available from multiple digital services - but not Steam. Battlefield 3, EA's next major PC title, is also not available for pre-order through Steam.

A number of other EA titles are still up on Valve's platform, including both Dragon Age and Mass Effect, Need for Speed and Bulletstorm.

[Story by Brenna Hillier, contributed by Stephany Nunneley]