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Steam is now publishing movies

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Valve’s Steam platform has expanded far beyond that in recent years. Along with various forms of software, Valve has also begun selling and distributing documentary films too. And now it’s extending that form of entertainment publishing to feature length films as well, with the release of Motivational Growth, a movie from Devolver Digital, the publisher of Hotline Miami, about a man and his mould.

 

Motivational Growth stars Adrian DiGiovanni as Ian Folliver, a depressed 30 something who hasn’t left his apartment in over a year. It’s within his enclosed world that he befriends a pile of mould growing in his kitchen. While seemingly benign, before long the mould has designs on his new friend’s life and Ian realises it might not be the new best pal he thought it was.

The film launches priced at $7.99, with a planned 40 per cent discount for the launch window. Although unrated, the film is listed with several adult themes, including mild drug use and nudity, as well as graphic violence and gore.

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http://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/steam-is-now-publishing-movies-too/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/359410

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This is what we need. 

 

 

More B movies.

 

 

 

 

 

God damn it

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I like it. Hopefully gives a nice way for indies to get their films out there. That said, if they have early access films, I'm leaving steam.

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*starts video*

 

*Devolver Digital*

 

"Shut up and take my money!"

"A picture is starting to form here... I wonder if it's accurate? Some pieces don't quite seem to fit. Or maybe I just don't like the way it looks."

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I like it. Hopefully gives a nice way for indies to get their films out there. That said, if they have early access films, I'm leaving steam.

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This video is only available in a streaming format.

 

Yeah no, the world does not need another movie/ TV streaming service, downloads or GTFO.

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If you could buy full blu-ray-quality movies, that'd be great.

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I hate this for some reason...

 

Remember when Steam was better and just did games?

I didn't know Steam made games, when did they make games ?? 

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Streaming only? Pfft, I'm sticking to iTunes

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Steam sales for movies.. yes please!! :D

a  digital 2 dollar bin, gabe you magnificent bastard.

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I didn't know Steam made games, when did they make games ?? 

He means when only games were published on Steam.

 

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He means when only games were published on Steam.

Ha, fail.

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The had some documentaries on there in the past, doubt they will become the next Netflix though

Get the feeling they only did this cause the dude who made it is a game dev who already had a relationship with them.
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Get the feeling they only did this cause the dude who made it is a game dev who already had a relationship with them.

 

Well the other movies were documentaries about themselves and indie games so actually, pretty much accurate Mr Humbug.

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Considering that game videos always take forever to load on steam (at least for me they do)....no. This is a stupid idea.

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Having the indie dev and Dota documentaries made sense to me, but having a film like this leaves me a little puzzled.

 

I probably won't ever use Steam for movies, but I wouldn't say that an additional service like this would somehow make Steam worse.

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He means when only games were published on Steam.

It isn't like he is using Steam.

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This was bound to happen; without movie streaming service like the Chromecast or Apple TV has, the Steam Machines would never find a place in people's homes.

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I can only hope that they'll find some kind of arrangement with Amazon and/or Netflix so we can finally get rid of silverlight.

Damn it I hate silverlight!

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