Since two EA published games are now on Steam - Crysis and Crysis Warhead, is this a sign that it might be easier to deal with EA?
As we know EA have their own digital download service, competing with Steam. Maybe this is a sign of change? (Although it's more likely a unique situation, pressure put on by Crytek or something.)
I'd love to see the likes of the Wing Commander series, System Shock 2 and Alpha Centauri on GOG.com.

Oh, what kind of protection does Crysis: Warhead have (from EA; not Steam)?

EA will be (and is) distributor of VALVe's games and they have really good relationship. So this looks like a result of good collaboration between those two companies.

EA's current (standard) 3 installs and you're out secuROM DRM.

And this is why even legal customers use cracked .exe files as patches. It's faster and more comfortable than wasting time and money with EA's support.

As you are saying, Crysis and Crysis Warhead are published through EA Partners (which is the same way the physical copies of The Orange Box were published) so I wouldn't get my hopes up.

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Yeah that sucks. I really hoped it meant EA was working with Valve and Steam. That would have been epic. Instead we go back to hoping.
I really wish we could see Origin's games such as Ultima and Wing Commander on GOG. However I just don't see it happening, even despite it being free money for no effort. :(

If Crysis: Warhead contains the DRM schemes that EA absolutely love then I'm not going to buy it. Not even through Steam. A company that treats paying consumers like criminals doesn't deserve my money.