Savage 2 Will Only Be Sold via Download

In a new move for a major video game title, S2 Games' upcoming "Savage 2: A Tortured Soul" will be available exclusively via download when it goes on sale this October.

When S2 Games‘ new title Savage 2: A Tortured Soul goes on sale this October, the company plans to bypass brick-and-mortar publishing and distribution channels for games to sell the game exclusively via download on the company Web site.

By moving to a download-only model, SE hope to both cut the costs of producing and marketing a game and increase the percentage of sales revenue retained by the company. S2 Games is gambling that enough gaming households have broadband Internet access that game publishers