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Developers advised not to release games early if they don't have the funds to finish them without sales
Read More »Steam clamps down on dev requirements for Early Access titles
A more stringent set of requirements has been put in place for games released via Steam’s Early Access service. A number of high-profile Early Access disasters previously led to Steam altering its customer guidelines, but Giantbomb reports that the terms presented to developers have now also been tweaked. The new …
Read More »Just a quarter of Steam Early Access games have had a full release
'While there are clearly many benefits to an Early Access model, there is also the possibility of a broken promise to the consumer,' says EEDAR's Patrick Walker
Read More »Only a quarter of Early Access games receive a full release
The gamble that is Steam Early Access has been demonstrated in numbers. EEDAR’s head of insights and analytics Patrick Walker has on Games Industry said that only 25 per cent of Early Access have ever gone on to receive a full Steam release. This is as true for games released …
Read More »Newell death threat dev re-joins Code Avarice
A developer who tweeted that he was going to kill Gabe Newell” has re-joined the studio whom he left to protect. Mike Maulbeck quit studio Code Avarice last month after publicly throwing a tantrum after its game Paranautical Activity was incorrectly listed on Steam, leading to the game being pulled …
Read More »Mike Maulbeck rejoins Code Avarice after Newell threats
Studio co-founders to change how they interact with community moving forward
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 9-15
Football Manager 2015 has climbed to the top of Steam’s latest weekly top ten best sellers chart. The latest release in the sports simulation franchise finished ahead of the surging Far Cry Franchise Pack, with pre-orders for Far Cry 4 driving the upcoming title to an appearance on the list …
Read More »Six year old RPG Valkyria Chronicles tops Steam sellers list
Sega’s PC version of PS3 RPG Valkyria Chronicles has ‘blown all predictions out of the water’, the publisher has claimed. The game release on Steam yesterday and was at one stage apparently the most downloaded game on the platform. Currently it sits in third place behind fellow Sega title Football …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 2-8
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has taken over the top spot on Steam’s weekly best sellers chart. The latest in Activision’s hit FPS franchise beat out runner-up Football Manager 2015, while popular indie game re-release The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth finished in third. Advanced Warfare’s Digital Pro Edition also made …
Read More »GTA: San Andreas Steam update removes music tracks and tinkers with game
The convenience of the digital revolution comes at a price – publishers are able to mess with your products AFTER you buy them. Rockstar Nexus reports that an update to the Steam version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has retroactively removed 17 tracks from the game’s radio stations. The …
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