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  • The 5 Best Games on Steam Early Access
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    The 5 Best Games on Steam Early Access

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    This may sound kinda hipster, but I love being the first in the know. The first to discover a great restaurant. The first to hear a cool new band. And my love of firsts? It seems custom made for Steam’s Early …
  • Where’s My Game?! The Dangers of Early Access
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    Where’s My Game?! The Dangers of Early Access

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    About five years ago, Mojang popularized a form of pre-purchase known as "early access" with their game Minecraft. By allowing players access to the most current build of the game, back during the Alpha and Beta build days, Mojang opened the door to player's direct feedback, letting them essentially playtest the game through development. This system worked pretty flawlessly for Mojang, and since then, countless independent developers have understandably followed suit.Early access releases are now a pretty normal way for developers to release their games to players anxious to get into the latest build. But, this method of direct developer-to-player feedback has begun to develop a dark side.Within the past year I have observed a number of player bases lash out at development teams, going so far as to call the developers scam artists regarding their early access releases. The buyers of these early access titles feel like the developers have abandoned them, essentially making a prototype of a game, selling it as is while promising more, and then taking the money and running. 
  • BlackSoul backpedals its way into Steam Early Access (and that’s worrisome)
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    BlackSoul backpedals its way into Steam Early Access (and that’s worrisome)

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    BlackSoul: Extended Edition is available on Steam. At first it was labeled as a complete game, but now it's made the jump - retroactively - to Early Access. What happened? According to the developer, as well as the Steam community, the game was released in a rather dire state.The developer stated in an email that "we are receiving a lot of feedback and we found the game still need some more work to make it more enjoyable, so our decision is to keep supporting it with further updates..."The email was apparently sent to multiple publications that received review codes for the game. It goes on to say the game "might also switch to Early Access," although it seems they chose to do so rather quickly, as the game is now listed as such on Steam.
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    Steam announces Early Access program

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    Have you ever wanted to be a video game tester? I mean, playing all those new games before anyone else just seems like the best job in the world (except for writing about games, that is!). Well if you're a Steam user, then today is your lucky day.