Early Access Later On: DayZ revisited
Welcome to the inaugural installment of Early Access Later On, a new series where we’ll be taking a look at Early Access games that have had time to ferment. To kick things off, we’re once again...
View ArticleGodus Wars Early Access review
What would a spin-off of an unfinished, very disappointing Early Access game look like? Thanks to 22cans, now we all know. It looks like an unfinished, very disappointing Early Access game. Or Godus...
View ArticleNaval Action Early Access review
Scurvy, cramped living conditions, brine everywhere– life on the high seas during the Age of Sail was as exciting as it was romantic. There was other stuff, too, I suppose. Naval battles, capturing...
View ArticleRollerCoaster Tycoon World Early Access review
RollerCoaster Tycoon World finds itself in the unenviable position of launching on Steam Early Access after a string of exceptionally poor Atari releases, all resurrected and once beloved franchises,...
View ArticleFractured Space: the view from forward base as the interstellar MOBA goes...
Fractured Space is the MOBA that doesn’t look like a MOBA. Possibly this is because a) it concerns miles-long spaceships of the sort you might see in Battlestar Galactica, and b) there are no goblins...
View ArticleMaia 0.50 launches, introducing the ability to drug the colonists' water supply
Maia might be one of the Early Access title I’m most looking forward to playing at launch. I’ve had it on Steam since the day it landed, and it’s been a constant challenge not to fire it up every time...
View ArticleLife is Feudal is leaving Early Access, Sean Bean reminds us
Life is Feudal, the rather serious medieval sandbox, will soon be making the perilous journey from the rocky lands of Early Access to the peaceful plains of the Kingdom of Launch. Expect it on the...
View ArticleHow to succeed in Steam Early Access - in 5 easy steps
Playing in-development games is part of the natural PC landscape these days. Take a browse through Steam’s catalogue and you’ll encounter endless Early Access titles: games allowing you to pay and play...
View ArticleTorment: Tides of Numenera Early Access review
Torment: Tides of Numenera wears its strangeness on its sleeve. It begins with a cavalcade of information, of alien descriptions and bizarre memories absent context. You are flung into its dream-like...
View ArticleEarly Access Later On: DayZ revisited
Welcome to the inaugural installment of Early Access Later On, a new series where we’ll be taking a look at Early Access games that have had time to ferment. To kick things off, we’re once again...
View ArticleGodus Wars Early Access review
What would a spin-off of an unfinished, very disappointing Early Access game look like? Thanks to 22cans, now we all know. It looks like an unfinished, very disappointing Early Access game. Or Godus...
View ArticleNaval Action Early Access review
Scurvy, cramped living conditions, brine everywhere– life on the high seas during the Age of Sail was as exciting as it was romantic. There was other stuff, too, I suppose. Naval battles, capturing...
View ArticleRollerCoaster Tycoon World Early Access review
RollerCoaster Tycoon World finds itself in the unenviable position of launching on Steam Early Access after a string of exceptionally poor Atari releases, all resurrected and once beloved franchises,...
View ArticleFractured Space: the view from forward base as the interstellar MOBA goes...
Fractured Space is the MOBA that doesn’t look like a MOBA. Possibly this is because a) it concerns miles-long spaceships of the sort you might see in Battlestar Galactica, and b) there are no goblins...
View ArticleEarlyNinja wants to right all the wrongs of Steam Early Access
Update January 31, 2017: We originally published this feature on the day EarlyNinja's Kickstarter went live, but took it down after a number of developers voiced concerns that their games were being...
View ArticleThe developer of Early Access disaster The Dead Linger on what went wrong
It’s tempting to villainise developers for not coming good on stratospheric Early Access promises, especially as you hand over your own money to ostensibly see those promises realised. In StarForge,...
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