Excellent feature. One of the first things I check anyways when buying early access games is when the last news post was.
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What was the longest time between updates, tho? Was there more than a year without any game updates or even status updates from the dev?
While what you say is accurate right now. With the rule in place, automating small “check-ins” and “updates” could become a thing.