It was a PS4 exclusive too but now you can play on PC. Once the sales droop it’ll be cross-platformed.

The several Acts was a nice touch

Basically watch games being promoted on steam pre-release and when games get popular, reach out to them and offer them money to be exclusive on EGS for a period of time despite all the publicity the game got being on Steam.

I’ll still skip games with multiplayer for obvious reasons but this is great.

Say that to WeChat.

Mate, if you are dim enough to think an update can’t contain malicious code I have a heap of bridges to sell you.

Given you probably don’t understand software security but it’s fairly common attack vector.

https://www.hackerone.com/knowledge-center/supply-chain-attacks-impact-examples-and-6-preventive-measures

And mods, friends, groups, community groups, server management and link to external games…

Steam offers more than just DRM…

I posted a link in my original comment about using WeChat to spy…

Tencent owns 40% of Epic. That is very likely a controlling share which means being able to decide who is on the board and influence their decision making.

https://www.thestockdork.com/who-owns-epic-games/

I’m OK if you own the game you are making exclusive to your platform. Bribing devs is shitty practice. They also sit and wait for a game’s early access to gain momentum on Steam first before offering them money to leave.

NOW this is interesting. Still won’t give Epic my money but I get plenty of games from Twitch for EGS.

The one upside is if the game flops it gives lots of users a chance to not buy it. But any game with multiplayer it effectively kills the MP mode.

MW5 and Satisfactory amongst others were limited to Epic for years.

We waited years for MW5 to come off Epic and finally got it. Same with Satisfactory.

That’s literally the point of their Launcher… DRM.

I’m sorry but Epic is owned by Tencent. This means at any point in time, China’s Government can enforce trojans to be installed into your PC. Maybe not as relevant for you if you are not in a position of interest.

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/29/751116338/china-intercepts-wechat-texts-from-u-s-and-abroad-researcher-says

It is known PC Launcher exclusives actually hurts the company and the game’s popularity.

https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-store-exclusives-apple-lawsuit/

While Steam is certainly not the good guy, they are not owned by a known Government organisation.

100% the explosion of custom maps from WC3 set the stage for the next generation of RTS.

HoN, HOTS, DOTA, League, etc relied upon these foundations.

Like Epic which is the topic of this thread.

Tencent also own WeChat.

https://citizenlab.ca/2020/05/wechat-surveillance-explained/

This. Steam also offers reviews, achievements, workshop, communities, groups, streaming, etc, etc

Thanks autocorrect check bot

Bit different to being in close confines on one or more planes and a court room buddy.

All it took last time was Tencent to say jump to their asset.

WeChat would like a word

And the new Total Annihilation game!

The next Total Annihilation is going to be balls to the wall good. Check the trailers.

Storm Gate and Zero Space are being made by ex Blizz staff. Both in alpha.

RTS is back on the menu, boys.

It was made then they shelved it

The other person made a good point but QA before release is important and lots of bugs were dead obvious in all the games.

I do a play through of all the FO games every couple of years too.

Obsidian are great at story but also iffy at game Dev. NV was standard AAA bug fest.

The lack of real stories was a disappointment but I like the whole empty world find your own fun kinda thing in NMS, we started playing after MP was fixed and within 10 mins I had a carrier 😂

I really liked the Mass Effect Series, it’s no Freelancer or Freespace but if Starfield even feels a little bit like what No Man Sky was doing it should be good. Fallout series and TES proves it will be buggy but fun.

I’ve been trialling lift-off and it’s excellent

Yeah so their studio gets downsized, closed or merged. The big companies don’t care about the people. Tech lost 10k dev jobs last year, plenty of talent out there desperate.