Tag Archives: Early Access

Last night, Geoff Keighley's annual ‘The Game Awards' show kicked off, bringing recognition to some of the best games of the year. Awards aren't the only reason to tune in though, as this year's show was also filled with announcements. One of the bigger announcements of the evening was PUBG's …

DayZ, the game responsible for the massive Early Access survival trend will finally be getting its full release next year. Bohemia Interactive has been slowly chipping away at this game since 2013 and after more than a few setbacks, it looks like the end is finally in sight. However, it …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has taken PC gaming by storm this year. Since launching on Steam’s early access program earlier this year, the game has racked up more than ten million sales and overtaken the likes of Dota 2 and CS:GO in player count. However, PUBG’s success hasn’t slowed down development or …

After a couple of years in development, a price hike and a delay, Studio Wildcard has officially launched ARK: Survival Evolved, bringing it out of Early Access for good. The popular dino-themed survival game has received its 1.0 update, so the studio’s attention now turns to the future, with the …

With Ark: Survival Evolved set to leave early access and ‘fully launch’ at the end of this month, new details are emerging about changes coming to the game. Over the course of Early Access, Ark has had hundreds of official servers for players and since many of them are low-population, …

Bethesda has been working on bringing back the Quake franchise for quite some time, working closely with id Software to give it the revival it deserves. The next instalment is to be Quake Champions, that will now be set to jump from closed beta into Steam Early Access come August …

Last month, it was revealed that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds would be receiving a CS:GO style crate system for cosmetic items. This caused quite a stir as previously the PUBG FAQ had stated that cosmetic microtransactions would only appear after the game leaves Early Access. Now, Brendan Greene, the lead on the …

Earlier this month, we saw Ark: Survival Evolved jump in price, from around £24.99 to £49.99, all in preparation for the game’s exit from Early Access and physical disc launch on the 8th of August. Unfortunately, Studio Wildcard will no longer be able to meet that date, so Ark will …

Earlier this month, we saw the digital pricing for Ark: Survival Evolved jump to £55/$60 on console and PC, ahead of the game's full release in August. While the UK price has since been adjusted to £49.99, the new price is still far higher than most would have wanted and …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been quite the success story after selling four million copies in just three months and the early access game doesn’t seem to show any signs of slowing down. Due for its full release later this year, Battlegrounds has managed to climb into second place on Steam’s most …

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has seen a lot of success over the last few months, with millions of gamers already on board with the Early Access title. However, as the player base ramps up, so does the pressure to not disappoint. As a result, the six month Early Access time frame for …

Ark: Survival Evolved has been in early access for a couple of years now but the journey out is now set, with the game getting its ‘full release' on the 8th of August. In preparation for this, Studio Wildcard has boosted the game's price, bumping it up from $29.99/£24.99 to …

DayZ, the game that arguably kicked off the entire early access survival genre, is finally almost in beta. The standalone version of the Arma 2 mod originally began development over four years ago and has been in alpha ever since. The beta update hasn't landed just yet, but the change …

Conan Exiles has been out on the PC for a little while now and during that time, the early access title has received a ton of support, generating tons of sales with the help of streamers and YouTubers. However, unlike quite a few other early access titles, Funcom appears to …

Over the last 16 months, Killing Floor 2 has been in open development and available to purchase on Steam Early Access. The game has received plenty of updates since then and now it looks like it is almost ready for prime time as Tripwire has announced that Killing Floor 2 …

If you hoped to spring out of bed this morning and step aboard an oceanliner from the '20s, only to murder unsuspecting passengers and other ‘hunters' like yourself in glorious HD, we have some sorry news for you. The remastered version of The Ship: Murder Party, has been pushed back a …

With all of the news of developers like Epic, Motiga and Blizzard releasing new takes on the MOBA genre by combining it with FPS elements, perhaps it's time we had a new, traditional MOBA as well. Forget that Infinite Crisis closed down a few months ago, Games Workshop and Whitebox …

Right on the back of the PayDay 2 microtransaction backlash, Tripwire Interactive has revealed that it will be putting microtransactions in to its Early Access title, Killing Floor 2. As you can imagine, a lot of players aren't too happy about it, despite the fact that Tripwire is only offering …

IO Interactive was due to launch a new Hitman this December, with a confusing release scheme that would see a portion of the game come out at launch, with updates added over time to finish off the story and keep people playing. However, it seems that more time is needed and …

Unity, the firm behind the engine of the same name has revealed that between April and the end of July this year, developers created more than 174,000 games using the Unity engine, which is quite a scary number. The number was revealed by CEO, John Riccitello at the Unite Boston …

One of the most successful games so far on Steam Early Access is Starbound, a 2D sandbox style game, sort of like a sci-fi version of Terraria. Those who own the game can expect a big update soon, which will add in colonies, allowing you to populate the various worlds and …

Earlier this year, Frozenbyte launched Trine 3 on Steam Early Access and after a few months of open development, the game was completed a few days back. Unfortunately, it seems that quite a few fans were disappointed in the story's length as well as the ending to the game, causing the developer …

Update: Trine 3 is almost finished. The game was announced and released on Steam Early Access earlier this year and now it will be officially releasing on the 20th of August. The PC version of the game will be available on Steam, GOG and the Humble Store, with Mac and …

Prison Architect originally launched back in 2012 on Steam Early Access, since then, the developers have been very open with customers and have provided updates on a weekly basis showing the game's progress. Right now, Prison Architect is currently in Alpha Build 35 but by October, it will be officially …

The latest hit survival game on the block is Ark: Survival Evolved, which launched back in June and has already surpassed a million sales. Fortunately for everyone that has bought in at this early stage, the development team have been regularly updating the game and keeping in touch with the …

The Unity Engine has been used to power plenty of good games, ranging from indie hits like Thomas Was Alone, to Kickstarter success stories like Pillars of Eternity. However, recently the engine and more specifically, its asset store, have been placed in a somewhat negative light due to a shady …

Studio Wildcard, the team behind the most recent early access survival game success story, ARK: Survival Evolved, has just released modding tools for the game. Since ARK runs on Unreal Engine 4, the developer teamed up with Epic Games to create mod support and tools for the community currently playing …

If there was ever an obvious missed opportunity in gaming, it's that Minecraft could very well have been a Lego property. Better late than never I suppose though, as it looks like the company has finally caught on that kids and adults alike love building things with easy to snap …

Survival horror has been one of the break out genres of recent years, at least partially thanks to how well it fits well with Youtube let's players – since not everyone has the stomach to play such games – and the fact that it's a great genre to show off the …

Transport Tycoon Deluxe is one of my all time favourite games, so the fact that a new title has been released that lets you build tracks, manage resources and build up your cash reserves but with a new, cutesy, toybox art style, my interest was peaked. Through nearly 200 years …