Minecraft rival Hytale skips Steam at launch to dodge negative reviews, and its developer says it "might never need" Valve's store

Hytale says that Steam is a "great marketing tool" but not a "necessity" for its early access debut, opting for its own launcher instead.
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‘Escape From Tarkov’ Coming To Steam Imminently

Escape From Tarkov is finally set to come to Steam in the coming weeks, with a new tease from developers Battlestate Games giving us a first look at the Tarkov Steam page. The Steam page for Tarkov is ...
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Valve apologizes for ruining Steam game's launch

Things were looking good for Planet Centauri. The pitch: Starbound meets Pokémon. Explore space, build homes, and capture and breed alien monsters. A decade's worth of work, which helped the game ...

Escape from Tarkov director says the launch week's wobbles were 'actual stress testing not only of our servers but also our mind and nerves'

Buyanov signs off by announcing the "traditional New Year TarkovTV in December" with "all of the additional info", and has ...
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Escape from Tarkov owners will have to buy it again if they want to play through Steam, and the Steam version will require a Battlestate account anyway

Escape from Tarkov is finally crossing the Rubicon into a 1.0 release on November 15, and it just unveiled something that might be a little surreal if you've followed the game's eight years in early ...