Developer Ys Net recently announced that Shenmue III will be releasing on the Steam store on 19 November, which is exactly one year after its launch on the Epic Games Store. Ys Net made the announcement on the Shenmue III Kickstarter page. You can read the announcement below. Yes, it is official, Shenmue III will be released on Steam this
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Previously available exclusively on Apple Arcade, the action-RPG Yaga is now available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One and Windows PC via the Epic Games Store (a Steam release is expected in 2020). So now normal people can actually play it! Pfft! …apple arcade… Developed by Breadcrumbs Interactive and published by Versus Evil, Yaga is a comedic take on
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Publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment have announced that John Wick Hex will arrive on the Epic Games Store (both PC and Mac) on 8 October for $19.99. John Wick Hex is a strategy game developed by Bithell Games based on the wildly successful film series starring Keanu Reeves. (Duhr) Good Shepherd is planning to release the game on consoles at a
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Earlier this month, independent game developer Unfold Games caused an online stir after refusing an exclusivity deal with the Epic Store for the studio’s first title: DARQ. Just three days after Unfold Games announced DARQ’s release date on Steam, Epic approached the studio with an exclusivity deal (coupled with a cash incentive) which would have wrested the game away from
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The Shenmue III anti-hype train just keeps on chugging along. According to a comment on the game’s Kickstarter page, original Kickstarter backers of Shenmue III will not receive the bonus pre-order content that comes with the standard or deluxe retail editions of the game. A backer named Antonio Miranda requested information from Ys Net regarding season passes and the trial
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Last month, publisher Deep Silver and developer Ys Net confirmed that Shenmue III is going to be exclusive to the Epic Games Store on Windows PC. That surprise announcement decision disappointed many Shenmue fans, particularly the backers of the original Kickstarter campaign. Not only did the Epic Game Store not exist back when Shenmue III was crowdfunded in 2015, but
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In a recent interview with Korean outlet GameFocus, Samurai Shodown director and art director Nobuyuki Kuroki revealed that SNK executives rejected an exclusivity offer from an unnamed “PC sales platform.” While the chief suspect is certainly the Epic Games Store, as Niche Gamer astutely points out, the platform could very well have been GOG, Itch.io, Steam or others. According to
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Tripwire Interactive revealed Maneater at E3 2018. and this year during the PC gaming press conference, the company released an all-new trailer for their submarine RPG, this time featuring the game’s antagonist, Scaly Pete (voiced by Chris Parnell). You can watch the new trailer below. Maneater is an open-world, action RPG set in the Gulf Coast where players control a giant
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During the E3 2019 PC Gaming Press Conference, publisher Deep Silver and developer Ys Net have confirmed Shenmue III is going to be exclusive to the Epic Games Store on Windows PC. That may come as a surprise to Valve, as the Shenmue III Steam page is still live at the time of this writing and backers of the original
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