Steam adds a fresh warning about dead access games such as Unsung Story

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The screenshot shows new valve warnings for early access.

Picture: Valve / Kotaku

Have you ever met the game of early access to Steam, he decided to look pretty frigid and downloaded it just to realize that she was a bit broken and was never updated again? There has long been a topic among PC playersAnd Valve now has a fresh tool that I hope to reduce such events. A warning on Steam pages for early access games will now tell potential buyers how much time has passed since the last update.

How Steamdb indicated earlier todayThe changed warning appears in the Big Blue Early Access Box. In addition to enabling statements of the creator of the game about why the game is at an early stage of access, and not only released after completion and how long it will be expected, as long as the game is sent, the string of orange text now indicates how many months or years have passed since the last update. “Information and schedule described here by programmers may not be valid anymore,” we read with a reservation.

It is still not entirely clear what updates are significant enough to reset the meter and how long it lasts between updates. Open Zombie SIM world Zomboid project For over a decade, he has early access to Steam and does not show a fresh warning because it still receives regular updates. His last He was in January.

The screenshot shows the early Steam warning.

Screenshot: Steamdb / BlueSky / Kotaku

Usually a new warning seems to be focused on indicating when early access games have been effectively abandoned. Unsung StoryKickstarter’s controversial project once successful as a spiritual successor Final Fantasy Tactics Which He was never completedIt has a label indicating that she has been abandoned for four years. Before this update, Steam users would have to click on the review section to read other users, remembering whether the project was still in the development phase or not.

This is another function designed to help Steam users in navigation in a huge and bulky game library –19,000 new games They were published on it in 2024-especially as more and more games, including loud ones Hyper Light Breaker AND Hades 2Choose early access editions. The new warning appears only a few months by the valve He started to crack About developers promising DLC ​​and the content of the battle that never materialize.

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