Indie darling Arcen Games has created two incredibly stellar titles: the difficult co-op strategy title AI War and the refined puzzler Tidalis. They aren't going to simply sit around and continue updating those two games, however, and their latest announced title is the intriguing A Valley Without Wind. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where monsters roam, supplies are scarce, and magic is rampant, it aims to bring procedural generation to the realm of adventuring. Set out in a direction and explore while interacting with inhabitants in interesting and meaningful ways.
Erik Johnson and Chris Park of Arcen Games sat down with Big Download to talk a little more about previous successes, the direction of A Valley Without Wind, and the future of Arcen Games.
Erik Johnson (OSD) & Ken Jones (Warfighter Engaged) meet with Microsoft Xbox Team to discuss approaches to hardware and software accessibility for veterans.
Good on MS and the XBOX Team for supporting vets and disabled individuals, it's always good to be able to introduce more people into gaming. Gaming shouldn't be limited to just the able bodied.
Earlier this year, Valve sent the mod community into crisis mode with paid mods for Skyrim. It did not end well.
It's a screwed up world when we insist that modders aren't entitled to earn money from their hard work, yet we're perfectly OK with Youtubers making videos using these mods and bringing in large sums of cash. A good quality mod can be a lot more work.
I'm all for a donation based system.
Pay if you want.
I know A LOT of mods and modders would do quite well with this as there are lots of people who would LOVE to support mods and their creators.
But forcing you to pay with this all or nothing system?
NO THANKS!
everyone love bring up the past an say it great the way it is since...it...free.
an disappointed that their having pay for what other use to do for free.
yes their will be those that milk dlc for easy money but their will also be others that use too too push things forward.
everything cost $$$, paid mods can help modders make a career out of it an teach them financially responsibility. how greedy do you have to be too assumes that you are entitled too anything free, just cause it was before.
why pay for tv? watch it free online. why pay for movie? watch it free online. why pay for a book? free online. why pay someone for work he did? you can find it free online.....
TLDR
am 100% for paying people for their hard work, even if they don't mind working for free. the world need too learn too help each other, not themselves an we all need $$$.
Duh, that was clearly their beta run. They were never going to completely stop.
Mrs Nesbitt from GamersFTW writes: "Valve big-wig Erik Johnson stated that their customer service team is still not up to standard. Having promised at the beginning of 2015 that this was going to be their main priority, it seems the super-company are still having teething issues."
I got my account stolen around the time of tht stupid security problem they had with the reset password glitch... Guess who still hasn't got an email from support more than 3 months later O.o
I literally gave up I will just pirate the games I lost back and try another client (not origin).
It seems that despite great deals and sales, Steam still isn't quite an (overall) brilliant service, or at least not as much as some fans say it is! Gotta backup those deals with the customer services Steam!