Steam Has New Rules For DLC And Season Passes To Prevent Players From Getting Screwed
You shouldn’t pre-order games, but people do it all the time anyway. Increasingly, people have gotten in the habit of pre-ordering DLC too, paying up front for content that won’t be delivered for months or even years,
Steam will force developers to be transparent about their season pass plans
Season passes are one of the most common ways to generate revenue for games such as Fortnite or Call of Duty that want players to keep returning day after day, month after month. This week, PC game platform Steam has rolled out support for this monetization approach.
New Steam Season Passes Rules Force Transparency
The changes to Steam are meant to increase transparency and protect gamers from unclear promises around future content. In the past, season passes often didn't provide enough details about the extra content and when it would be released.
Valve takes stern stance on season passes and DLC in new guidelines
If you aren’t ready to clearly communicate about the content included in each DLC AND when each DLC will be ready for launch, you shouldn’t offer a Season Pass on Steam,” Valve wrote in the documentation.
Steam is adding support, and more rules, for ‘season pass’ content
Valve says video game developers ‘shouldn’t offer a Season Pass’ if they aren’t ready to clearly communicate what’s included in the DLC.
Steam cracks down on vague and unfulfilled DLCs and Season Passes
Now, the platform wants to crack down on misleading DLCs and Season Passes. Specifically, the crackdown focuses on how developers communicate upcoming content for their games and what they’re allowed to promise.
Steam's New Season Pass Policy Aims to Crack Down on Endless Delays
Valve is implementing some new ground rules for how developers can offer Season Pass and DLC content on Steam, including rules aimed at cracking down on indefinite Season Pass delays, unfulfilled promises,
A Bunch Of Awesome Games Have Big Free Updates
Before I finish a game, or sometimes even start it, the developers are already releasing free updates ranging from new ...
Tactical open-world RPG Wartales celebrates a million sales with brutal new DLC
Tactical RPG Wartales reaches a million copies sold, and Shiro Games celebrates with new DLC The Skelmar Invasion, launching in December.
‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Launches Major Stealth Mechanics Update After Player Backlash, New DLC Revealed Featuring Lando Calrissian
Ubisoft has released a major update to "Star Wars Outlaws" that adjusts the issues players had with the game's stealth ...
Stellar Blade Players Punished for Inappropriate Behavior in New Update
The new Stellar Blade x NieR Automata update has cracked down on specific NSFW content in the PS5 exclusive game.
GameRant on MSN2d
The Sims 4 Could Set the World on Fire With an Unusual Take on Future DLC
The Sims 4 has had loads of DLC over the years, and while that will likely not stop any time soon, Maxis could reinvent the ...
Shacknews3d
Homeworld 3's War Games DLCs add new strategies to the roguelike mode
One of the biggest things to come to Homeworld 3 is a major revamp of the game’s systems with Update 1.3. You don’t need to ...
Game Rant on MSN2d
Funko Fusion Update Adds Major New Feature
Funko Fusion releases a highly requested feature on PC, with updates for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 just around the ...
Steam is forcing games to be more clear about what's in their season passes - and only allowing devs with "a proven track record" to sell them
Steam is implementing new rules around season passes that should make DLC more consumer friendly but may also be a thorn in ...
bleedingcool4d
GigaBash Reveals Brand-New Ultraman: Rising DLC
GigaBash has a new DLC on the way later this month, as Ultraman: Rising makes an appearance in the game with some familiar ...
Does a DLC have the right to be a GOTY? The Game Awards should go the other way
Whether we like it or not, the inclusion of Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree as a GOTY nominee is setting a precedent at the ...
Stellar colony sim Oxygen Not Included adds new buildings, with more DLC to come
An Oxygen Not Included free weekend and Steam sale let you try the space colony sim, as an update adds new buildings, with ...