It's one of the strangest and most public fallings out in recent games industry history. The leadership team of ...

After five years of development, one of Steam's coziest games is leaving Steam early access and making the jump to consoles.

Early Access in an interesting beast. Part of Steam, the world’s largest online gaming platform, this portal enables consumers to buy into games that are still in early development.

Subnautica 2 is one of the most highly anticipated games around. It's the second-most wishlisted game on Steam behind (you guessed it) Hollow Knight: Silksong. However, you'll need to wait longer than ...

Early access allows smaller development teams to get funding for their games before launching them, accumulate useful player data and feedback, and learn to make changes on the fly.

Since its introduction just over a year ago, Valve's Steam Early Access program has ballooned into a bona fide game development phenomenon, with over 200 games currently being sold to customers in ...

Frosthaven, a dark fantasy tactical RPG adaptation of the acclaimed board game, will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on July 31 for $39.99, publisher Arc Games and developer Snapshot Games ...

The idea of offering "early access" to games in development, for a price, started 10 years ago this week. This idea has spread to not just PC games, but PlayStation and Xbox console titles.

Many triple-A games launch in unfinished states with severe glitches and missing content, except publishers charge full price rather than cut-price early access rates. Early access could help ...

A game like 7 Days to Die may once have been far smaller in scope, or lost funding after a few years in development, but the early access model has given it development time on par with some of ...

High-profile examples of successful Early Access games include Subnautica, Kerbal Space Program, and Baldur’s Gate 3. But, of course, you have the black sheep.