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Most of the steam games I got for free was on this site. It can be funny when I get a certain game, then another GB user be like ''damn someone got it before me''. It's a good feeling knowing it was me.
Apparently owners of Hack and Slash are being given Spacebase and vice versa as thanks/an apology from Double Fine.
apology for what?
Not 100% sure myself, as I own neither, but Double Fine came under a lot of flak recently for suddenly rushing Spacebase out of Early Access, skipping a lot of advertised features that were due to come with development (apparently). This seems to be a goodwill gesture from them.
Most of the steam games I got for free was on this site. It can be funny when I get a certain game, then another GB user be like ''damn someone got it before me''. It's a good feeling knowing it was me.
Apparently owners of Hack and Slash are being given Spacebase and vice versa as thanks/an apology from Double Fine.
apology for what?
Not 100% sure myself, as I own neither, but Double Fine came under a lot of flak recently for suddenly rushing Spacebase out of Early Access, skipping a lot of advertised features that were due to come with development (apparently). This seems to be a goodwill gesture from them.
That's pretty much my understanding of the situation. Since there were still items on the "planned features" list that hadn't been implemented yet, some people criticized DF for releasing an "incomplete" or "unfinished" game. Which is weird, because as far as I know, MOST games get released without SOMETHING getting cut due to time/budget, the only difference here being the fact that DF made their list for Spacebase public.
*Edit: As to the original topic question, I don't know if I've gotten any Steam games from any companies, but I did get a key for Don't Starve from a generous duder (or lady duder) on Giant Bomb back when the game was in early beta.
Apparently owners of Hack and Slash are being given Spacebase and vice versa as thanks/an apology from Double Fine.
apology for what?
Not 100% sure myself, as I own neither, but Double Fine came under a lot of flak recently for suddenly rushing Spacebase out of Early Access, skipping a lot of advertised features that were due to come with development (apparently). This seems to be a goodwill gesture from them.
An apology for making all other developers look bad?
I also got Spacebase for free recently for owning Hack 'n' Slash. I was looking forward to Spacebase and was going to buy it, until I heard it was pretty broken, lacking and generally unfinished. Which is sad, because I think Hack 'n' Slash isn't much more than a good idea either. Double Fine should re-think the Amnesia Fortnight method a bit, or scrap it, in my opinion. (Sorry, off-topic)
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