Many gamers have made their hatred of exclusivity deals known by bombarding some developers, including Ooblets maker Glumberland, with hate mail. Not everyone is on board with this, however. Some indies have argued that these kinds of deals remove some of the risk from releasing a game, with Epic paying out a figure based on sales projections. This has included the likes of Control, which the Fortnite maker paid $10.5 million for. Since its launch in 2018, the Epic Games Store has paid for the exclusivity of certain games.
Hilariously, this had nothing to do with Valve's PC platform. The title had some issues on this new platform, namely that a key file – named Steam.xnb – had been deleted from Axiom Verge. Although they were disappointed not to have Axiom Verge 2 at launch, they understood that this was the right decision both for this game and my family."Īxiom Verge debuted back in 2015, coming to Steam, before launching on the Epic Games Store two years ago.
Before I signed with Epic, my business partner Dan Adelman spoke with Valve and explained our thought process.
A version for Windows and Linux via Steam is set to release one year later on August 11, 2022. It is the sequel to Axiom Verge and was released on August 11, 2021, for Windows (exclusive to the Epic Games Store client), Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4. No Valve, no indie scene, no Axiom Verge. Axiom Verge 2 is a Metroidvania video game by American indie developer Thomas Happ Games. "Without Valve’s embrace of indie game development so long ago, there might not even have been an indie scene. "The Steam team at Valve has also been incredibly supportive of Axiom Verge, and my decision to partner with Epic on this is in no way a comment on my relationship with Valve," Happ wrote. Happ admitted that Valve was disappointed by the decision to go with Epic, but emphasised that Axiom Verge 2 will be coming to Steam "eventually." When he was making the original Axiom Verge, he only had himself to worry about now he has a wife and child. In a blog post explaining his decision to team up with the Fortnite firm for his sequel to the 2015 Metroidvania, Happ said that it was partly informed by wanting to make sure he and his family are financially secure. The team at Valve has apparently supported developer Thomas Happ in his decision to make Axion Verge 2 exclusive to the Epic Games Store. The hit 2015 side scroller Axiom Verge is getting a sequel, and developer Thomas Happ showed off a bit more of the game during todays Future Games Show event.