Kxmode wrote on Mar 10, 2020, 15:39:
Bumpy wrote on Mar 10, 2020, 13:25:
Darks wrote on Mar 10, 2020, 12:54:
Great news, but I hope its a Steam release.
Found it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151640/Horizon_Zero_Dawn_Complete_Edition/
What?! No exclusive devil's deal with Epic?
Nope per an update to the Steam Distribution Agreement in September last year.
"Delivery. Company shall submit the Applications to Steam for release no later than the first commercial release of each Application or Localized Version, or, if already commercially released as of the Effective Date, within (30) days of the Effective Date. Thereafter, Company shall submit to Steam any Localized Versions and Application Updates (in beta and final form) when available, but in no event later than they are provided to any other third party for commercial release. Company shall provide these copies in object code form, in whatever format Valve reasonably requests."
Once a company has agreed to "deliver" their game to Steam for launch – the files must be submitted to Steam before it's release (or 30 days after signing up to the program). Updates must also never happen later than on other platforms. The link above shows this under the "Sign SDA" tab when a publisher signs up to join the SDA program.
So there's now no way to withdraw from the distribution contact? What did the wording say before?
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