Yesterday Valve announced a new plan called "Steam Greenlight" to bring more indie titles to Steam.
Similar in a way to Xbox Live's Indie process, the community will be allowed to vote and approve which smaller indie focused games will become paid titles with the first batch expected to be ready by August when the plan is implemented.
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"For many stores, there is a team that reviews entries and decides what gets past the gates," says Valve. "We're approaching this from a different angle: The community should be deciding what gets released. After all, it's the community that will ultimately be the ones deciding which release they spend their money on."
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Unlike certain restrictions Microsoft places on their own Indie process, Valve will not reject titles if they are being developed for other platforms but do have the request of the title be Windows PC compatible and a valid Steam account be made for the service.
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The new hub is targeted at indie developers looking to bring their titles to the platform. Developers can post both in-progress and final builds to let Steam users playtest them, and ultimately vote on whether or not those games will be launched via Steam. There won't be a specific vote threshold. Rather, success will be tallied based on "relative interest" compared with other Greenlight titles.
Games submitted must at least run on a Windows PC, but other platforms may be developed for simultaneously. Interested developers need a valid and non-limited Steam account. You'll need to fill out a submission form and include at least one video, four screenshots, and a written description that includes estimated system requirements.
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http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valve-...eenlight/4259/
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Daily Recap:
1) Based on several several sources and retailers, the North American release of The Last Story for the Wii has been suddenly delayed from its current July 10 date to now an unofficial July 31 release date. No official reason was given for the sudden delay while Amazon originally stated the delay was to be until July 13 until they also switched to a July 31st date.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Story.../dp/B007CSF3GO
http://www.pixelitis.net/news/rumor-...-by-three-days
2) CBS Films announces they have bought the rights to a movie adaptation for Deus Ex Human Revolution.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/cbs-...-ex-adaptation
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-in-the-works/
3) Take Two Interactive reveals Rockstar's Vancouver studio (Max Payne 3) has been shut down with the current staff to be moved to the newly expanded Rockstar Toronto studio.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/rockst...y-expand/4260/