Steam News22 June 20179y ago

Update regarding Early Access

Hey followers, Some of you might have noticed that our estimate of early 2017 for an early access launch has come and gone.

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Hey followers, Some of you might have noticed that our estimate of early 2017 for an early access launch has come and gone. The reason we haven't made any announcement about the launch (or a delay) yet is that we haven't been able to post all of the information publicly until now. While we were initially wanting to get an early access build out to you all earlier in the year, we've got some great news which has caused us to reconsider that choice: We're happy to announce that Hyper Jam has the support of Film Victoria for its remaining development. This means we're now able to work full-time on the game, and as such we've decided to instead go straight to a full release rather than doing early access first. The downside to this is that you'll have to wait a little bit longer to play Hyper Jam, but in return you'll get a much more complete, more polished, higher quality game. We're currently aiming for a full release some time in early 2018, but will keep you posted if this changes. It's also worth noting that our intention to continue adding updates and new content hasn't changed – we still plan on supporting the game and the community as it grows, and we're grateful to all of you who're still following Hyper Jam. In other news, we'd like to share a few things we've been working on: New perk icons! Along with other assorted UI improvements

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addedHey followers, Some of you might have noticed that our estimate of early 2017 for an early access launch has come and gone. The reason we haven't made any announcement about the launch (or a delay) yet is that we haven't been able to post all of the information publicly until now. While we were initially wanting to get an early access build out to you all earlier in the year, we've got some great news which has caused us to reconsider that choice: We're happy to announce that Hyper Jam has the support of Film Victoria for its remaining development. This means we're now able to work full-time on the game, and as such we've decided to instead go straight to a full release rather than doing early access first. The downside to this is that you'll have to wait a little bit longer to play Hyper Jam, but in return you'll get a much more complete, more polished, higher quality game. We're currently aiming for a full release some time in early 2018, but will keep you posted if this changes. It's also worth noting that our intention to continue adding updates and new content hasn't changed – we still plan on supporting the game and the community as it grows, and we're grateful to all of you who're still following Hyper Jam. In other news, we'd like to share a few things we've been working on: New perk icons! Along with other assorted UI improvements

addedAI bots! You can now fill empty player slots with bots, or even play against 3 of them if you don't have any friends around. They're pretty fun to play against, and can be quite a challenge on the highest difficulty.

addedA lot of other smaller changes and under the hood improvements, including attack cancelling, revamped announcements, and tweaks to sudden death. Of course we've also got a number of new weapons, perks, and arenas in the pipeline. We usually post GIFs and other content on our Twitter and Facebook accounts, so be sure to follow us there for a sneak peek. Thanks for being patient, it'll definitely be worth the wait!

AI bots! You can now fill empty player slots with bots, or even play against 3 of them if you don't have any friends around. They're pretty fun to play against, and can be quite a challenge on the highest difficulty.

A lot of other smaller changes and under the hood improvements, including attack cancelling, revamped announcements, and tweaks to sudden death. Of course we've also got a number of new weapons, perks, and arenas in the pipeline. We usually post GIFs and other content on our Twitter and Facebook accounts, so be sure to follow us there for a sneak peek. Thanks for being patient, it'll definitely be worth the wait!

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Steam News / 22 June 2017

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