The program allows developers to
soft launch games at a lower price.
Fully acknowledging that fact, ArtCraft has publicly stated that it plans to
soft launch the game in early 2018, although no firm dates have been set.
Not exact matches
The lack of stuff like Nintendo's long - running Virtual Console, a service full of Nintendo's most popular classic
games, speaks to that «
soft launch» — there isn't even a paid online service on the Switch yet (it's planned for
launch in «fall 2017»).
Since
soft -
launching on Steam's Early Access program on March 23, over 20 million copies of the
game have been sold.
Stormbound [Free], a
game that has released globally this week after a few months in
soft launch, brings to the table a fun combination of card collection and tactical gameplay that looks simple at first but has enough tactical depth and interesting ideas to scratch that itch.
We had a chance to go hands - on with Puzzle Fighter during PAX West back in September shortly after it was announced, and following a
soft -
launch in select countries we were able to give even more time to the
game ahead of release.
It appears to be a full
game, so we're not sure where the
soft launch designation comes from, but we aren't exactly complaining.
Out of absolutely nowhere, a new Ridge Racer
game for mobile, titled Ridge Racer Draw & Drift, has
soft launched onto the App Stores of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
The first Marvel: Avengers Alliance is one of my favourite comic book based mobile
games of all - time, so when I heard the 3D sequel to the 2D turn - based RPG was
soft -
launched down under, I got real Australian, real fast.
If the developers are still working on the
game while it's in
soft launch, what do you think would be the best way to share thoughts or suggestions?
I'm already having trouble spending any substantial amount of money on fully released
games due to this and similar cases much less
games in
soft launch.
In future i think
gamers will have two second thoughts of supporting a
game in
soft launch via IAP due to this.
During this «
soft launch», inexperienced users are given an opportunity to play through all, or as much as is practical, of the
game experience.
Angry Birds Blast Island — Rovio has
soft -
launched what appears to be a sequel to its
game Angry Birds Blast called Angry Birds Blast Island.
The
game has
soft launched in Singapore though, so it shouldn't be too much of a wait for its release.
When the
game hits early access, are you folks thinking of that as a de facto
soft launch, or will serious testing be going on?
Don't underestimate LATAM as a great region for
soft -
launching your
games; it isn't heavily contested but it's influenced by U.S. and European culture.
They explained that they are doing this «
soft launch» to help perform a stress test on their servers and to help put some of the final touches on the
game before release.
The
game's
soft launch on the console platform is scheduled for today at 11 a.m. EDT, allowing console owners to download the
game and play as much as they wish.
The «
soft launch» designation is mostly to note that the
game will receive minimal communication over the next month while developers address any major bugs or issues.
With the
soft launch of APB Reloaded on the PlayStation 4 have come some hard truths: namely that the
game isn't quite where the devs want it to be.
As it stands right now, it appears that this
game is only available in the Philippines right now, which is why we are not sure if it is a
soft launch or a beta testing phase, since that regions is used for both usually.
While we've lost the original
game to the 32 - bit Appocalypse, Robot Entertainment announced in the spring of 2017 that they were partnering up with fellow Texas - based studio BonusXP to create a sequel, and in fact they
soft -
launched that
game in select countries at around the same time.
The
game is currently undergoing a
soft launch in Australia.
Then later in September Capcom
soft -
launched the
game in several countries, giving even more people a chance to check it out early.
Currently, the
game's 64 square kilometers of playable area is gearing up for early access on Steam, which the team considers a
soft -
launch of the current alpha build.
Last week Nexon released a fairly large holiday themed update for their Mabinogi Duel
game on Android, followed by a
soft launch of Medal Masters by Nexon Korea yesterday.
Monolith
Soft has had three years since the Japanese
launch of Xenoblade Chronicles to work on X. Platinum Games has been working on Bayonetta 2 since the first
game shipped.
The
game is currently in a
soft launch state so it's only playable in certain regions.
Soft launched in Australia last month, the
game has become the No. 1 downloaded iPhone app on the U.S. App Store in just seven hours and has rocketed into the top 10 highest grossing iPhone apps on Japan's App Store in the same amount of time.
The
game was previously
soft -
launched on Android devices in certain countries in a similar way to Sonic Runners, but now the
game is ready for its full
launch.
The
game should be
soft launching pretty soon, and the worldwide release should come before the end of 2017.
We've been keeping tabs on EA and Maxis» The Sims Mobile [Free], with the
game being in
soft launch for almost a year.
We finally heard about its release date when Scopely quietly muttered about its upcoming
launch at Pocket
Gamer Connects London 2017, a full year after it had been
soft -
launched.
From there we talk about the absurd monetization methods used in Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery [Free], chat a bit about the cool new MOBA Paladins Strike [Free](which has been
soft launched forever) and then we get into Supertype [$ 1.99], a super-rad physics puzzler by the creator of Pancake the
Game [Free].
BON Games» tycoon
game Transit King has been
soft -
launched in Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands for Android devices.
Still, those that remained needed to keep on making
games, and they had Transformers: Forged to Fight already in
soft launch, so why not keep working on that?
Soft -
launched in May 2016, and one of the first
games launched in Google Play's Early Access scheme, it's had plenty of time to iron out its kinks and nail its design, and it's done so admirably.
Additionally almost nobody besides Ubi
Soft even TRIED to have something of substance there at
launch, a window of time when even mediocre
games sell well and help establish the market for a console.
Based on the limited
soft launch we have interesting data on how well the Animal Crossing mobile
game is performing.
With Monster Buster, we also
soft -
launched an early version of the
game on Windows Phone, which was a perfect platform to playtest the
game worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of players.»
Soft launched in 8 countries in October 2017, the
game features a unique gameplay style with pretty impressive graphics.
Normally
soft launches are a way for developers to test the
game in a market while acquiring data such as pricing correction for Free - to - play
games (which this title will be), bug fixes, leaderboard updates and a host of other things.
This was sort of a
soft launch, so, naturally, we kept improving the
game and implementing all of the other ideas that we had, and now we are very close to a stage that we can proudly call the first full version of Monster Buster.»
Critter Camp is their first
game, which is currently in
soft launch on iOS, and the company's Product Manager Jon Roque shares the story.
The Taekwondo
Game: Global Tournament, has been soft launched in Sweden and Canada, but the game is coming to Android s
Game: Global Tournament, has been
soft launched in Sweden and Canada, but the
game is coming to Android s
game is coming to Android soon.
Stormbound [Free], a
game that has released globally this week after a few months in
soft launch, brings to the table a fun combination of card collection and tactical gameplay that looks simple at first but has enough tactical depth and interesting ideas to scratch that itch.
And, secondly: we made the hard
launch initially, without considering a
soft launch to test
game balance and retention.
«Shortly after the
soft launch of Otherland as a free - to - play
game in September 2016, the publisher decided to hold back on most releases and information in preparation for a major relaunch planned for June this year,» Drago says.
When we finished the playable demo version of the
game and the publishers who were ready to
launch the
game had lost their interest, so we decided to do the technical
launch and
soft launch ourselves.