The developer of Outer Wilds, the whimsical space exploration game, will be available on the Epic Games Store and Xbox One when it launches, the developer has announced, with plans to bring the game to backers’ “preferred platforms” at a later date. Mobius Digital, which is developing Outer Wilds with Annapurna Interactive, says the deal with Epic Games has helped keep the studio running over the course of the game’s development. “Each of these partnerships [with Annapurna, Epic, and Xbox] has enabled us to make the game better and more accessible for everyone who will play it,” the wrote in an update on the crowdfunding platform Fig. Many of the backers who contributed to Outer Wilds’ Fig campaign are upset by the move, as you might expect these days, given how Epic Games Store exclusivity deals are generally received. “That is deeply disappointing,” one writes. “If the delay for a Steam release of more than a few months, I think I'll have to seek a refund.” As Eurogamer reports, Outer Wilds was initially projected to come out in 2016 on Linux, Mac, and PC through Steam. That’s changed, and it’s as yet unclear what exactly the impetus for the decision for the move was, or perhaps more importantly, whether it was Mobius or one of their partners who made it.
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