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The most recent Phoenix Point dev blog entry takes aim at alien bases.

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GameWatcher's Chris Capel went hands-on with Phoenix Point.

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Strategy Gamer's Alex Connolly offers his impressions on the latest backer beta build of Phoenix Point.

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An exclusive preview of Phoenix Point is the showpiece of PC Gamer UK's February issue, as reported here.

p.s.: if only they had picked a cover that wasn't so utterly generic...

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Thorondor, on 10 January 2019 - 06:44 PM, said:

p.s.: if only they had picked a cover that wasn't so utterly generic...

No kidding. Show us a couple aliens in the background!

- Zombie

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Phoenix Point's release date has now been pushed back to September.

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PC Gamer's Andy Kelly makes available online a feature originally published in the January issue of their print magazine about Phoenix Point here.

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The saddest news ever?

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So, Phoenix Point will be released as an Epic Games Store exclusive...

Big whoop? *sigh*

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Bound to make financial sense for the developer I guess, but I just can't get behind the whole "exclusive" mentality myself.

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Exclusive for 1 year + free DLCs. Yes I understand that steam takes 30%, and Epic takes like what 5%? 12%? but that's sort of breaking the promise.
If not Steam than GoG. In general people don't like/trust Epic Game Store.

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Yeah, silencer, there are plenty of dissatisfied backers and they have certainly been vocal.  

Here's an excerpt from an article at Eurogamer where Julian addresses the subject:

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Gollop apologised to upset backers.

"For those backers who are upset by our switch of delivery platform, we are truly sorry," he said.

"It was not our intention to scam anyone. The best we can do is offer compensation in the form of free extra content, which we will deliver throughout the launch year. This will include at least three major DLC packs. They will also receive a Steam key or GOG key, in addition to their Epic key, at the end of the exclusivity period. If they are not happy with this, we will give a full refund."

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It's at least a modicum of compensation. Beyond that, let's face it, money talks and Epic is doing what it needs to do to make its store increasingly appealing to both developers and potential customers.

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Right now only appealing to developers. There is too much stuff going against Epic Store from customer perspective. I also seen people defending EGS with (Steam was like this at the start). But Steam did not have illegal practices. The best example how to enter market in this age showed GoG. Doesn't create exclusivity (except maybe for old games), there are no issues with hacked accounts or sniffing private data.
Thankfully Epic Launcher will not be required for Pheonix Point, and this only keeps me from not refunding.

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Learn about what Phoenix Point's "Backer Build Four" is bringing to the table here.

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To be released on the 3rd of September.

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Over at Metro.co.uk, they went hands-on with Phoenix Point and interviewed Mr. Julian Gollop, as reported here.

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It has now been announced by Snapshot Games that Phoenix Point's release date has been pushed back to December.

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Phoenix Point's latest development update is here.

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Check out some of the stills that tease Phoenix Point's cinematics here.