Even Geoff Keighley made the comparison between in his Summer Game Fest 2023 Showcase Palworld and a Pokémon with Guns. That’s when you knew that so many Nintendo games probably wouldn’t be part of the show anymore.
But it was Palworld that presented us with the early access start at the end of a new trailer. In January 2024, Steam Early Access is scheduled to begin and a “large amount of content” is being prepared for it. There was no talk today of the Xbox version announced at the Tokyo Game Show.
Collect, explore and breed – these are the ingredients for a fun monster collecting game. But Palworld is also about survival. Farming is not always enough. Firearm use is an integral part.
Poaching and crime are listed as gameplay features. It’s illegal, but only “if you get caught”. A big playground, then – but when it came to monster design, people weren’t always that imaginative. Some pals seem like a spitting image of their role models.
Despite the huge upswing of Epic Games and Co., Steam is still one of the most used gaming platforms worldwide. Among them, Valve itself is not only the operator of Steam, but also the developer of its own series of games, which are very popular.
In addition to the long-running hits like Counter Strike, the fans mainly know Portal and the Half-Life series. The latter in particular only got a new offshoot 2 years ago, which could burn itself into the heads of fans. But Valve is known for one thing in particular.
And that’s the point, they crack down on games relatively quickly. At its time, WarZ was a game that was programmed absolutely horribly. It also consisted of stolen assets and was basically the well-known “Wish version” of another zombie shooter you all know: Dayz. Steam made short work of it and kicked the game out of the store. And that’s exactly what happened again in a game.
Steam bans game
The game in question is from Madmind Studio and goes by the name of Succubus: Hellish Orgy VR, and as you’d expect, the game pretty much does what it says on the box. It’s also worth noting that this Orgy VR game is a spin-off of the 2018 video game Agony. In case you didn’t know: Agony is set in hell and is a very gory and sexualized game. So it may come as no surprise that the developers have now created a cruel Orgy offshoot.
Agony is still available on Steam for PC and consoles. However, as PC Gamer reports, Steam banned the VR Orgy offshoot from the platform. After the ban, Madmind Studio released a statement. , according to the developer. While it didn’t say exactly why Succubus: Hellish Orgy VR was banned from the platform, it doesn’t take much to put two and two together either.
, the statement continues. If the developers really weren’t given the opportunity to patch the game for a second release on PC Steam, Madmind’s frustration is understandable, regardless of what we think of the game’s content or not. Hopefully both Steam and Madmind Studio can find a solution to this matter.
On Steam, Agony received mixed reviews, while on Metacritic it received an average low rating of between 34 and 47, depending on the platform. It’s a game that relies heavily on its shock factor and is not for the faint of heart. So be careful if you’re curious about the controversy.
