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When Valve got wind of it, they pulled the game from Steam. Something similar happened in February, when publisher Insel Games attempted to 'encourage' employees to post positive reviews of its game Wild Buster. We've seen it a few times now: Acram Digital's board game adaptations were pulled from Steam by Valve after it came to light that a staff member of Acram had been posting positive reviews of their game using different Steam accounts. Reviews causing a stir is nothing new, but it's entirely another matter when a developer tries to boost its Steam review score and word of mouth with fake reviews for its own game.

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On the plus side, if you already own these games prior to them leaving Steam, you can still play them and enjoy the original music. The same situation has occurred with other games, too: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was pulled briefly off Steam and other digital marketplaces in 2012, only returning after several songs had been removed. Happily, in the case of Alan Wake, Microsoft was able to renegotiate the music rights (opens in new tab) and get the game back on sale with all of its original soundtrack intact. Years after a show or game has wrapped production, it's extremely difficult for either of those things to happen.

#Steam download randomly stops license

The music either has to be removed from the show and replaced with something else, or new deals with license holders for each song need to be made. This isn't unique to gaming-we've seen it happen to TV shows like The Wonder Years and WKRP in Cincinati, which can't be re-broadcast or sold once the rights to the music used on the shows have expired.

#Steam download randomly stops pro

Grid, Dirt 3, F1 2013, Tony Hawk Hawk Pro Skater HD, and numerous other games have vanished from Steam and other digital marketplaces due to music licenses expiring. It's common for a game developer to pay for the rights to songs for a certain period of time-seven years, in the case of Alan Wake-and when that time expires, the game can no longer be sold if it still contains those songs. You can buy Alan Wake on Steam-but for a while, that wasn't the case (opens in new tab). The Epic Store will be the only place you'll be able to buy it (opens in new tab). Satisfactory, the first-person open world factory building game, no longer has a Steam store page.

Some, however, have ditched Steam entirely. Many of these games with Epic exclusive deals will eventually arrive on Steam and other digital marketplaces ( Maneater, for instance, (opens in new tab) will come to other services a year later, as will Exodus), and these games still have store pages on Steam. Those who bought the game on Steam can still play it there, and they will receive any updates and patches, but Exodus can no longer be purchased on Steam. Metro Exodus is the most notable example, as it took preorders for months on Steam before going exclusive on Epic just weeks before its launch. As a result, a number of developers and publishers have agreed to exclusive launches on the Epic Store. It doesn't hurt that millions already use Epic's launcher to play Fortnite, either. The Epic Games Store arrived with quite a splash late last year, luring developers to its marketplace with a better revenue cut than Valve offers, as well as revenue guarantees (opens in new tab).