Well in this age of Distribution Platform Exclusives it seems Rage 2 might be exclusive to the Bethesda launcher on PC. Yep you heard me possibly no Steam release.
Link - https://www.pcgamesn.com/rage-2/rage-2-steam
Link - https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rage-2-looks-to-be-exclusive-to-the-bethesda-launcher/
Link - https://www.pcgamesn.com/rage-2/rage-2-steam
Link - https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rage-2-looks-to-be-exclusive-to-the-bethesda-launcher/
Everyone’s building their own Steam competitor, and Bethesda is no exception. Rage 2 pre-orders went up last night, but only on the Bethesda.net Store, and the game still doesn’t have a Steam page. You might’ve expected this given that Fallout 76 launched exclusively on the publisher’s client, but now it seems certain Bethesda games going forward won’t be coming to other stores.
You can pre-purchase Rage 2 at the expected price of $59.99 USD. Or you can spend $20 to grab the Deluxe Edition with the Doom BFG, a ‘progress booster,’ and some ‘Wasteland Wizard cheat codes,’ along with an extra mission and a future ‘campaign expansion’ called Rise of the Ghosts. If you want the even more expensive collector’s edition, you’ll need to head to a proper retailer of physical goods.
We’ve reached out to Bethesda for confirmation that Rage 2 will remain exclusive to the company’s launcher, but haven’t gotten a response. But after Fallout 76 came exclusively to the Bethesda launcher, it’s looking like a safe expectation. While Steam’s revenue split seems to have been an effort to entice big games to stay