By any measure, Manor Lords has been a huge success since its Early Access launch in April. Well, by almost any measure. Last week, the CEO of Hinterland (the studio behind The Long Dark) shared a post on LinkedIn criticizing Manor Lords developer Slavic Magic for what he perceived as too slow of an update schedule. For a popular Early Access game like Manor Lords, criticism of the speed of updates has practically become an expected part of the development cycle, but in this case, a response from the publisher’s CEO laid bare just how toxic such a mindset has become in gaming.
