Don't Starve Together Given Away For Free To All Don't Starve Owners

[Steven Bogos]

Don't Starve Together Given Away For Free To All Don't Starve Owners

If you purchased Don't Starve on or before June 3, you'll be gifted a copy of its stand-alone multiplayer expansion: Don't Starve Together.

Here's a nice gesture of developer goodwill. Back in May, Don't Starve dev Klei Entertainment announced that all owners of the game [http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/53413-dont-starve-together-floodgates-are-opening-soon/] would receive a free copy of its stand-alone multiplayer expansion: Don't Starve Together on June 3. Now, June 3 has come along and if you owned Don't Starve, you should soon notice your free copy of Don't Starve Together appearing in your Steam library.

"Today, we welcome 2 million new players into the Don't Starve Together community. Thank you once again to everyone who supported us on this journey. For everyone who purchased Don't Starve, to everyone who jumped into the Frontier Pack, to everyone who told their friends about our little game -- thank you," wrote the dev in a blog post [http://steamcommunity.com/games/322330/announcements/detail/130949078717154007].

While this grand gesture will definitely get a lot more players into the game, the developer stated that this doesn't mean that Don't Starve Together's early access is over. "We are not out of Early-Access yet. There are a few reasons for this, mainly because we decided to add many more features to the game such as the addition of Reign of Giants DLC content and additional new features specifically made for multiplayer."

Note that this was a one-time bonus only - any future purchases of Don't Starve will not contain a free copy of Don't Starve Together. Going forward, Don't Starve will continue to be sold at $14.99, Don't Starve Together will be $14.99, and include an extra giftable copy of the game, and a package containing Don't Starve + Don't Starve Together + a giftable copy of Don't Starve Together will set you back $19.99.

Source: Steam [http://steamcommunity.com/games/322330/announcements/detail/130949078717154007]

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[DrunkOnEstus]

Amazingly, I've put the most hours of this game into the Vita version. The load times are really fucking long, but after a world is generated it's awesome to pop the system out of sleep mode whenever and get right into not getting killed wherever I happen to be.

I figured that the game could be even more interesting with other players, but not for more dough, so here's the fix to that problem. I'll gift a copy to my wife, and see how much more fun (and strangely competitive) it can be not surviving alone. The quick loading times and snappy mouse controls will probably ruin the Vita version for me though : )

 

[Erttheking]

*Pulls up Steam library*

Yup, it's there all right. Damn, that's a nice little gift.

 

[Kajin]

Good. I was getting sick and tired of all the people whining and complaining about Klei ripping them off for daring to charge five bucks for early access to the multiplayer standalone. People can't work for free.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Ah, I forgot to check that yesterday. Awesome! Think I'll still wait a bit, until it's out of beta.

Off-topic, but Wickerbottom in that picture is far happier than I could ever have imagined her expression being.

 

[Spider RedNight]

Sweet action, I was thinking about getting Don't Starve together anyway so this is AWESOME SAUCE. Too bad I don't have my working computer right now and I swear I'm suffering from Don't Starve withdrawal