
Steam has opened up a new section in their store to buy alpha builds of games for the chance to playtest them as the developers work on them.
UPDATE: Valve's official announcement added to the article.

FuRyu revealed on Friday its Exstetra fantasy role-playing game is getting an HD remaster that will launch this summer on Steam.

Valve is reportedly updating its Steam platform to include a native 30-day price history feature on game store pages.

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That's a really neat feature to get the community involved.
It'll definitely help make final versions of games more stable and hopefully well received by the community.
I got kenshi, looking forward to playing it tonight. I was interested by prison architect, but it's on the expensive side.
which ones would you recommend? under the ocean looks interesting.
A fantastic idea.. I liked how Arma 3 done this and it helps independent developers finance the rest of their projects. Unfortunately though, while Arma 3 is considered "alpha" I don't think you'll find many alphas as bug free as this and it could damage the game's reputation in the long run.
This is the 3rd article that introduces Early Access
The first game on Early Access is Aliens: Colonial Marines.