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While digital retail services using a client (primarily Steam and Impulse) can be handy, there can at times be frustration waiting for updates. Unlike most other versions of a game, the Steam and Impulse versions need to be reworked by Valve or Stardock to work with the client version of the game. When there are delays in getting those updates out, it’s frustrating. And not just to gamers.

Speaking to Strategy Informer at Prague’N’Play, DigitalMindSoft Managing Director Chris Kramer talked about how delays in Steam issuing patches fragmented the player base for Men of War and threatens to do the same to the Men of War : Assault Squads skirmish game.

"For some reason Steam users are being left out and we don’t know why," he said when asked about patching for their new expansion, Assault Squads.

"We don’t know why Steam is taking so long to update its version of the game – it’s actually very annoying and very disappointing for us as we see our game having so many problems that we’re unable to do anything about."

A delay in getting a game updated combined with a lack of communication between a retailer and the developer do not a good situation make.