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Steam Is Adding Hardware Specs to User Reviews in New Beta Update

The optional new feature aims to add further nuance to game reviews.

Operation Sports

Stardew Valley-inspired life sim dev "working with Valve to ensure all fake reviews - positive and negative - are flagged and removed," insists it's not behind fake Steam positivity

The Starsand Island devs "are disheartened to see the obviously fake positive reviews"

GamesRadar

Deadlock icon Celeste survives her first round of nerfs, with fans hoping Valve's mere "slap on the wrist" isn't the last for the dazzling hero

"She is still the strongest hero in the game by a mile"

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Steam to add hardware specs to reviews — optional feature could help you dodge poorly optimized games

Steam revealed in its Client Beta patch notes that it will let users show the specifications of their hardware when leaving reviews. This should help other players considering a title see if the feedback was affected by the reviewer's hardware, although Valve says that this feature remains optional.

Tom’s Hardware

All of Deadlock's new heroes are now released—but please, pity the poor schmuck that spent anywhere between 252-378 hours pouring votes into Celeste, who came second to last

That's around 13 hours of gaming a day for 19 days straight.

PC Gamer

The latest Steam beta lets you give Valve your frame rate data, focusing on SteamOS devices to 'learn about game compatibility'

Anything that improves SteamOS is a win in my book.

PC Gamer

Valve trials new Steam reviews option that lets you include your hardware specs, letting everyone know if those performance issues are a you problem

It will be easier than ever to silently judge people

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Steam reviews set to show a player's specs so it's easier to know if you'll share their experience or they misread the minimum

Though that's only if users choose to add it.

PC Gamer

Steam might stop dev from releasing viral horror game just by ignoring them: "Be prepared for the game to be delayed until further notice"

Welcome to Doll Town might need to delay its welcome

GamesRadar

Valve's Steam Deck OLED is out of stock in the US, and I think we can guess why

Valve's Steam Deck OLED models are out of stock in the US, and the RAM crisis looks like it may be responsible again.

TechRadar

All models of Steam Deck are sold out in the US and fingers are inevitably already pointing at the memory crisis

This isn't getting any more fun.

PC Gamer

Is this the end of the Steam Deck? All models sold out, but there's still hope

RAM shortages might be in play here

3 best Steam games to download first – on Steam Deck and Legion Go S

PC handhelds have changed the game, and these three great are perfect fits for portable play

Valve sets key dates for Dota 2 TI 2026 in Shanghai

The schedule is locked in for this year's most prestigious Dota 2 event.

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The Steam Deck OLED is quietly vanishing from storefronts — and fans are asking questions

Steam Deck OLED has gone out of stock across the US and several Asian storefronts, with Valve yet to comment. While Europe still shows availability, speculation is growing around supply pressures, pricing, and future hardware plans.

PC Gamer

Valve isn't putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

Close enough, welcome back Half-Life.

Tom’s Hardware

Steam Deck availability goes up in smoke — suddenly goes out of stock in US, Asia stores

Speculation has risen about component shortages.

GamesRadar

"I could see $1,000": Steam Machine is "a PC with console benefits" and console hardware struggles, analyst says, and "whatever the next Xbox thing is, it's going to be just like it in a lot of ways"

Valve's living room box faces major production challenges this year

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The Conversation

Are video game developers using AI? Players want to know, but the rules are patchy

As with all creative industries, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been infiltrating video games.

PC Gamer

Microsoft has revoked the DMCA takedown that forced an indie Minecraft-like off Steam

Microsoft claimed the indie game uses "Minecraft content."

GamesRadar

Deadlock matchmaking is so broken, even Valve devs are getting put in the wrong lobby: "Can you imagine playing a game and having no one to blame except yourself?"

No one is safe

GamesRadar

Risk of Rain creator intentionally leaked Deadlock news months ago, but no one believed the Valve dev because he called a guy Chickenwing

Poor Chickenwing

GamesRadar

Deadlock scores another win with new hero Celeste, a dazzling unicorn-horned performer whose bhopping is so good fans are counting down the days until Valve nerfs her: "It is EXTREMELY overpowered"

Featuring a *checks notes* Bronx accent?

PC Gamer

Deadlock's littlest guy makes size matter in a way it almost never has in a MOBA before

Top-down MOBAs with locked camera perspectives can't make headshots and hitboxes matter the way they do in Deadlock.

PC Gamer

Steam now lets early access devs show a 1.0 release date, then says eh, maybe leave it blank: 'Just because this feature exists, does not mean you should or must use it'

Ask if you should, not if you could. Can. Could.

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