After being officially announced earlier this year, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is now just days away from release. Game critics have had their hands on the game since early July, leading to a flurry of highly positive reviews going live today. The review embargo for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has now lifted. …
Read More »Metacritic implements a 36 hour waiting period for user reviews
Review bombing has been an issue for developers for some time now and while there have been efforts to tackle it on platforms like Steam, Metacritic's user reviews have continued to be an issue. That could start to change soon, as a waiting period is now being put in place …
Read More »Valve is making changes to make Steam User Reviews more helpful
Valve has been tinkering with the Steam Store page regularly throughout the course of 2017. Previously, Valve has made changes to how Steam Reviews work but after some reflecting, the team has decided to make some additional improvements to make user reviews more helpful. Up until now, Steam's most helpful …
Read More »Valve is making more changes to Steam User Reviews
Steam User Reviews are often a useful tool for many looking to pick up a new game on Steam but there are ways to exploit the system. For example, there are some developers out there that will gift copies of their games in exchange for positive reviews. As a result, …
Read More »Steam updated to prioritise more recent user reviews
These days, games often change quite a bit over time, somebody's experience with a title at launch may not accurately reflect the state of things a few months down the line. In keeping with that logic, Valve updated Steam this week, so that user reviews now prioritise more recent opinions …
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