Gaming
Steam Introduces new Privacy Guidelines in Response to the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Steam continues going through changes and updates to their guidelines and user interface. This time, however, it’s in response to the recent scandal involving Cambridge Analytica and Facebook. Now, players are allowed to have full control over who sees what.
According to Valve, this will give users more control over the information they make available to the world. There’s a huge problem, however, because now, by default, Steam Libraries are hidden from the public, as such some sites that depend on the information aren’t working correctly.
The important stuff is that now users are on control about who can view the games library, wishlist, achievements, playtime and other things. Not to mention, you can also keep your game time private in case you’re a bit ashamed of investing some time into -ahem- bad games.
Regarding future changes, Valve aims to have an Invisible Mode sometime soon. This mode will allow players to appear offline to their friends but still be capable of viewing the friends list, receive and send messages.
There is a huge problem now that this new set of guidelines was implemented. Now that users are capable of hiding their game libraries at any point. Sites like SteamSpy won’t be able to gather rough data on sales and current active users for specific steam games.
Valve just made a change to their privacy settings, making games owned by Steam users hidden by default.
Steam Spy relied on this information being visible by default and won't be able to operate anymore.https://t.co/0ejZgRQ6Kd
— Steam Spy (@Steam_Spy) April 11, 2018
SteamSpy, SteamCharts and other sorts of statistic information were pretty important for journalists. However, right now the primary privacy concern is the protection of user data and how much the user has control over said data.
I honestly doubt that Valve has any intention of letting this go and allowing third-party sites to collect the statistical information. So I suppose this is a farewell to sites like SteamSpy, we’ll probably see you come back at some point. In the meantime, we can talk about how Steam Direct is still a mess.
The devilish launch of Diablo 4 is days away (less for Ultimate Edition buyers). Blizzard has promised the ultimate reward for the first 1000 players to accomplish level 100 on Hardcore Mode: a statue of in-game antagonist Lillith.
Think you can cheat death?
Reach level 100 on hardcore mode and tweet #Diablo4Hardcore with proof to have your username immortalized on a statue of Lilith.
Offer limited to first 1000, restrictions apply: https://t.co/TLWxZwG0aQ
Get started June 1st. pic.twitter.com/pvVLZNPgx8
— Diablo (@Diablo) May 26, 2023
Diablo 4’s Hardcore Mode is a character-creation-only difficulty adjuster. It automatically deletes characters when they die, making things infinitely harder regardless of World Tier. But 100? That’s several playthroughs on increasingly difficult World Tiers with new adversaries in harsher setups and about 150 hours of flawlessly rapid gameplay.
Honoring the dying.
Being remembered with those brave souls lost on the journey is the ultimate gamer boast. Do you dare?
Bloober Team’s survival horror game Layers of Fear is terrifying. The Trophy List on Exophase just appeared, and players will have to go crazy to obtain Platinum.
With a Silver Trophy like “a new way” requiring players to “live through the third conversation” (and a few of Bronzes for surviving the previous two) and another called “face your fears” appearing when you “see your enemy and fail”, we might chase this one with the lights on.
Do you like Layers of Fear’s whole trophy list? Do you want the Plat?
The PlayStation Showcase, which divided fans and prompted our full-throated Reaction, was a ratings winner. Gamesight’s number crunchers found that PlayStation fans were drawn in by the appeal alone, even though many of the titles we wanted to see didn’t show up.
🎮🔎 @PlayStation Showcase 2023: Viewership Analysis on @Twitch and @YouTube
Our team took a deep dive into the PlayStation Showcase performance on Twitch from 2019 through 2023, the first year without #E3.
Here's what we discovered:
1️⃣ The 2023 Showcase had the second-highest… pic.twitter.com/YVJbRiUTjc— Gamesight (@gamesight) May 26, 2023
It’s possible certain Showcase games were withheld. Summer Game Fest may bring something? Watched the big spectacle live?
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