Steam´s useless 'Upcoming Releases' list embraces algorithms to become less useless
(PCWorld)

There was a time, not that far in the past, where I used to assemble PCWorld´s video game review calendar from Steam´s `Upcoming Releases` list. We´re talking 2013, maybe 2014. Even then, there was a lot of trash-this was post-Greenlight. But it was a manageable amount of trash, and the unfiltered Upcoming Releases list was a great overview of each month´s releases.As Valve ramped up the number of releases though, the Upcoming list became increasingly useless. How useless? According to Valve, `The old Upcoming list was only clicked on by less than half of one percent of customers.` Turns out an unfiltered look at the games coming to Steam each week is a great way to realize how much trash Valve´s hands-off approach is letting through-not to mention the fact that some games continually moved their release dates in order to sit on the list each month.To read this article in full, please click here