Neowin News Feed for: Review-bombing

Steam game gets review-bombed after developer rants about masks in patch notes

Usama Jawad — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 07:02:01 +0000

In a crazy turn of events, a popular Steam game is being review-bombed because the developer ranted against masks in the patch notes, calling them a hurdle in them getting "laid" - kind of. Read more...

Nier: Automata is being review-bombed on Steam because the Game Pass version is better

Usama Jawad — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 06:00:01 +0000

Nier: Automata is being heavily review-bombed on Steam because the Xbox Game Pass version which launched on PC via the Microsoft Store does not contain the technical issues existent on Steam. Read more...

Valve will nullify "off-topic" Steam review bombs going forward

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 08:48:01 +0000

Valve has announced that all future Steam user review bombs will be monitored to see if they are related to the game being affected. Off-topic review bombs will no longer affect overall game scores. Read more...

With Metro Exodus skipping Steam, gamers are review-bombing other Metro games

Usama Jawad — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:22:01 +0000

After receiving news that highly-anticipated AAA title Metro Exodus is skipping Steam just a few days prior to launch, hordes of angry gamers have review-bombed other Metro games on Steam in protest. Read more...

Histograms added to Steam's user review system to combat review bombing

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 23:44:01 +0000

Valve has given Steam users access to more game review data to combat review bombing. Every game on Steam is now equipped with a histogram that shows how it has been reviewed over its lifetime. Read more...

Following the developer's DMCA threat, Firewatch is now being review-bombed

Florin Bodnarescu — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 23:48:01 +0000

Disgruntled users on Steam have now begun flooding Firewatch's dedicated page with negative reviews, bringing the rating down to 'Mixed', following the developer's comments earlier this week. Read more...