{"id":12296,"date":"2020-05-15T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2555844"},"modified":"2020-05-15T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:30:00","slug":"steam-uses-ai-to-find-interesting-games-you-already-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/15\/steam-uses-ai-to-find-interesting-games-you-already-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam uses AI to find interesting games you already own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Play Next is no longer just an experiment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-article_block \">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+ pt-40\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stretch-img  hide@m-\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=80&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-05%2Fb8132570-963f-11ea-bb77-6127e501daa1&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=c9682ae1ef555184a21d445d8b72a88bc4518df1\" alt=\"Steam Labs Play Next\" \/><figcaption class=\"mt-15 t-meta c-gray-3\"><span class=\"c-gray-7\">Valve<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Steam%20uses%20AI%20to%20find%20interesting%20games%20you%20already%20own;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>Valve&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-07-11-steam-labs.html\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">launched Steam Labs late last year<\/a>&nbsp;as a way to test out new features for its PC games store. While it already brought the machine learning-based Interactive Recommender from Labs to the regular Library, the latest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/61401\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">client update<\/a>&nbsp;adds a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/593110\/announcements\/detail\/2173495126269399731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrinkle with Play Next<\/a>. Instead of suggesting new games for you to buy, it has suggestions from the unplayed games that you already own.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft launched a similar feature for Xbox with a &ldquo;surprise me&rdquo; button that would select one of your games on its own, but this may be a noteworthy upgrade over that. After years of bundle packs and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013-11-18-frozenbytes-huge-seal-promotion-discounts-35-indie-games-giv.html\" data-rapid_p=\"4\" data-v9y=\"1\">random sales<\/a>, there are probably a few unplayed gems (I really should try some of Mike Bithell&rsquo;s games) kicking around in everyone&rsquo;s library. The trick is finding them before boredom kicks in, and that&rsquo;s where this feature will shine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-07-11-steam-labs.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-07-11-steam-labs.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Ann<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Ann<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play Next is no longer just an experiment. Valve Valve&nbsp;launched Steam Labs late last year&nbsp;as a way to test out new features for its PC games store. While it already brought the machine learning-based Interactive Recommender from Labs to the regular Library, the latest&nbsp;client update&nbsp;adds a&nbsp;wrinkle with Play Next. Instead of suggesting new games for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/05\/15\/steam-uses-ai-to-find-interesting-games-you-already-own\/\">Continue reading <span>Steam uses AI to find interesting games you already own<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/15\/steam-uses-ai-to-find-interesting-games-you-already-own\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steam uses AI to find interesting games you already own - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/15\/steam-uses-ai-to-find-interesting-games-you-already-own\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steam uses AI to find interesting games you already own - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Play Next is no longer just an experiment. 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