{
  "id": 18287709,
  "title": "Valve explains why it's running behind on Steam game approvals, asks developers to perform basic release checks to prevent re-reviews",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/valve-explains-why-its-running-behind-on-steam-game-approvals-asks",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T09:22:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eurogamer",
    "slug": "eurogamer",
    "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net/steam-games-approvals-delayed-valve-response"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the wake of witnessing an unprecedented number of game submissions to Steam over the last few months, Valve has been forced to delay approvals in order to deal with the existing backlog. Read more",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}