That’s right: soon you won’t need any external tools to do it upload, edit and share your games on Steam, as Valve’s own client for PC will offer you this option. We’re actually talking about it in the future, but it’s a new thing that’s available now for anyone who wants to try it, yes, through the app’s beta channel.

Game Upload, “a new integrated system for creating and sharing images of your games,” has arrived in Steam beta, and without much fanfare, it has the basic features one would expect to find in this type of app:

• Background recording with preset duration and storage limits.
• Fast scrolling of the record in the overlay interface.
• Lightweight search, bookmark and trim tools in a redesigned upload and capture interface.
• Quick cross-platform sharing options, between PC, Steam Deck, and mobile and local storage.

The modes are particularly interesting Automatic and manual recording and bookmarking system, which will work both automatically and manually. In addition, support for all of these features extends to any game that can be run on Steam, allowing the overlay to be used regardless of whether the game is a Steam game or not.

Except, Valve promises “maximum performance” on systems with “dedicated hardware to encode video from your AMD or NVIDIA GPU”, which isn’t saying much considering what a monster the Steam client itself is; as well as privacybecause only the game screen will be recorded and you can choose the audio channel and save everything to the device storage.

But for now, only those who dare install steam beta (“Parameters” > “Interface” > “Participation in Client Beta”) will have access to the invention, the open launch of which for all users of the platform should not take long, judging by how advanced the development is. However, they are continuing and will continue to work on improving the experience.

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