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Steam is adding a new default option for game updates


The new choice could keep you from going over your data cap.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. Valve is testing an option in the new Steam client beta that will force games by default to only download updates when you launch them. You’ll find the new option in the beta Steam client settings under the Downloads section.

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