SteamDB has been a great source of excitement for many people who are still waiting for their most-anticipated games to arrive. If there's a game out there that has a rabid fanbase, chances are that the SteamDB page is monitored like a hawk by certain people, desperate to see any hint of movement from the developer.
SteamDB is exactly how we found out that Concord was still being worked on following its shutdown, and it's even leaked potential release dates, PC ports, and major events in the past. It's also been the source of great distress for the Hollow Knight: Silksong community, though there's very little out there that doesn't have that community in the mud these days.
You can probably imagine that having updates so regularly available to the public is a major cause of headaches for big developers out there that would rather its work remain a secret. Well, it seems as though SteamDB is finally doing something about it, as it was revealed earlier this week that "private branches" are being added to certain games that will let developers hide updates from the public (thanks GamesRadar).
Right now, the database says that this feature is only...