Valve is joined by five other publishers, Bandai Namco (Dark Souls, Tekken), Capcom (Monster Hunter, Street Fighter), Focus Home (A Plague Tale: Innocence, Vampyr), Koch Media (Metro Last Light, Dead ...

Nearly two years after filing charges, the European Union is demanding remedies from Valve and other publishers for geo-blocking games. The European Commission has fined Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, ...

In January 2021 the European Commission (EC) fined Valve and five video game publishers a total of €7.8 million for breaching EU antitrust rules for entering into geo-blocking practices. The European ...

Valve has reportedly been blocking Steam games which feature AI-generated assets unless developers can prove that they have the rights to the data set that the AI uses. Based on reports from ...

Hardware Netherlands takes Sony to court over digital-only walled garden allegedly costing 1.7m citizens 435 million euros since 2013 Gaming Industry European game publisher group responds to Stop ...

Valve has failed to convince a court that it didn't infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys, according to a new ruling. The company argued that, based on copyright law, publishers had the ...

Imagine buying a PC game, and then finding out you couldn’t activate your copy because you lived in the wrong country. It’s a headache that Valve's Steam has been causing for PC gamers in Europe, ...

A lengthy antitrust investigation into PC games geo-blocking in the European Union by distribution platform Valve and five games publishers has led to fines totalling €7.8 million (~$9.4 million) ...

Earlier this week Valve announced that they have begun "the process of blocking" Steam accounts used for gambling Team Fortress 2 in-game items. Team Fortress 2 is free-to-play. Check out some of the ...

January 20, 2021 A Valve representative has said it "disagree[s] with these findings, and plan[s] to appeal the decision" Valve, the company behind Steam and some of the best Steam games such as Dota ...