Valve adds credit card-based age checks for UK users to access “mature content” games on Steam; Discord and others are using selfies for verification
UK's Online Safety Act requires blocking minors from accessing mature content Asha Bardon / CBR : Steam Now Needs Your Age & ID Verified When You Buy Mature Video Games Richard Devine / Windows Centra...
Valve adds credit card-based age checks for UK users to access “mature content” games on Steam; Discord and others are using selfies for verification
Valve has started to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act. … Valve has started to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act …
Steam creates an ad documentation page highlighting its ban on forcing players to watch ads, saying “developers should not utilize paid ads as a business model”
Turns out this was actually already a rule that Valve had (thanks SteamDB). It was listed on their Pricing page …
Valve says it won't approve Steam games that use copyright-infringing AI artwork, contrary to reports claiming the company planned to completely ban AI art
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The developers behind open-source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin say Nintendo sent Valve a DMCA takedown notice to block Dolphin's impending release on Steam
The GameCube & Wii emulator developers say the Steam release is “indefinitely postponed.” — On Friday, the developers behind …
Indonesia unblocked PayPal, Yahoo, and Valve, letting them resume operations in the country, after the companies signed up to licensing rules introduced in 2020
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Indonesia restored access to PayPal, Yahoo, and Valve services in the country after companies signed up to licensing rules introduced in 2020
Indonesia has unblocked PayPal, Steam owner Valve and Yahoo (Engadget's parent company), allowing them to resume operations.
Valve says it is working to resolve issues as Steam game developers in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus are unable to receive payments due to new regulations
In Ukraine and Russia, Steam publishers are currently unable to receive earnings unless they open foreign bank accounts. — Audio player loading...
By making its Avoid Player feature for Dota 2 part of its premium Battle Pass subscription, Valve is now charging players a minimum of $9.99 to avoid harassers
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Valve says it will now investigate Steam review bombing campaigns and hide reviews it identifies as “off-topic”
But there are still problems with this approach — Valve says it's taking a new approach to user reviews on its gaming marketplace Steam, after attempting …