Gaming

Valve Set A Trap To Catch And Ban 40,000 Dota 2 Players

Polygon reported Valve issued an update to Dota 2 recently that patched an exploit used by players using third-party cheating clients, and in doing so, created a “honeypot” to catch those cheaters. According to Polygon, the battle to address cheating…

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Valve Bans Blockchain Games and NFTs on Steam

Valve has made an update to its “What You Shouldn’t Publish on Steam” list. That list includes things that one would hope game creators would know better than to publish in a game. It makes sense for Valve to spell…

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Gaming
Steam Store will Contain “Something That You Hate”

Steam Store will Contain “Something That You Hate”

Valve posted a blog titled “Who Gets To Be On The Steam Store?” The short answer appears to be: everyone. Steam has decided to opt-out of making decisions about whether or not a specific game should be removed from the…

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Campo Santo has Joined Valve

Campo Santo has Joined Valve

Campo Santo announced that the company has agreed to join Valve. I haven’t been able to find a statement about this from Valve. Kotaku reported that three people familiar with the news confirmed that Valve had purchased Campo Santo. Campo…

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Valve will Replace Greenlight with Steam Direct

Valve announced that they will replace Steam Greenlight with Steam Direct. The reason for the change is to better serve their goal of making customers happy. Steam decided it needed to move away from a small group of people at Valve…

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