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Steam’s open-door policy starts trouble with the Brazilian government

Valve, the company behind the Steam gaming platform, is currently under investigation ... towards games seemed like a commendable idea at the time, it’s starting to backfire. When Valve announced ... read more

Valve's Latest Steam Controversy Was an Inevitability, and It's Going to Get Worse

More and more games are coming to Steam, and more people will realize that they can get free publicity and a lot of attention (positive or negative) by taking advantage of Valve’s inattentive open ... read more

Itch.io founder brands Valve's open-door Steam policy 'ridiculous'

Itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran has branded Valve's lackadaisical open-door Steam content policy "out of touch" and "ridiculous." Corcoran's comments refer to a blog post shared by Valve, where the ... read more

A Look at Beamdog’s PC Game Digital Distribution Service

It’s no secret that digital game distribution is big business, and it’s even less of a surprise that Valve’s Steam platform dominates the ... and tout their “open door” policy that would give any ... read more

ISIS recruiter who radicalised London Bridge attackers was protected by MI5

According to an investigation by Middle East Eye, from 2011 to around early-2013, MI5 operated an ‘open door’ policy for Britons to travel ... conversation with someone working the steam valve of ... read more

Introversion: "If Valve aren't launching your game you really have to ask yourself why"

Introversion's managing director, Mark Morris, is just as modest about their future titles: "It's a really good litmus test, If Valve aren't launching your game, you really have to ask yourself why." ... read more

Valve’s (almost) ‘anything goes’ content policy devalues Steam and harms developers

He isn’t the only developer to have a strong reaction to Valve’s decision to keep Desk Plant’s game on its storefront even for the few days it lived there. One More Story Games CEO Jean Leggett ... read more

Apple revises App Store rules after rejecting Valve’s game streaming Steam Link app

and it opens the door for apps like Steam Link and other game streaming services to work on iOS devices. There’s no word yet on the availability of Steam Link in the App Store — presumably, Valve must ... read more

Valve Steam Link PC Game Streaming App Could Get Reprieve With Apple's Revised App Store Rules

Last month, Valve launched ... seemed to leave the door open for the Steam Link app to be allowed in the App Store, and it looks as though the revision of Apple's rules is geared towards making that ... read more

Steam's removal of the 'Active Shooter' game addresses a symptom, not the cause

The fact remains, there's no clear content moderation or curation policy ... conflicts." Valve's content controls on Steam aren't clear, and in fact seem rather arbitrary most of the time. Apple's ... read more

Why Are So Many Democrats Considering Ending The Filibuster?

That would only need 51 votes for passage, but it would still involve a dramatic reinterpretation of Senate rules and leave the door open for other non-budgetary proposals ... they want to make sure ... read more

Steam’s hands-off approach is the only one it could take

Valve yesterday announced it was revising its policy ... allowed on Steam — from now on, all games will be allowed, with no exceptions solely for “offensive” content. The company’s announcement ... read more