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, ...

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 ...

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) ...

Valve and five other publishers have been told that they're in breach of EU competition rules for region-locking games for pricing purposes. Following The European Commission's (EC) ongoing ...

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 ...

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Seemingly the sole government body policing tech platforms, the ol’ European Union, is now taking aim at desktop gaming’s biggest storefront, Steam, and its creator Valve. The commission sent a ...

Valve will reportedly fight recent geo-blocking charges brought against it by the European Union. Citing "people familiar with the matter," Reuters reports that of the six companies that were charged ...

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) ...

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 ...