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, ...

The European Commission "EC" has sent Statements of Objections to Valve and five game publishers demanding that they stop geo-blocking games. The statement of Objections sent to Valve is based on an ...

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) ...

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 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 ...

The European Commission is slamming Valve, owner of the popular digital games store Steam, and five video game publishers for what it calls “geo-blocking” of PC titles. The commission believes the ...

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 ...