Valve has taken further steps to ban exploitative game mechanics

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Valve has taken further steps to ban exploitative game mechanics

Valve has reiterated its stance against exploitative in-game advertising, threatening to ban any game that uses these mechanics.

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Valve Bans Forced In-Game Ads From All Steam Titles

If you, like most people on Earth, a frequent mobile gamer, you’ll be all-too aware of the bane of in-game ads. Because the freemium model proves by far the most successful way to release games on telephones, you pay by sitting through agonizing ads with fake countdown timers, ‘x’ buttons that don’t close anything,…Read more...

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"You Will Need To Remove Those Elements": Valve Cracks Down By Banning Steam Games With Ads

Steam has officially banned games that force players to watch ads, or grant in-game rewards for watching ads, in a historic move for the platform.

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Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced...

Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games Valve have updated the developer guidelines for releasing a game on Steam, making it clear that the scourge of mobile gaming advertising-based business models are not going to work on Steam. www.gamingonlinu Valve have updated the developer guidelines for releasing a game on Steam, making it clear that…

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Valve clarifies ban on in-game advertising on Steam

Valve makes their anti-advertising-on-Steam stance clearer than ever.

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Valve has updated its rules on Steam to prohibit video games that force players to watch ads before playing or receiving rewards. According to the new rules, developers must delete these items before posting their games on the platform. “Developers should not use paid advertising as a business model in their game,” Valve explains. Alternatively, they can offer a single pay-per-view game or make it free-to-play with microtransactions or DLC. With…