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Valve Has Now Banned Games on Steam That Require Players to Watch Paid Advertising

Valve has always had a strong stance on paid advertising, going as far as to ban games on Steam that have them.

Player One

This long-running cozy tavern life sim on Steam just added online multiplayer, so now you can design and run a medieval pub with your pals

Travellers Rest keeps getting bigger and better.

PC Gamer

Civilization 7's new patch temporarily disables crossplay between PC and console so Firaxis can 'expedite updates to the PC'

A new Civilization 7 patch fixes some UI issues, bugs, and AI problems, but crossplay between PC and consoles is off the table for now.

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Valve clarifies ban on in-game advertising on Steam

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

Tom’s Hardware

Steam doubles down on a 5-year-old rule to make it more visible: "Developers should not utilize paid advertising as a business model in their game"

A big no no

GamesRadar

Seriously, more people need to be talking about this upcoming Xbox exclusive

Mecha BREAK is like Armored Core at a much faster pace, packaged as a free-to-play multiplayer mech shooter.

Windows Central

Monster Hunter Wilds responds to PSN outage — extending the second open beta test period to compensate its players

Fans who missed out on the Monster Hunter Wilds open beta due to a recent PSN outage can enjoy an extra day.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 breaks into Steam's top 50 most-played with a peak concurrent player count more than twice what the original had

A huge success

GamesRadar

PlayStation Network's outage over the weekend should serve as a reminder to Microsoft and Xbox on what can happen if you "put all your eggs into one basket"

All networks have downtime, but Microsoft is historically uniquely keen to rely on other networks to reach customers. PSN's prolific downtime this weekend is exactly why having your own ecosystem is important.

Windows Central

Steam makes its ban on games that rely on in-game ads even more explicit, so no 'watch this to continue playing' stuff will be making its way to our PCs

New page, old policy.

PC Gamer

Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 10, 2025)

Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

PC Gamer

"Valve does a very good job of surfacing games that players like": As his new RPG prepares for Steam early access, ex-WoW vet says making good games is the only real hack

The Steam algorithm is apparently "impenetrable"

GamesRadar

My Steam wishlist is bigger than ever thanks to the indie devs flooding social media with 15-second clips explaining their games

Frantic shooters, top-down driving sims, and games I don't know how to explain are all going viral

GamesRadar

The Lenovo Legion Go S could have blown the Steam Deck out of the water - if it wasn't for its high asking price

It's not completely over for the Lenovo Legion Go S up against the Steam Deck, but its Windows 11 model isn't a great start.

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Helldivers 2 game master Joel offers a look back on the first anniversary of the galactic war

"That moment ... proved to us that we're on to something special with the galactic war".

PC Gamer

Resident Evil Re:Verse is reversing right off Steam, as Capcom claims it has served its 'original, celebratory purpose' despite mostly negative reviews

Zombie server.

PC Gamer

PUBG's top-down tactical shooter spinoff Project Arc now has an official title, and a demo is coming to the Steam Next Fest later this month

Say hello to PUBG: Blindspot.

Windows Central

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 gets first big patch on PC as "Mixed" player reviews pour in

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is sitting at "Mixed" reviews on Steam, but the first big patch aims to fix several big issues for players.

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Rocksteady is looking to make a new singleplayer Batman game, but Warner's Wonder Woman game is struggling

It's been a bad year for Warner Bros. Games, and the immediate future is not looking especially rosy.

Windows Central

Xbox and Obsidian's Avowed supports cross-buy with Blizzard's Battle.net

In a first, Obsidian's Avowed supports cross-buy with Xbox consoles and Battle.net on PC.

GamesRadar

From farming sims to cat-collecting games, Steam's Idler Fest promises to fill your desktop with stuff that totally won't hurt your productivity

Rusty's Retirement and Ropuka's Idle Island are part of the celebrations

GamesRadar

PUBG Studios' Project Arc is now called PUBG: Blindspot, and the top-down 5v5 tactical shooter will be playable this month thanks to a Steam demo

We'll be able to try out 10 different characters and seven maps

PC Gamer

Vanished for a year, early access dev returns to announce a crisis taught them 'videogames ain't it' and end development on 'singleplayer EVE' they've been making since 2017

Astrox Imperium ended gradually, then all at once.

GamesRadar

As mixed Steam reviews pile up, Civilization 7 devs say updates are on the way as they hold themselves "to a high standard and always strive to create the best game possible"

Updates will bring "community-requested features" and more

Windows Central

Monster Hunter Wilds open beta test is live with over 225,000 concurrent Steam players in less than 24 hours

Capcom has just dropped Monster Hunter Wilds' 2nd Open Beta Test on consoles and PC, and fans are flocking to it in droves.

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