Valve Bans Forced In-Game Ads From All Steam Titles
If you, like most people on Earth, are 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,
Valve Bans All Steam Games Forcing Players to Watch In-Game Advertisements
Valve is implementing new Steam platform rules detailing what developers can and can't do regarding in-game ads.
Steam clamps down on in-game advertising with new rules that benefit players
Steam games can no longer force you to watch ads to continue playing, as Valve sets out new rules for developers using commercials.
Steam say in-game adverts are fine as long as they're "appropriate to the context"
Cheery mom-and-pop computer game business Valve have updated their rules about advertising both outside and inside
Valve Makes Player Friendly Change to Forced Advertising on Steam
In a new update to Steam’s ad policy, Valve incorporates a rule regarding the use of forced ads in games listed on the digital storefront.
Valve Seemingly Bans All Steam Games That Require Watching Advertisements To Play
Valve has seemingly introduced new rules that ban games that require users to watch paid ads (or rely on other such ad-based revenue models) from Steam. However, some sources report that these rules may have already existed, and that Valve has merely created a dedicated page on Steamworks to clarify this policy.
Steam's overlords still think in-game ads are fine as long as they're "appropriate"
Cheery mom-and-pop computer game business Valve have created a new Steamworks page for their policy about in-game
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.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
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