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Valve bans mandatory ads in the steam store (www.tomshardware.com)

posted 1 year ago by MrJohnTang 1 year ago by MrJohnTang +108 / -0

Valve clarifies ban on in-game advertising on Steam

These games were already banned, but a new dedicated Steamworks Documentation page clarified this further.

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– freedomlogic 1 point 1 year ago +1 / -0

This is a policy they have had since 2018 or something.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3114770913769883084/

And most likely in response to things like the ads in mobile gaming.

https://venturebeat.com/games/in-game-ads-account-for-10-to-30-of-social-game-revenues-exclusive/

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