Tag: valve software
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European Commission fines Valve Software 1.8 million euros for regional price blocking
Well here’s something I didn’t really expect to see. Few years ago European Commission launched an investigation into violation of European Union’s laws by companies like Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media, Zenimax and of course Valve Software – the owner of Steam. The case is now over (or is it?).
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Steam: Gifting system has been improved!
Steam Gifting will now be a system of direct exchange from gift buyer to gift receiver – Valve has removed the Gift to E-mail and Gift to Inventory options. Benefits from the new system: Scheduling Gifts Is Even More Straightforward. Go ahead and buy a gift months in advance and have it delivered to a…
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No flash or daily deals during upcoming Steam sales
Hey guys, there’s an info on Eurogamer that Valve will not run any flash or daily deals during its Steam autumn or winter sales this year. The autumn sale will run from November 25th until December 1st. The winter sale (holiday sale) will run from December 22nd until January 4th (2016). Shacknews confirmed those news, which also suggested that…
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Valve listens… at least for now.
Here’s good news guys. Few days ago Gabe Newell showed up on reddit, acting like he doesn’t know what the big deal is about. On Thursday I was flying back from LA. When I landed, I had 3,500 new messages. Hmmm. Looks like we did something to piss off the Internet. Yesterday I was distracted…
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Tripwire Interactive on Steam pricing in Europe
Here’s an interesting post from Tripwire Interactive (the makers of Red Orchestra and Killing Floor series) employee: They’re saying that the publiser sets the price (or the developer etc.) – that’s true and we already knew that. But according to this post from the makers of Adventurer Manager it’s Valve who doesn’t correctly convert the price for…