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Valve is fined $2 million for geo-blocking game sales on Steam in EU – TechRadar
Five other game publishers have also been hit with penalties
The European Commission has fined Valve and five other big game publishers for implementing a policy of geo-blocking for Steam keys (the gaming platform owned by Valve).
For the uninitiated, you can purchase a Steam key from third-party retailers to unlock a particular game on the service, and in the EU, prices for keys can vary between countries. The practice ruled against here was Valve and the publishers stopping cross-border sales.
In other words, when someone from a certain country bought a…
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