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40 votes
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GOG will host Fallout: London
15 votes -
PPSSPP is approved for the [Apple] App Store
19 votes -
Warner Bros. gives Adult Swim games back to their creators rather than kill them
46 votes -
Duck Game rights are returned to developer
22 votes -
Steam banned in Vietnam
User reports: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/4362376335340911703/?ctp=2 Likely because Steam has not complied with local laws (in fact, they have no local presence at all on...
User reports: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/4362376335340911703/?ctp=2
Likely because Steam has not complied with local laws (in fact, they have no local presence at all on Vietnam).
I do wonder if Steam is going to do anything. Complying with Vietnam's regulation is probably too burdensome to be worth the revenue, but on the other hand, Steam's promise with their DRM has always been that they would "unlock" the games if they had to shut down, and now they're shut down in a specific country.
Vietnamese Steam users have been sold products which they cannot play at all anymore, at least while following the laws of their Communist (so, totalitarian) regime. It's not a great situation for them.
Well, to be honest, they're probably going to do nothing. But I do wonder to what extent Valve, who knew they were not in compliance, should have not sold games at all in Vietnam? Similar to the Helldivers situation, surely they knew this shoe was dropping.
35 votes -
Sony backed down from the PSN requirement to play Helldivers 2. How will this change how the community reacts to game changes?
59 votes -
Steam refund policy update - "Advanced Access" now counts towards refund window
21 votes -
Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators
24 votes -
'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs
34 votes -
Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles
14 votes -
More ways to play your GOG games – we’re teaming up with Luna cloud streaming service!
16 votes -
The future of Duck Game
29 votes -
Adult Swim Games titles are being pulled from stores by Warner Bros
33 votes -
73% of the top 1000 games on Steam run on the Steam Deck
48 votes -
Steam has cut support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
40 votes -
Steam might let you hide those embarrassing games in your profile soon
47 votes -
Controller support shown in Steam library and store expands to now include PlayStation controllers
32 votes -
Valve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win'
76 votes -
Steam's oldest user accounts turn 20, Valve celebrates with special digital badges
46 votes -
Blizzard’s bringing its PC games to Steam, starting with Overwatch 2
37 votes -
Tutorial: Ensure a Steam game/mods are up-to-date each time you play
8 votes -
Japanese Steam user number reaches record high in June
19 votes -
In anticipation of Amnesia: The Bunker we've decided to enable Steam Workshop for Amnesia: The Dark Descent
19 votes -
THQ Nordic wants Remedy to change its mind about a digital-only release for Alan Wake II
5 votes -
Why game archivists are dreading this month’s 3DS/Wii U eShop shutdown
10 votes -
Lost Ark is being review bombed after incorrectly issuing permanent bans to inactive players, which leaves a mark on their Steam profiles
12 votes -
EA has confirmed it will shut down the online services for several games early next year, including Mirror's Edge and NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
7 votes -
Steam, Epic, PayPal and Battlenet have been banned in Indonesia
17 votes -
Inside the fight to save video game history - Publishers and preservationists are fighting over how old video games can be saved from digital obsolescence
10 votes -
Google said Steam had arrived on Chromebooks, but now says it’s ‘coming soon’
11 votes -
Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuit filed against Valve
18 votes -
As it turns out, “Netflix Gaming” isn’t a streaming service
7 votes -
Why Steam games are getting mysterious sale spikes in Argentina
13 votes -
Valve argues anti-Steam suit lacks “the most basic elements” of antitrust case
13 votes -
User reviews are still the best tool we have
7 votes -
Final Fantasy V and VI disappear from Steam next month
8 votes -
EA is pulling the plug on old Need for Speed games today
12 votes -
Sex game can't get on Steam, even after $20,000 worth of attempts
14 votes -
Humble Bundle creator brings antitrust lawsuit against Valve over Steam
19 votes -
Humble Bundle is removing the "choose where your money goes" sliders, intending to switch to a choice between giving 5% or 15% to charity
13 votes -
Epic Games paid developers about $11.7 million for the games they gave away for free on the Epic Store from December 2018 to September 2019
14 votes -
Microsoft reducing Windows store cut to just twelve percent
12 votes -
The indie online storefront itch.io is coming as a downloadable app to the Epic Games Store
12 votes -
Sony cancels their plan to shut down the PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita this summer
26 votes -
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is very excited about the Epic Games Store losing a ton of money
7 votes -
Meet the developers who are about to lose their PlayStation Vita games forever
10 votes -
PS3, Vita, and PSP Stores to be permanently closed in a few months
20 votes -
Frogwares says the version of The Sinking City on Steam was not made by them
This is a wild, ongoing story that is playing out in a rather bizarrely. First off, here is Frogware's open letter on the situation from August 25, 2020. Basically, Frogwares signed an agreement...
This is a wild, ongoing story that is playing out in a rather bizarrely.
First off, here is Frogware's open letter on the situation from August 25, 2020.
Basically, Frogwares signed an agreement with Nacon (formerly Big Ben Interactive) to license and publish their game in return for funding, but Frogwares still owned the IP. Frogwares claims that Big Ben was consistently late with payments and did not honour milestones for further funding. They took on an EGS exclusivity agreement to help get funding. At some point during the development, Nacom bought another studio and then demanded that Frogwares give their source code to this new company, which Frogwares refused to do.
The released the game in June 2019 but then were told by Nacom that the milestones that were previously agreed to were cancelled, therefore Frogwares would see no profit from the game. Frogware filed a lawsuit and finally got access to some sales data but found it wanting in many regards. They also found that copyright notices on the game were incorrect with the result of misallocating the IP ownership. Their logo was removed from the PS4 and X1 versions of the game and they discovered that Nacon was presenting themselves as the IP owners for the game, and had bought domains for Frogwares' other Sherlock Holmes titles (most of which was published by Focus Home Interactive, with some published by Atlus in North America or self-published by Frogwares).
Frogwares believes they had what they needed to terminate the contract with Nacon, despite some complications with the French legal system due to the COVID pandemic, and so they pulled their games from various storefronts alongside this letter.
In January 2021, that French legal complication played out against them when the Paris Court of Appeals determined that Frogwares acted unlawfully and decided that Nacon would be able to put the game back on the market.
Today, The Sinking City was put back on Steam with Frogwares listed as the developer, but Frogwares says they did not make this version. It seems to be an older version, missing much the DLC and features like achievements and cloud saves.
Frogwares' own version of the game is being sold only on Gamesplanet, Origin, and the Xbox 1 Series, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch.
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Apple subpoenas Valve as part of its legal battle with Epic: Valve fights back
21 votes