Valve tightens rules with Steam China amid greater regulatory scrutiny in the country


By Josh Ye

Steam is a gaming platform where mainland Chinese users can access foreign games and chat with fellow players overseas. Chinese authorities have clamped down on video games and services that can be used by players to spread politically sensitive content. — SCMP

Gaming giant Valve Corp now requires developers to obtain government approval for their games before they are allowed on its Steam China platform to comply with tighter regulation of gaming content in the country, the industry’s biggest market.

Valve, operator of the popular Steam personal computer game distribution service, recently added a page which requires games to certify that they have government approval, before they are released on Steam China, the forthcoming domestic version of its platform, according to Pavel Djundik, creator of the SteamDB website, which tracks apps on the Valve platform.

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