A girl violated Russian law and her games were banned from sale on Russian Steam - she criticized Valve for asking her to monitor her content
NewsИсточник: Studio Élan, ebi-hime
29 May 20:56
Roskomnadzor noticed more specific games on Steam and contacted Valve.
In May, a post by an indie developer under the nickname ebihimes (ebi-hime) went viral on social media. She creates video games with "diverse" characters and recently she announced that her projects had been blocked on Russian Steam:
Speaking of "good news": a bunch of my visual novels have been blocked in Russia on Steam [...] and Valve sent me a "nice" message saying it's my fault and that I should have "exercised due diligence" in advance by complying with [local laws].
She published a screenshot of a message from Valve support:
Hello, partner! Some of your games have been deemed by Roskomnadzor to violate the requirements for distribution in Russia. We have added a regional restriction for these games, so they no longer appear in Russia. This change will not affect your games in other regions. We also want to remind you that under the "Steam Distribution Agreement" you guaranteed Valve that your games comply with all applicable laws. Therefore, you are responsible for conducting due diligence on where your games can be distributed and for notifying us of any territories where this is not possible.
ebihimes is unhappy with Valve's attitude towards developers:
I love this hint that developers are supposedly supposed to know every law in all countries where their games are available on Steam, and if they don't, then they've violated Steam's rules. Very "developer-friendly", yeah, right.
Some participants in the discussion supported the girl — they also disliked Valve's tone.
Earlier, a deputy noted that Valve complies with Russian laws. This is not the first time the company has blocked games at the request of Roskomnadzor.
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