Valve Ban Roundup
Valve are banning DOTA 2 Players (but Festively), Activision has had their lawsuit from California settled, Larian say No to Gamepass and an Indie Dev gives a final gift to fans before closing.

Valve are banning DOTA 2 Players (but Festively), Activision has had their lawsuit from California settled, Larian say No to Gamepass and an Indie Dev gives a final gift to fans before closing.
I don't think anyone was expecting Embracer Group to become a single-player game publishing powerhouse, and yet here we are.
PSN was down for a full day. That might sound like an inconvenience and nothing more, but looking deeper we see a Sony who continues to make big, risky, wasteful bets... apparently without a backup plan?
Despite the headlines, Steam didn't really ban advertising in games. Instead, the biggest market in PC gaming has just clearly laid out the rules on what they'll approve - it's more than you might think.
What happens if a developer on Steam uses their game as a trojan horse to deliver malware to players? Today, we get to see Valve's reaction.