Valve wants players to know that it plans on fighting New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, which last month accused the company of promoting “illegal gambling” through its in-game loot boxes. In an email sent to Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 players in New York, Valve says it’s “disappointed” in the lawsuit’s claims, arguing that mystery boxes are “widely used” across other games and also exist in the physical world with baseball cards, Pokémon, and Labubu.
Since 2023, Valve says it has worked with the AGs to explain how its virtual items and mystery boxes work. It argues that players “don’t have to open mystery …