Valve, the studio that was once known for making world-class games like Half-Life and Left 4 Dead, but is lately simply known as the people behind Steam and hardware like the Steam Deck and the upcoming Steam Machine, is facing a similar ire to what Apple faced in its legal bout with Epic. The London Competition Appeal Tribunal has declared that Valve must face a massive £656 million class-action lawsuit, arguing that the company takes an “excessive” 30% revenue cut of every transaction made on Steam. Spotted by GamesIndustry.Biz (via Reuters), this lawsuit initially began with Vicki Shotbolt, chief executive […]
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