Valve rappelle à une développeuse ses obligations de conformité après un blocage en Russie

Une développeuse de visual novels a reçu une notification de Valve après le retrait de plusieurs de ses jeux sur Steam en Russie. Le message souligne la responsabilité de la développeuse de veiller au respect des lois locales.

Ebi-hime, créatrice de visual novels yuri, dont Her Love, Like Poison et Rituals in the Dark, a partagé un message de Valve sur X le 26 mai 2026. L'avis faisait suite à une décision de Roskomnadzor de bloquer les titres sur la boutique Steam russe pour non-respect des règles de distribution.

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