Valve is warning users to check for malware or reset their PC PirateFi was taken off Steam just days after it launched Other games are also being infected with malware Valve has started to contact suspected victims that they may have been the subject of a cyberattack just days after removing PirateFi from Steam after discovering it contained suspected malware files.

Valve makes clear companies can still advertise in games. Those awkward billboards and real-world brand cosmetics are still fine to include, although Steam does stipulate that these must not be “disruptive” and that they be “appropriate within the context of the game.”

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In-game ads have now been officially banned from the popular gaming platform Steam, according to the new guidelines.

Valve has seemingly introduced new rules that ban games that require users to watch paid ads (or rely on other such ad-based revenue models) from Steam. However, some sources report that these rules may have already existed, and that Valve has merely created a dedicated page on Steamworks to clarify this policy.

Valve has quietly updated its Steam guidelines to prohibit games that contain obligatory in-game ads. Going forward, games that require players to watch or engage with marketing material are out, as are titles that offer rewards for engaging with ads.

Valve further enforced its ban on promotional advertising in games on Steam, expanding on previously established rules on the platform.

Steam has officially banned games that force players to watch ads, or grant in-game rewards for watching ads, in a historic move for the platform.