Valve Cracks Down By Banning Steam Games With Ads

Valve is Cracking Down on Steam Games With Forced Advertising
Valve further enforced its ban on promotional advertising in games on Steam, expanding on previously established rules on the platform.
Valve Bans Forced In-Game Ads From All Steam Titles
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 are “appropriate within the context of the game.”
Valve clarifies ban on in-game advertising on Steam
Valve made waves when it updated its Steamworks Documentation now to include a dedicated "Advertising on Steam" page, illuminating its anti-advertising-on-Steam stance— GamingOnLinux proceeded to report on this as a new policy.
Valve Seemingly Bans All Steam Games That Require Watching Advertisements To Play
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 bans all Steam games that force players to watch advertisements
Valve has implemented new rules around advertising, explicitly prohibiting games that force players to watch in-game
Valve Has Now Banned Games on Steam That Require Players to Watch Paid Advertising
Valve has always had a strong stance on paid advertising, going as far as to ban games on Steam that have them.
Steam clamps down on in-game advertising with new rules that benefit players
Steam games can no longer force you to watch ads to continue playing, as Valve sets out new rules for developers using commercials.
Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games
Valve have updated the developer guidelines for releasing a game on Steam, making it clear that the scourge of mobile gaming advertising-based business models are not going to work on Steam.
Valve issues platform-wide ban for any games that force advertising
Valve has introduced new guidelines to their Steamworks documentation, very clearly outlining a no-tolerance stance on in-game advertising.
Valve Bans Forced Advertisements and Advertising-Based Business Models on Steam
Valve bans advertising-based business models on Steam, prohibiting forced ads and promoting non-intrusive in-game advertising.
Valve has taken further steps to ban exploitative game mechanics
Valve has reiterated its stance against exploitative in-game advertising, threatening to ban any game that uses these mechanics.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
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Valve implements dedicated page for advertising guidelines
Valve has published a dedicated page advising developers on what type of advertising is and isn't allowed on Steam.
Valve Bans All Steam Games Forcing Players to Watch In-Game Advertisements
Valve is implementing new Steam platform rules detailing what developers can and can't do regarding in-game ads.