Digital distributor Valve is mainly famous for the Steam platform, but it’s also got a handful of its own titles under its belt, like the popular Dota 2. The RTS game has a huge community, with players even running their own custom battle passes and other ways to earn a profit, but now Valve is cracking down by sending lawyers to track the creators’ earnings.
According to the creator of SteamDB, Pavel Djundik, the software distributor had its lawyers send out an email featuring the snippet below. The email states that the “Dota Workshop tools are strictly non-commercial,” which means that anyone who has used them to make money may face a similar notice. The email asks that these creators stop the monetization and share their earned income by Aug. 17.
If that rule about the Dota 2 Workshop tools is true, then there’s nothing that these creators can do about it. If it was an established rule from Valve that was ignored or overlooked, then the company has every right to ask the creator to stop selling. There has been no word from any of the creators, but it’s likely they will be forced to listen to the developer and remove any option to spend real money
Dota 2 previously made news with New Frontiers, a new update coming to the title that brings a new map, gameplay changes, and more.
Make sure to check back at Try Hard Guides for all the latest information about the new Dota 2 notice sent out by Valve’s lawyers.
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