The world version of Steam comes

Source is a game engine of the United States game developer Valve. It runs both on 32-bit and 64-bit systems. On their based games were released for Windows, macOS, Linux, the Xbox, the Xbox 360 and also the PlayStation 3.

The world version of Steam seems to have been prohibited in China. The good news is that its Chinese version does not seem affected for the moment. The bad news is that many players may need to use a VPN to bypass the government's firewall.

Steam was forbidden in China, said a player. The store has been included in the wall list with the community.

Being part of this list indicates that the Chinese government prohibits access to the website to anyone using a Chinese ISP. For the moment, we do not know why they made this decision. We do not know if they consulted Valve on what would happen or if they gave a warning in advance.

As mentioned, the Chinese version remains accessible in the country. However, it only has a limited library of 103 games. This is such a small fraction of the more than 110,000 games included in Steam Global.

A known minor of data first shared on social networks a list of all websites that China has blocked. ’T The field of the website for Steam was blocked in China 8 hours ago, the Leaker wrote. Others quickly put online to check if the website is actually blocked. And here it is, it is certainly not accessible in all regions of the country.

The player of players mentioned the possibility that all this situation is only the result of a coordinated error or attack. Some sources say it might simply be the result of a DNS attack, not a deliberate prohibition.

Although this decision is a surprise for the public games, it corresponds somewhat to the government's recent actions around video games over the past year. The Chinese government closed strong last November. All children can only have three hours of play a week. In addition, they also forbid all forms of crypto-currency.

Games had to be exempt from anti-Chinese elements before getting green light for development. Two months after these restrictions, no game has been approved.

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