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The European General Court has dismissed Valve's appeal against the European Commission for infringing EU competition law.
Valve and five PC video game publishers were fined a total of €7.8 million in January 2021 for illegal geo-blocking practices. The five publishers included Focus Home Interactive, ZeniMax, Koch Media, Capcom, and Bandai Namco.
Valve appealed against the decision and the €1.6 million fine, arguing that it could not be held liable for the actions of publishers provided with free geo-blocked Steam keys and that it did not profit from the sales of titles sold by third parties.