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Amidst bumper acquisitions and a multitude of mega new releases, NFTs have garnered many headlines across the industry in 2022 – from big publishers like EA and Ubisoft toying with the controversial blockchain technology to flashpoints like Team 17 quickly embracing it then having to deal with the immediate fallout. <\/p>\n

Back in October, Valve made a stand by banning all blockchain games from its Steam platform<\/a>, updating its policy documents to reflect the change<\/a>. The move was well-received by the wider community, though the developer of Age of Rust – one of the games impacted by the new policy – went into a bit more detail, claiming that Steam didn’t want to allow items of real-world value on its store.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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