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Steam bans scammers after developer reveals shady game resale

Steam bans scammers after developer reveals shady game resale

picture: Valve / Kotaku Earlier this week, a developer’s Twitter thread about shady Steam curators who may be lying to get free game codes went viral. in the thread, with a somewhat piercing operation To back up his suspicions, the developer theorized that these shady curators are taking game keys and selling them instead of ...

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Dev explains how Steam curator reviewers can be scammers

Dev explains how Steam curator reviewers can be scammers

Steam is both an easy-to-navigate storefront for digital games and a rabbit hole of seedy shit filled with weird, archaic remnants of past ideas that Valve never finished or improved upon. One such example is the curator system. Most users barely interact with it, but recently an indie developer believes the system is being used ...