EU investigates Valve over anti-competitive region restrictions

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American gaming company Valve has become the target of an antitrust probe launched by the European Union. An agreement between game publishers and Valve is being investigated that allegedly blocks users from purchasing video games from Valve’s Steam store based on where they live. The EU is concerned that how consumers purchase digital content is reducing cross-border trade and that game publishers may be using activation keys to block consumers, or limit access, to games based on geolocation. SS