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The lawsuit aims to "stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its games, disgorge all ill-gotten gains, and pay fines for violating New York\u2019s laws."

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Valve doesn't make the games. You'll need to take this up with the game developers. They're the ones who inserted the "surprise mechanics" into the game.

[–] oerpi@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 16 hours ago

this is about Counterstrike loot boxes, so Valve absolutely makes the game in question

[–] me_myself_and_I@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Valve did make CSGO and other games in the past which did have heavy microtransactions though yes I do agree that other companies such as Epic Games are much more liable for this

[–] ghurab@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Is this a joke or did you not read the article?