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  1. Valve enables region locking in Steam, to stop you buying cheap games from Russia

    by , 12-25-2014 at 02:05 AM

    Steam, one of the sole bastions of sanity when it comes to digital games distribution, has enabled region locking on games. This means if you buy a game in one territory, you can no longer use it in another territory — much like DVD region locking (but more effective, as Steam’s region locking hasn’t been cracked). With no official statement from Valve, there are two possible ...