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If you, like most people on Earth, are a frequent mobile gamer, you’ll be all too aware of the bane of in-game ads. Because the freemium model proves by far the most successful way to release games on telephones,

In-game ads have now been officially banned from the popular gaming platform Steam, according to the new guidelines.

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Valve has seemingly introduced new rules that ban games that require users to watch paid ads (or rely on other such ad-based revenue models) from Steam. However, some sources report that these rules may have already existed, and that Valve has merely created a dedicated page on Steamworks to clarify this policy.

While the little regulation on Steam still allows for a lot, the most common freemium models from mobile gaming still are not welcome on the platform. "Developers should not utilize paid advertising as a business model in their game,

Valve is implementing new Steam platform rules detailing what developers can and can't do regarding in-game ads.

Valve further enforced its ban on promotional advertising in games on Steam, expanding on previously established rules on the platform.

Steam has officially banned games that force players to watch ads, or grant in-game rewards for watching ads, in a historic move for the platform.