Video game distributor Valve, 5 others hit with 7.8 mln euro EU fine

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20/01/2021 10:45

BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators on
Wednesday fined U.S. video game distributor Valve Corp and 5
video game publishers a total of 7.8 million euros  ($9.45
million) for blocking cross-border sales of video games in
Europe.
    Valve, owner of the world's largest video game distribution
platform "Steam", refused to admit wrongdoing and was fined 1.66
million euros.
    Fines for the five video game publishers - Bandai Namco
 7832.T , Capcom  9697.T , Focus Home  ALFOC.PA , Koch Media and
ZeniMax - were reduced by 10-15% after they admitted wrongdoing.
    ($1 = 0.8251 euros)

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