Update 7/7/25: Valve has reached out to clarify that the company did not remove the Gwangju Running Man mod from Steam worldwide, and that it had only blocked the mod's distribution in South Korea ...

At the request of South Korea, Valve pulled a mod from Steam that glorified the country's military dictatorship. Ted Litchfield. Mon, July 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM UTC. 4 min read.

In March 2025, South Korea's Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) notified Valve that the mod was in violation of its laws. In response, Valve banned the mod in the region. The mod was ...

Valve has stepped in and banned an offensive mod for rewriting historical facts regarding a brutal event in South Korea's history.

Valve, though, has now provided clarification on the events leading to the Mount & Blade mod's removal, saying access was restricted in March - but only in South Korea - after the company was ...

Initially, South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) blocked domestic access to the mod. GRAC later contacted Valve to request its global removal, arguing that the content ...

Find out why Valve removed the Gwangju Running Man mod from Steam worldwide after South Korea claimed it distorted facts about the 1980 Gwangju Uprising.

It's Mastercard's world; we just live in it. That's my understanding based on a recent communiqué from Valve to PC Gamer, ...