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Harvey Randall

Valve will see you in court! No, really, Steam's just updated its subscriber agreement so that 'all disputes and claims proceed in court'

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If you live outside the United Kingdom or EU, you might've had a pop-up lunge into your Steam game today informing you, helpfully, that updates to the Steam Subscriber Agreement had affected your consumer rights.

That's because Valve is removing both its class action waiver and forced arbitration clauses for affected countries, as the notice reads: "The updated dispute resolution provisions are in Section 10 and require all claims and disputes to proceed in court and not arbitration."

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