A few years ago the company Valve announced the work on a full-fledged Chinese version of its client Steam, which, as planned, will meet all the requirements of the Chinese Communist Party and will allow gamers from this region to at least partially use the main functions of the site.
Despite the lack of any news, thanks to a recent update Steam it became known that Vavle continues to work on a regional client for its platformwhich is in alpha testing today.
To date chinese version Steam has three distinctive features.
- When starting a game, a separate window appears on the screen for about five seconds, which urges users not to spend too much time on virtual entertainment, use their time correctly, boycottdangerous“games, and also refuse to use”pirate“products.
- All profiles of other users are displayed exclusively as a set of numbers with a missing avatar. This is probably due to the fact that in the future, Chinese gamers will have to go through a separate registration stage, in which the government body will have to approve the desired nickname and avatar before other players can see it.
- Time limit for launching certain games. When you try to play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive or Dota 2 Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. a person will receive an error message calling “to rest for a while“. At the moment, in the client, similar measures apply exclusively to these two titles, which is most likely due to the fact that both projects have already been officially launched in the country by the Perfect World publisher. It also helps Valve to create Chinese Steam.
About when exactly the regional version Steam It will be officially launched along with Chinese servers, there is no current information. Apparently now Valve actively cooperates with the local government and is engaged in the development and implementation of various functions that comply with Chinese law.
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