As reported by Tech Raptor, all of Digital Homicide’s games from been removed from the Steam storefront.
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Some of you might remember Digital Homicide, for suing the videogame personality Jim Sterling.
Valve has given developer Digital Homicide the boot from Steam meaning that their games are no longer available on the platform as the company were “hostile to Steam customers”.
The lawsuit seeks 18 million dollars from 100 anonymous Steam users.
Here’s an easy way to get all your games removed from Steam: sue 100 users. The Romines in that case argued that whenever Sterling would criticize one of their games, his fans would go to Steam and add a barrage of negative comments. Sure, review systems and Steam Curators can help warn people away from bad games but there are still numerous shifty developers doing business on Steam right under Valve‘s nose.
This isn’t the first time Digital Homicide has made headlines for legal action.
The lawsuit, which has been documented by Kotaku, states that Digital Homicide feel that they are the target of harassment from a Steam group called “Digital Homicides Poop Games”.
Plaintiff is informed and believes and thereon alleges that, at all times herein mentioned, each of the defendants sued herein was during listed events and/or now is a member of an organized hate and harassment group or assisted said hate and harassment group that specifically formed on [Steam] to financially destroy and harass The Plaintiff and other targeted developers…
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Alongside the filing, Digital Homicide provided screenshots of negative reviews and customers showing their dissatisfaction with the company. TechRaptor queried Doug Lombardi for their take on the situation, and he responded by saying… Let us know in the comments.
