{"id":6432,"date":"2019-04-10T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/ex-valve-game-developer-says-steam-was-killing-pc-gaming-with-profiteering\/"},"modified":"2019-04-10T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T08:00:14","slug":"ex-valve-game-developer-says-steam-was-killing-pc-gaming-with-profiteering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=6432","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Valve Game Developer Says Steam Was Killing PC Gaming With Profiteering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/steam-killing-pc-gaming\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/47747\/thumbnail\/default\/fortniterbth.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-Valve Game Developer Says Steam Was Killing PC Gaming With Profiteering\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nGamers of a certain age will remember a time when the name Valve conjured visions of crowbars and scientists. 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