Ukrainian developers report. Russian sanctions rolled by the United States

Ukraine and Russian game developers are communicated on SNS and the like when the deposit account information in STeam was invalidated. The background is expected to have a sign of sanctions to banks by the United States.

STeam is a PC game delivery platform that the US Valve operates. On the same platform, a game company from around the world has distributed works. The platform is also distributing developer / publisher works of Ukraine, which are currently invading Russia Russia, which are currently in progress to Ukraine. And March 18, Ternox Games based in Ukraine has published a sentence that is contacted by Valve with a Studio Official Twitter account. There, "in the current environment, we can not transfer bank transfer to Verarushi Russian Ukraine" that the payment account information was paused. This text is a content that can be read even if it receives as it is.

There are several voices that had the same contact from Valve, and STAS Shostak, which is a personal developer based in Ukraine, and developers based in Russia, also on the SNS of the same text I am released. Currently, within the scope of the authors, I would like to keep in mind that the official statement by Valve does not come out, and it is a claim of developers. However, since there are multiple testimonies, the possibility of actually responding is rich.

These testimonies spread the waves to the community. Ukrainian Game PR Companies GTP Media Joint founder Ivan Titov introduces tweets by Ternox Games, and also a chain also a renamed developer. Industry officials and users' voice, such as David Goldfarb, including "Battlefield 3" and series works. In particular, a problem that it can not be remittance to Ukraine, and a voice that describes the criticism of Valve is noticeable. Russia promotes invasion Russia, while receiving sanctions from businesses, and many aid hands are stretched to Ukraine, which is invaded. In the above-mentioned text, Valve would have been received so that Russia and Ukraine have also been sanctioned. Therefore, it seems that we have made a criticism from the parent Ukrainian user.

However, the background is also likely to have a range of Valve's control. STEAM related communities for Ukraine users "Steam українською (Steam In Ukrainian)" has posted a message that has a supplementary explanation from Valve on Facebook pages. According to the contribution, Valve explained that "US government sanctions have become impossible to remittance to multiple banks associated with Russia." In other words, it is not meant that Ukraine is intentionally not remittance, but with the whole of the United States, it can be interpreted that the banks used by developers in Ukraine domain. The same contribution is also affected by BNP Paribas Group Bank, and Ukrsibbank and Romania's Raiffeisen Bank is reported under the influence. Steam українською is also a further circumstances explanation and Valve and to release as soon as it has a response.

Ukrainian invasion by Russia also affects the game industry from economic sanctions. First of all, remittance to Russia has already been a difficult situation from the country, and the situation where it can not be deposited to the Russian translator (related articles). In addition, Japan Post Bank is not only Russia, but also remittance to the region seen in Ukraine, also suspended. Russian sanctions of the strongest countries are likely to be able to affect other than Russia.