{"id":104345,"date":"2016-09-19T08:19:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T06:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=104345"},"modified":"2016-09-19T08:21:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T06:21:08","slug":"steam-users-are-being-sued-for-leaving-bad-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/104345-steam-users-are-being-sued-for-leaving-bad-reviews","title":{"rendered":"Steam users are being sued for leaving bad reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 100 Steam users are now facing legal action due to poor review scores given to a number of publisher Digital Homicide&#8217;s games.<\/p>\n<p>James Romine of Digital Homicide was granted the subpoena by a federal judge in Arizona, reports <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2016\/9\/17\/12951756\/digital-homicide-lawsuit-jim-sterling-steam-users-valve\" target=\"_blank\">Polygon<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is seeking the real identities of 100 users in an $18 million personal injury claim against these users for their comments and allegations of the studio&#8217;s products and how they were developed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Valve has since delisted all of Digital Homicide&#8217;s games from the service, accompanied by\u00a0the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2016\/9\/17\/12951756\/digital-homicide-lawsuit-jim-sterling-steam-users-valve\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Valve has stopped doing business with Digital Homicide for being hostile to Steam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still not sure what&#8217;s more ridiculous, the fact that gamers are being sued over an opinion-based review or the fact that a judge actually granted Digital Homicide&#8217;s application.<\/p>\n<p>For context, Digital Homicide is\u00a0the company\u00a0behind gems such as\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Slaughtering_Grounds\" target=\"_blank\">The Slaughtering Grounds<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe 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