Valve Issues DMCA Notices to Fan Projects, Marking Shift in Policy
Fan-made games Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 shut down following notices from Valve, surprising the gaming community.
- Valve has issued DMCA takedown notices to two fan projects, Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64, marking a shift in the company's typically lenient stance towards fan-made games.
- Team Fortress: Source 2 was a fan project aiming to port the 2007 multiplayer shooter, Team Fortress 2, to the newer Source 2 engine.
- Portal 64 was a project intended to demake 2007’s Portal to run on the Nintendo 64 hardware.
- Both projects have now been shut down following the DMCA notices from Valve.
- The move has surprised the gaming community, as Valve has historically supported fan endeavors based on their games.