Find out why Valve removed the Gwangju Running Man mod from Steam worldwide after South Korea claimed it distorted facts about the 1980 Gwangju Uprising.

Valve restricted the mod, titled Gwangju Running Man, in South Korea; the mod was later removed by the creator worldwide.

Valve, though, has now provided clarification on the events leading to the Mount & Blade mod's removal, saying access was restricted in March - but only in South Korea - after the company was ...

Valve blocked a mod for action RPG Mount and Blade: Warband in South Korea, which was subsequently removed by its author.

Valve has taken down a controversial Steam mod after a request from the South Korean government, following concerns over historical distortion.

A Mount & Blade: Warband mod was removed after the South Korean government requested Valve to do so. PC Gamer believes this might be the first time Valve has done something like this. Mount & Blade: ...

Initially, South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) blocked domestic access to the mod. GRAC later contacted Valve to request its global removal, arguing that the content ...

Update 7/7/25: Valve has reached out to clarify that the company did not remove the Gwangju Running Man mod from Steam worldwide, and that it had only blocked the mod's distribution in South Korea ...

Notably, the mod has been blocked from global distribution, not just in South Korea, and this marks the first time to my knowledge that Valve has removed a game or mod from Steam worldwide over a ...

News (Updated) Valve cooperates in blocking Steam mod in Korea for depicting “historical revisionism” Valve complied with a request from South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee to ...

Unfortunately, Lee Jae-myung now has an incentive to follow his long-held instincts and govern like an anti-American, pro-China, pro-North Korea leftist.

However, he pointed to South Korea's unique industrial makeup — notably its energy intensive heavy industries — as sustaining demand for reliable, consistent energy sources, including gas.