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The New Gold Rush (Ep. 8)

Gamecraft

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Valve's Steam Inventory Service, Team Fortress 2 and Counter Strike

Most publishers have tried to ban RMT in some way, and after many lawsuits by publishers against the black marketeers. eBay decided to end the listing of in-game assets for sale in 2007 so they've really pushed the RMT market to the fringes,. Most publishers try and keep all the items in gold trades in-game with mixed results. One interesting approach has been Valve's Steam Inventory Service which seeks to provide the marketplace function as a service to Steam publishers.

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