Valve is now allowing developers to implement their own anti-cheat systems and permanently ban players from their games.

Previously, Valve oversaw the whole process itself.

“Nobody likes playing with cheaters,” said Valve.

“Game developers inform Valve when a disruptive player has been detected in their game, and Valve applies the game ban to the account.

“The game developer is solely responsible for the decision to apply a game ban. Valve only enforces the game ban as instructed by the game developer.

“For more information about a game ban in a specific game, please contact the developer of that game.”