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I'm not clear on how this is illegal. Is it something about the EULA? Most of the big publishers force you to use their launcher on Steam.

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I doubt it's criminal but probably against Steam's terms of service. Who probably require not having a third party account as a condition to play a game bought on Steam.

If that's against Steam ToS, Epic wouldn't be the first on Steam to break it. I had to create a account with Paradox Interactive to play some of their games in multiplayer.

No, it’s allowed. There is even a badge in the store to announce the requirement.

Rockstar games for instance required a third-party account to play GTA5.

I bought the game. I can't play it now. Also I would have to agree to something I can't read.

Adding new criteria to play the latest patch of a game is something basically every major developer does on a regular basis - you'll get EULA confirmation prompts after installing an update, especially if it's an online game like Rocket League. I'd say I see one 1-2 times a year for every online game I play.

The EULA not being visible definitely sounds illegal, though. Really absurd oversight.

>>after installing an update

This is the key part, it should be BEFORE you install the update, and with "Do you accept these new terms and wish to install"

Not like it is today

"We have forced these new terms on you, and if you do not accept you lose all access to this game"

as there is no easy way to rollback to the previous version that worked

Sue them in small claims court.

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