According to the latest report, Rockstar Games has blocked all its games available on Steam in Russia, following the directives of Take-Two which has decided to suspend activities in Russia, also involving its subsidiaries such as Rockstar and 2K Games in this choice.
At the moment there are no direct confirmations but various Eastern European media confirm that Rockstar Games games are not available on Steam in Russia, the list includes not only GTA V and GTA Online but also Grand Theft Auto 4, LA Noire The VR Case Files, Red Dead Redemption 2, LA Noire, Bully Scholarship Edition, Max Payne, Grand Theft Auto 4 Episodes From Liberty City and many more.
Rockstar has banned all of its games in Steam for Russian players, including the famous “GTA 5”. It is also reported that Epic Games has made payments unavailable in #Russia. pic.twitter.com/luLNvvwnBN
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 7, 2022
Furthermore, it is not clear whether the announcement concerns only the titles available on Steam or also on other marketplaces such as Epic Games Store, PlayStation Store, Nintendo eShop and Xbox Store.
In the past few hours, Ubisoft has also suspended the sale of its games in Russia as well as Activision Blizzard, Microsoft and other companies. Nintendo suspended payments in rubles on eShop and Epic did the same on Epic Games Store, CD Projekt RED blocked access to GOG from Russia while Electronic Arts removed the national team from FIFA 22.