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Steam is banning review scores and award logos from game images

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Valve writes that more text, award logos, and even review scores are being included in games‘ graphical asset images. The company says this can cause several issues.
In brief: Many developers cover their game’s key art on Steam with award logos, scores, and other accolades in the hope of attracting more buyers. Not everyone appreciates it, and that’s why Valve is banning the practice as of this September 1.
Valve writes that more text, award logos, and even review scores are being included in games‘ graphical asset images. The company says this can cause several issues for users, from the logos ending up so small that they can’t tell what a game’s name is to the pictures themselves becoming cluttered and hard to read.
There are other problems, too.

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