{"id":9907,"date":"2026-06-12T12:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9907"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:06:37","slug":"valve-to-discontinue-physical-steam-gift-cards-by-the-end-of-2026-due-to-scammers-says-nefarious-actors-continue-to-exploit-them-despite-years-of-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9907","title":{"rendered":"Valve to discontinue physical Steam gift cards by the end of 2026 due to scammers \u2014 says nefarious actors continue to exploit them despite years of restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong> Kunal Khullar <\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nJune 10, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nPhysical Steam gift cards will no longer be restocked at retail stores, though digital gifting options and existing cards will remain supported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/video-games\/pc-gaming\/valve-to-discontinue-physical-steam-gift-cards-by-the-end-of-2026-due-to-scammers-says-nefarious-actors-continue-to-exploit-them-despite-years-of-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kunal Khullar &bull; June 10, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-hardware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}