{"id":66413,"date":"2026-05-11T13:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=66413"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:47:39","slug":"steinsgate-reboot-developers-announce-full-ban-on-streaming-and-uploading-gameplay-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/steinsgate-reboot-developers-announce-full-ban-on-streaming-and-uploading-gameplay-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Steins;Gate\u00a0Re:Boot\u00a0developers announce full ban on streaming and uploading gameplay footage\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>STEINS;GATE\u00a0RE:BOOT<\/strong>\u00a0developer Mages has announced via the game\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/steinsgate.jp\/reboot\/ja-jp\/guideline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a>\u00a0that due to the \u201cnature of the product,\u201d\u00a0it will not be granting anyone permission to stream or\u00a0upload\u00a0live commentary for the upcoming title. While console\u00a0sharing features\u00a0that\u00a0allow\u00a0in-game footage\u00a0capture\u00a0are\u00a0authorized\u00a0for\u00a0private and\u00a0personal use, broadcasting the game to an unspecified\/large\u00a0number\u00a0of people is not\u00a0permitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These kinds of bans are\u00a0not uncommon\u00a0among Japanese publishers, especially when it comes to the visual novel genre, where watching\u00a0gameplay videos\u00a0can\u00a0almost fully\u00a0substitute\u00a0playing the game.\u00a0Past Steins;Gate releases have also\u00a0come\u00a0with similar rules, and\u00a0the publishers have been thorough in enforcing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\u00a02023,\u00a0a 53-year-old Japanese web creator who uploaded\u00a0an hour-long video of\u00a0Steins;Gate: My Darling\u2019s Embrace\u00a0(including its endings, which were under a streaming ban)\u00a0alongside other copyrighted content,\u00a0faced legal\u00a0repercussions.\u00a0He was\u00a0arrested and found guilty of\u00a0copyright infringement,\u00a0ultimately being\u00a0sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for five years, and fined 1\u00a0million\u00a0JPY (roughly $6,400\u00a0USD), according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/national\/20230907-OYT1T50216\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yomiuri Shimbun<\/a>.\u00a0The man\u00a0admitted\u00a0to\u00a0uploading\u00a0the videos knowing full well of the legal implications.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300cSTEINS;GATE RE:BOOT\u300d\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kwvfZIoeUsI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To\u00a0prevent similar cases of copyright infringement from happening\u00a0and to ensure a spoiler-free experience for players, Mages\u00a0has placed a full streaming ban for the upcoming\u00a0Steins;Gate\u00a0Re:Boot. While the\u00a0story is largely the\u00a0same as the 2009 original visual novel,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/steinsgate-reboot-to-have-a-brand-new-ending-producer-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the addition of a new ending<\/a>\u00a0is one of the reasons why players would want to check it out, alongside\u00a0new additions such as\u00a0re-recorded voice acting and revamped graphics.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steins;Gate&nbsp;Re:Boot&nbsp;is set to release on August 20 for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4012810\/STEINSGATE_REBOOT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/steinsgate-reboot-characters-will-literally-come-to-life-thanks-to-new-animation-tool-used-in-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steins;Gate Re:Boot characters will literally \u201ccome to life\u201d thanks to new animation tool used in development<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/instead-of-modernizing-steinsgate-reboot-will-preserve-the-now-fading-legacy-of-2010s-otaku-slang-and-akihabara-culture-devs-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instead of modernizing, Steins;Gate Re:Boot will preserve the now fading legacy of 2010s otaku slang and Akihabara culture, devs say<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT developer Mages has announced that it will not be granting anyone permission to stream the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":66417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-66413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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