If you've been using the best VPN services to get PC games on the cheap, it turns out that loophole is coming to an end That's because the biggest vendors of online games have found a way to seal the deal on the backdoor way to get the best deals on video games

And that vendor is Steam, whose Twitter account that monitors online outlets announced that Valve "recently made it tougher to change the country of their store"

Twitter's @SteamDB (aka Steam Database) revealed that Steam users must now complete a "purchase using [that] country's payment method" that matches where they believe their system is located

SteamDB continued, "This should discourage people from using VPNs to buy games at a discount"

As our sister site TechRadar points out, using a VPN to change your location for use on Steam has long been against Steam's terms of service; Steam's language suggests that current activity versus past activity, which violates this rule could lead to punishment The company states, "If you attempt to redeem a game with regional restrictions and your location does not match your past activity on Steam, you will receive a warning"

Of course, our selection of the best VPNs gives you perks like protecting your privacy from snooping ISPs and dodging regional restrictions when you want to watch the best Hulu movies or the best Netflix shows