Developers can now set game bans on Steam accounts if players cheat in their games. http://t.co/6OkIgkGh3p pic.twitter.com/V2iK2Wlnh0 - Steam Database (@SteamDB) April 29, 2015

@SteamDB Yeah, like that is not going to be abused by some devs. - Foxhack / Dave Silva (@Foxhack) April 29, 2015

The process of banning, itself, will remain in the hands of Valve staffers, but now all a developer has to do is say the word and it'll be done. Of course, a cursory glance at the responses to the announcement on Twitter has revealed that plenty of gamers are worried that developers will abuse this power.

For those who play within the rules, there are some perks, as Valve has also revealed that it's widening the number of people who can join in the testing on Steam Guard for mobile. Another 1,000 people will be asked to authenticate their Steam devices using their smartphone, and the app sign up process has been updated as well.