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The game's official Twitter account confirmed the situation on its

Jan. 13, 2017 by Devin Jones

The game's official Twitter account confirmed the situation on its official account on Sunday, though the channel did not explain what it was doing in the matter of such a move. It appears Bethesda has no plans to change its policy. According to the official statement, Bethesda has taken legal action against those who take part in such a move, as well as those who violate official policy.

The move also comes less than a week after the Fallout Project and Fallout: New Vegas were patched for the PC version, making new content available to PC players on Steam. However, Bethesda's statement does not explicitly announce what it will do about the bans.

Bethesda's latest move comes after the game's creator, Gabe Newell, was banned from the site for four weeks from his own games after a series of harassment and abuse complaints. Earlier, while working at Mojang, Newell wrote a series of posts in which he repeatedly called out players for "taking advantage of" a community he had created, with a particularly vicious response to his response when asked about the community's criticism of new Fallout games.

Newell is known for creating and releasing PC games, and a few days after his ban was lifted, he began a new public persona, @J_Newell, as a private investigator. The former has posted two videos on YouTube, a video he had to cancel due to his post and another video he posted on Reddit in which his character was repeatedly attacked by an angry mob of players for using his likeness.

Newell has since returned to Mojang, where he worked and has launched several media projects, including a series of live stream appearances on Twitch, Twitch.tv, and YouTube, among others. Newell previously worked as a game development director on Fallout: New Vegas and has worked at Mojang. He spoke to Kotaku, but spoke exclusively on behalf of the Fallout Project, which he has worked on since 2010.

While no official confirmation has yet been provided of Bethesda's temporary ban on Newell, Kotaku has previously reported that Bethesda will not issue permanent bans to anyone who "intentionally" access the Bethesda Vault, as long as they do not intentionally share the information in a way that suggests they work on a private or commercial interest.