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A few weeks after notable digital video game distributors Steam and itch.io“deindexed” games following pressure from payment ...
Martinez called back two more times, assured in each case that his frustrations with Mastercard, whose payment system he uses ...
Collective Shout later confirmed that it had influenced actions taken by Valve and itch.io after writing an open letter to ...
As Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their ...
Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations,” the company wrote in a statement ...
As multiple different parts of the art, entertainment, and gaming industries are being impacted by ongoing crackdowns from various payment processors, it appear ...
Digital indie video game storefront itch.io has obscured mature, “not safe forwork” (NSFW) content from its “Browse” and “Search” pages, making it the latestin a growing line of video game ...
As industry groups decry censorship, players are flooding Visa and Mastercard with complaints and sharing the titles of ...
"A Merchant must not submit to its Acquirer, and a Customer must not submit to the Interchange System, any Transaction that ...
Mastercard say they're not to blame for Steam's NSFW game cull, but Valve claim that payment processors cited specific ...
Valve claims Mastercard cited a rule to force them to change NSFW game rules on Steam, disputing Mastercard's attempt to deflect blame.
Valve says that MasterCard's payment expressed concerns with the platform's adult content and rejected Steam's existing guidelines.