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Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story

The outcry after a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, seemingly due to pressure from payment processors, prompted Mastercard to release a brief statement Friday pushing back ...
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Valve Calls Out MasterCard Over Adult Game Removals

Miller Reynolds is a Journalist and Writer with a strong passion for gaming and writing news. Awarded the Excellence in Writing and Production Award while attending Loyalist College, Miller is ...
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Steam Hits Back At Mastercard Over Adult Game Ban Controversy

Last month, Steam removed several adult games from its storefront, despite usually having a high tolerance for the content it hosts. Itch then followed suit, deindexing all of its NSFW games.
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Report: Mastercard's policies led to adult game censorship, processors afraid of being cut off

TL;DR: Mastercard's payment rules, especially Rule 5.12.7, have indirectly led to the removal of adult games from Steam and Itch.io, as payment processors pressured platforms to comply to avoid losing ...
PC Gamer

Visa and Mastercard pressuring Itch.io and Valve does 'nothing to protect' women, and shock games will just be 'side-stepping the ban entirely', say affected indie devs

"Cutting these women off from income streams and audiences does nothing to 'protect' them." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. These ...