Collective Shout later confirmed that it had influenced actions taken by Valve and itch.io after writing an open letter to Visa and Mastercard, but that it did not necessarily ask itch.io to de-index ...

Mastercard rejects allegations to be responsible for the removal of Steam’s NSFW games. However, Valve contradicts and claims ...

While no explicit reason was ever provided for this move, it is highly likely that potential issues with payment processors was a major factor. Only a few years prior, payment processors had cut off ...

Exhumed has launched for free after its developer claimed it was "wrongly banned" from Steam over sexual content.

In related Rapture news, 2K’s remake of the original BioShock was canceled earlier this year, Bloomberg reports. Ken Levine, ...

There’s been a backlash to the removal of NSFW video games. Mastercard responded to accusations that it was part of the censorship.

Payment processing companies have ceded to pressure from an ‘anti-porn’ group, causing Steam and itch.io to ban tens of ...

Mastercard looked to distance itself from game delistings that have drawn the ire of gamers by passing the buck to Valve, and ...

As Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their ...

Last month, Steam removed several adult games from its storefront, despite usually having a high tolerance for the content it ...

"A Merchant must not submit to its Acquirer, and a Customer must not submit to the Interchange System, any Transaction that ...

Valve says that MasterCard's payment expressed concerns with the platform's adult content and rejected Steam's existing guidelines.