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"A Merchant must not submit to its Acquirer, and a Customer must not submit to the Interchange System, any Transaction that ...
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 ...
Valve says that MasterCard's payment expressed concerns with the platform's adult content and rejected Steam's existing guidelines.
As Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their ...
Valve claims Mastercard cited a rule to force them to change NSFW game rules on Steam, disputing Mastercard's attempt to deflect blame.
Itch.io, the indie gaming store that recently pulled all NSFW games from its site, is beginning the process of “re-indexing” ...
In a note to developers, Itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran has confirmed that free adult content will be re-indexed on the ...
Gamers around the world have been feeling the pinch with the recent changes to Steam’s guidelines that prevent people from purchasing certain types of content on the platform. This has led to ...
Mastercard say they're not to blame for Steam's NSFW game cull, but Valve claim that payment processors cited specific ...
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 ...
They’re still working on a permanent payment solution.
A few weeks after notable digital video game distributors Steam and itch.io“deindexed” games following pressure from payment ...