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

A well-known gaming distributing platform, Steam has recently caught fire with its new rule, now known as “Rule 15,” in its ...

As multiple different parts of the art, entertainment, and gaming industries are being impacted by ongoing crackdowns from various payment processors, it appear ...

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

Valve claims Mastercard cited a rule to force them to change NSFW game rules on Steam, disputing Mastercard's attempt to deflect blame.

Steam is silencing a game that can help combat gender-based sexual violence, in the name of protecting players from being ...

"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.

Mastercard say they're not to blame for Steam's NSFW game cull, but Valve claim that payment processors cited specific ...

Mastercard seemingly denied playing a role in a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, while Valve says ...

Mastercard has denied directly pressuring platforms like Steam and Itch.io to remove explicit titles. But Valve, the owner of Steam, paints a different picture—one where payment processors acted under ...