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The pushback against Collective Shout is yielding results, as some adult games are re-indexed on Itch and a payment processor ...
Itch.io, the indie gaming store that recently pulled all NSFW games from its site, is beginning the process of “re-indexing” ...
A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games ...
As industry groups decry censorship, players are flooding Visa and Mastercard with complaints and sharing the titles of ...
Update: this article has been changed to reflect the fact that while Mouthwashing has been delisted from Itch.io, the ...
Collective Shout denies calling on Itch to remove all of its adult games, but it was behind the pressure on payment ...
Indie storefront itch.io has deleted and hidden huge swaths of its library after pressure from credit card companies, and ...
Explaining the timeline for these changes, Itch.io wrote, "The situation is evolving as we await final determinations from ...
The organization Collective Shout has pressured payment processors for both platforms to ban games with adult and sexual ...
Mastercard has issued a statement claiming is has "not required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms", despite allegations from both Steam and itch.io to the contrary.
In a statement, itch.io revealed that its credit card processors were targeted by a group looking to have NSFW content banned ...
Thousands of projects under the NSFW category have been delisted from Itch.io in response to a crackdown by payment providers.