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Mastercard seemingly denied playing a role in a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, while Valve says ...
Valve says that MasterCard's payment expressed concerns with the platform's adult content and rejected Steam's existing guidelines.
Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary ...
Valve has disputed Mastercard's claims that it had not raised concerns over NSFW adult content on Steam. On August 1, ...
Mastercard emphasized that it requires businesses using its payment services to prevent illegal purchases, including those ...
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 ...
Mastercard denies having asked Valve to delete numerous questionable porn games. The Steam operator counters in a statement of its own.
Valve's latest statement strongly indicates that Mastercard's Rule 5.12.7 is the main culprit behind the recent mass scrutiny ...
Mastercard say they're not to blame for Steam's NSFW game cull, but Valve claim that payment processors cited specific ...
Valve didn't say which games, specifically, have been yoinked off Steam as a result of the credit card companies throwing their weight around, but I don't think it takes Poirot to put this one ...
Valve claims Mastercard cited a rule to force them to change NSFW game rules on Steam, disputing Mastercard's attempt to deflect blame.
The ever-murky question of what counts as "adult content" on Steam is set to become murkier, thanks to a tweaked Valve policy.