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GOG launched a new website Friday where users can claim 13 games that have been delisted from other online sales portals for free. In a press release, GOG wrote that with the giveaway, it and the game publishers taking part are “taking a stand against the quiet erasure of creative works from digital shelves.” GOG’s giveaway–found at the URL FreedomToBuy.games, …

Over the past few weeks, thousands of video games have been banned, removed and delisted from Steam and Itch.io. The justifications for doing so have been almost comically vague, and at least one highly anticipated title is now unable to be sold despite containing nothing objectionable. It started in early July, when payment processors including Visa, Mastercard and PayPal established …

Payment companies such as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe are facing public backlash, including from billionaire Elon Musk, for pressuring online gaming platforms to remove hundreds of games in response to a campaign from an Australian anti-porn lobby group. Itch.io, an independent gaming platform, last week removed all adult or not-safe-for-work (NSFW) games from appearing in its library in a hasty …

Image: Square Enix As a fight with credit card companies over adult games leads to renewed concerns about censorship on Steam and even on indie platforms like itch.io, a recent warning by Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro calling censorship a “security hole that endangers democracy itself” has become relevant again. I Hate This FF7 Rebirth Character’s Whole Vibe The comments …

Artist pulls show from National Portrait Gallery over censorship concerns  Axios Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship  The New York Times Artist Amy Sherald cancels Smithsonian exhibit, citing ‘culture of censorship’  ABC News Artist Amy Sherald cancels major Smithsonian exhibition, citing censorship  CNN Artist Amy Sherald cancels Smithsonian show over censorship  The Guardian Source link

Late in the evening on July 23, developers with games tagged as NSFW on Itch.io, a digital marketplace, began to notice something strange. Their work—whether it was a game about navigating disordered eating as a teenager, or about dick pics—no longer appeared in search results. “No notification or anything,” says former NYU Game Center educator and developer Robert Yang, whose …

Amy Sherald cancels major Smithsonian show over ‘censorship’  The Washington Post Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship  The New York Times Artist Amy Sherald has canceled her upcoming show at the Smithsonian  NPR Artist Amy Sherald cancels Smithsonian show over censorship  The Guardian Artist pulls show from National Portrait Gallery over censorship concerns  Axios Source link

Artist to withdraw exhibit from National Portrait Gallery over censorship concerns  Politico Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship  The New York Times Artist pulls show from National Portrait Gallery over censorship concerns  Axios Artist Amy Sherald cancels Smithsonian show over censorship  The Guardian Artist Amy Sherald has canceled her upcoming show at the Smithsonian  NPR Source link

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship  The New York Times Source link

Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steams new censorship rules  Hacker News Steam introduces vague new rules banning ‘certain kinds of adult content’ to appease credit card companies  Eurogamer Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed  GamingOnLinux Steam rules updated to prohibit content that violates rules set forth by payment processors and …