Google Messages for Android has now rolled out Sensitive Content Warnings that blur nude images. In the Messages app, this safety feature detects and blurs images that contain nudity. You need to be signed in to a Google Account in Google Messages for this to work. Processing/classification happens on-device and is powered by Android System SafetyCore. It “doesn’t send identifiable …
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A new update for Monster Hunter Wilds is due later today, August 12 at 7:30 PM PT / 10:30 PM ET, and Capcom has shared what you can expect in the latest patch notes. First up is the size of the patch, which differs depending on the platform. PS5 players can expect a 3GB-sized update, where as Xbox Series X|S …
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Following a campaign against adult video games, Steam and Itch removed or restricted titles that contained material that payment processors objected to. The payment processors were responding to pressure put on them by the group Collective Shout, which campaigns against p*rnography. Many feared that LGBTQ+ content would be included in the bans, and now, we can see that this very …
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Following Itch.io’s mass delisting of adult games in response to pressure from payment processors, a new report includes claims from LGBTQ+ devs that safe-for-work titles with lesbian or yuri themes have also been affected. Both Itch and Valve changed their rules on adult content last month, with the issue evolving into a complex pointing of fingers which traced from the …
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Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Push Square on YouTube160k Arrowhead Studios seems to be teasing Halo 3: ODST content for Helldivers 2, as the popular co-op shooter makes the jump to Xbox Series X|S at the end of the month. At the end of a newly uploaded trailer, titled Bring the Boom, a drop pod can be seen landing in …
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Horror game Vile: Exhumed, which sees you delving into a 90s computer to uncover a man’s obsession with an adult film actress, has launched as a free download after being “wrongly banned” from Steam over sexual content, according to developer Cara Cadaver of Final Girl Games. Initially released via Itch.io (where that version remains live), the game was set to …
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Payment provider Mastercard has denied forcing video game platforms such as Steam and Itch.io to restrict the sale of adult and NSFW content. Valve and Itch recently curtailed the sale of adult content and said they were acting at the behest of payment services. Indie marketplace Itch specifically claimed those companies had been targeted by a pressure group called Collective …
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We’re now just hours away from Season 3 of Street Fighter 6 really kicking things into high gear with the launch of its first DLC character, but he’s not coming alone. Capcom is gearing up to release Sagat …
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Valve has disputed Mastercard’s claims that it had not raised concerns over NSFW adult content on Steam. On August 1, Mastercard released a statement “clarifying recent headlines on gaming content” – in other words, to address claims that Mastercard is among the payment processors putting pressure on gaming platforms, such as Steam and itch.io, to remove or censor NSFW adult …
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