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As Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their platforms, Mastercard has moved to distance itself from the ensuing censorship controversy, insisting it has not “required restrictions of any” game. But Valve says otherwise, pointing to a Mastercard rule saying the company can refuse to process anything it believes …

On Thursday, indie gaming platform Itch.io began re-indexing some of the adult content it had delisted last month amid pressure from conservative groups and payment processors over its hosting of NSFW titles. While the move returns some content to the site’s searchable catalog, it impacts only those games, comics, and other offerings that are already free and therefore not caught …

Digital storefront Itch.io is reindexing its free adult games, and is talking to its partnered payment processors about plans to gradually reintroduce paid NSFW content. In a new , the company said the decision will ensure it can “confidently support the widest range of creators in the long term.” Itch.io has instructed developers and creators who want their games back …

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. https://t.co/ORNC1ZIyck pic.twitter.com/T4B9cVUuLY — Mastercard News (@MastercardNews) August 1, 2025 In a post on Twitter/X today, Mastercard said the following: Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any …

There’s a new turn in the itch.io story. In a forum post, itch.io creator and founder Leaf Corcoran has notified users that the company has begun the process of restoring thousands of NSFW pages that were deindexed — that is, content that has been removed from search results and recommendation lists. The catch is that in order for deindexed content …

Itch.io have announced that they are seeking out new payment processing partners who are more willing to handle the purchase of NSFW games, after delisting or removing a vast swathe of games in accordance with the content restrictions of companies such as Paypal and Stripe. They’ve also offered an explanation for why they’ve recently delisted so many more “infringing” …

When the truth of the situation surfaced, Halladin quickly deleted the original thread and issued an apology, claiming it had been an incorrect assumption on his part. That, in turn, while ending one debacle, sparked another – raising the question of whether it was indeed a genuine error or a failed attempt to score sympathy points by using the mass …

Two of the biggest digital games stores have stopped selling thousands of titles following pressure from a coalition of anti-porn advocates and the world’s biggest payment processing companies. It’s happened before, will likely happen again, and is suppressing art, free expression, and marginalized creators. Last week, the indie gaming storefront itch.io sent out a sudden notice to the creators that …

Content warning: guidelines discussed below include mentions of sexual violence. Last week, indie megaplatform itch.io announced it had deindexed all adult content from its search and browse pages, thanks to pressure from payment processors and targeting from an anti-porn campaign. Following no small amount of outcry from the independent development community, Itch has reintroduced a pathway for adult content to …

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 …