Collective Shout later confirmed that it had influenced actions taken by Valve and itch.io after writing an open letter to ...

A few weeks after notable digital video game distributors Steam and itch.io“deindexed” games following pressure from payment ...

Martinez called back two more times, assured in each case that his frustrations with Mastercard, whose payment system he uses ...

Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations,” the company wrote in a statement ...

As multiple different parts of the art, entertainment, and gaming industries are being impacted by ongoing crackdowns from various payment processors, it appear ...

As industry groups decry censorship, players are flooding Visa and Mastercard with complaints and sharing the titles of ...

Digital indie video game storefront itch.io has obscured mature, “not safe forwork” (NSFW) content from its “Browse” and “Search” pages, making it the latestin a growing line of video game ...

"A Merchant must not submit to its Acquirer, and a Customer must not submit to the Interchange System, any Transaction that ...

Mastercard say they're not to blame for Steam's NSFW game cull, but Valve claim that payment processors cited specific ...

Valve claims Mastercard cited a rule to force them to change NSFW game rules on Steam, disputing Mastercard's attempt to deflect blame.

Valve says that MasterCard's payment expressed concerns with the platform's adult content and rejected Steam's existing guidelines.

Tumblr, infamously, banned porn on the platform, with CEO Matt Mullenwegg bluntly stating that "Credit card companies are anti-porn." Patreon, too, has initiated crackdowns on certain kinds of NSFW ...