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Activists faced 'hellish fury' over violent game ban

Gamers unleashed a torrent of online abuse against five female activists to silence them after they stopped the sale of rape, incest and torture games.

AAP · Aug 10

Australia’s pornography age-verification: a victory for advocates or a gateway to ‘darker corners of the internet’?

As users turn to VPNs to access sexual content, experts warn collection of information creates a ‘honeytrap’ for bad actors

The Guardian - AU · Mar 14

Developer of NSFW games says Valve won't let them add adult content in updates, now it has to be DLC

Their game is called Tales of Legendary Lust: Aphrodisia, if you were curious.

PC Gamer · Sep 21, 2025

Steam Banned A Horror Game Before It Could Launch, So Now It’s Free

A horror developer is giving her new game away for free after its planned launch was ruined by Steam's recent game bans.

Inverse · Aug 6, 2025

Thousands of games have been censored from major platforms, with LGBTQIA+ creators caught in the crossfire

Online game marketplaces itch.io and Valve’s Steam have recently delisted or completely removed more than 20,000 titles from their storefronts, after not-for-profit group Collective Shout pressured payment processors to change their rules.

The Conversation · Aug 5, 2025

"Grand Theft Auto, Duke Nukem, and Saints Row" are "at risk" amid pressure to remove adult games from Steam and Itch, retro platform worries

"We are fervent supporters of artistic freedom and always will be"

GamesRadar · Aug 4, 2025

Mastercard denies allegations of pressuring platforms to remove NSFW games

The payment processor says it did not pressure platforms into removing games.

Destructoid · Aug 1, 2025

Echoing Nier's Yoko Taro, Peak devs blast "puritan" group behind recent Steam and Itch game takedowns: "It'd be foolish to assume that any game is safe"

"It threatens video games' ability to operate as art in any way whatsoever"

GamesRadar · Jul 31, 2025

Viral horror game Mouthwashing no longer appears in Itch.io search results, but that's not because of the new crackdown on NSFW games, marketplace confirms

Mouthwashing hasn't been indexed on Itch.io since last October

GamesRadar · Jul 29, 2025

Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces?

Digital distribution platforms Steam and itch.io have tightened their rules about adult content – under pressure from payment processors. Why has this happened and where will it lead?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025