The stolen equal control and courage

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Let us all agree to stop talking about this terrible conservative activist group from Australia. You know one – like the parasite, it comments on the control campaign that erases thousands of adult games from steam and Itch.ioAnd she successfully placed herself in the center of anomalous narration. However, logic and evidence indicates that this group was not a great relationship with collective removal.

This anti -equality Australian organization led a movement in April to remove Edgelle No mercy From Steam, and since everyone agreed to absorb the game, the campaign worked and the address disappeared from the store front. This is where I think the organization’s participation in the current drama ends.

It seems No mercy Pay paid processors including Visa, MasterCard and PayPal turned to turn their attention to the PC (paradoxes I will find more entertaining if the industry erosion that I love effectively is not). These institutions have seized the opportunity to dictate the types of games that they may support, in response to July 16, Steam added a condition to the set of rules that prohibit the content “that may violate the rules and standards determined by Steam’s payment processors”, including “Certain types of adult content onlySteam control is not new. Removed From the statute after changing the base. On July 24, ITCH.IO was released Its special changes And briefly De-exeded Each of the adults and NSFW hosts, which amounted to approximately 20,000 titles that are hidden from search and browsing pages.

The Australian conservative group claimed responsibility for a Steam ban on July 19, three days after the platform base was changed directly. The organization said that the oversight was the direct result of two of its recent efforts: an email campaign sent 1067 messages to Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and others who claim Steam and Itch.io illegal sexual content, an open letter addressed to the same financial institutions, which occurred on the basis of the religious list, and anti -pressure work.

There is no evidence that these campaigns were directly responsible for the enforcement of renewable treatments. It is actually ridiculous to suggest that approximately 1,000 email messages or an open letter would be recorded in companies the size of the visa, MasterCard or PayPal. What’s more, after getting the credit for removing hundreds of Steam games, the Australian group tried to distance itself from the entire Shebang. After intense scrutiny of the players, industry monitoring and the media, each group in this case tries to avoid accountability, in fact. The valve says MasterCard achieved this, while MasterCard says It only follows the law, and Paypal says It simply does what companies like MasterCard tell. Meanwhile, the Australian group is trying to do so Avoid blame In order to delete the sweeping of ITCH.IO while simultaneously trying to exploit the vapor prohibition and gain momentum to its conservative patriarch.

In the most likely scenario, the Australian activists group watched the upcoming computer games audit, and in a strange work of the late stolen courage, took steps to focus itself in the conversation. We can stop helping him to do so. We forget her name and, Igda suggestsDirect your anger towards organizations that have power in this position, which are MasterCard and Visa.

It is still. It is worth noting that the organization backed by conservative Christian groups that oppose loudly in the field of sex, the rights of the stranger and freedom of expression managed to comply clean with the financial companies that monitor the content on Steam and Itch.io. This support, which is indisputable, is especially worrying about the political and social climate where they are exposed to women, the stranger community, colored people and those who do not comply with the traditional conservative lifestyle. At this time, sabotage and rating art is more necessary than ever, but it is also in its most vulnerable position. Choosing this moment to activate the control campaign is not only dangerous to our most vulnerable societies, but it is a coward.

There was some additional information that concluded in this censorship chaos, of course. Three games have been reported incorrectly as removing or removing it from ITCH.IO or Steam as part of this position: Oral washand Patent experiences and I control me. One game that He was The psychological horror game that was unjustly removed during chaos Dunaya: It was extracted Read my interview with the creator, Kara Jeiver here.

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News

Bioshock 4 It enters a new circle of hell development

In most contexts, I will feel upset on the idea of hell -based bioshock, but this is the worst possible repetition of that idea. according to Bloombergand Bioshock 4 She failed to have a recent review with the executives of her publisher, 2K Games, and belongs to the developers of Cloud Ramber for a narrative renewal. In addition, Kelley Gilmore, the head of Cloud Chamber Studio, has disappeared, and the Hogarth de la Plante was transferred to publishing houses. Not much knows about the game This is supposed to be Bioshock 4But it was revealed in 2019 along with the formation of the cloud room, so it was already under development for a long time.

In the relevant ritual euphoria news, a new edition of the original of 2K Bioshock It was canceled earlier this year, Bloomberg Reports. Ken Levin, the Bioshock series, is currently working on a FPS called the familiar Judah In his own studio, ghost story games.

Gog gave millions of matches to protest against censorship

Gog has partnered with developers to issue 13 games with adult topics for free from 1 to 3 August, in protest against all controls on Steam and ITCH.IO. None of the free nicknames were specifically banned in the control campaign, but it was characterized by sexual, strange or violent content that can be easily targeted by similar efforts. Goog delivered its free games More than a million players.

Itch.io is the re -excitement of free NSFW games

After removing all its adult games on July 24 – such as, All of them On August 1, Itch.io brought all the free games in this category. Itch.io is currently auditing thousands of adults and NSFW games that have been swept by the prohibition of the payment processor, and it is not clear how the platform will support addresses with these topics to move forward. It will not facilitate the “designed for sexual gratification” headlines, but it seems that there is room for negotiation in the future.

Battle Square 6 It will land on October 10

In a terrible development, EA also revealed Battle Square 6 It will be a multi -player content.

Checking age comes to Xbox near you

The video game world feels the effects of online safety law in the United Kingdom. The platforms including Discord and Xbox implement methods for determining new age to comply with the law in the United Kingdom, and Microsoft plans to expand its program to other regions. However, it is not in a hurry, saying that it will use the United Kingdom as a Guinea pork for these systems first, then implement what you learn all over the world.

Sony sucks Tinetnet to cloning her blatant horizon

In 2024, viewers immediately called Polaris’s Sayy Motiram Light To search for a terrible horizon chain like Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Series – it is called our title “A”Ripoff blatant horizon“Even. It took the best part of the year, but PlayStation’s lawyers have finally started to gear.

Raven finally has a union contract with Microsoft

Microsoft’s recent demobilization operations have increased the importance of proper regulation in video games, and one of the first unions in the industry makes matters official. Three years after the start of the operation, the Call of Duty Support Studio Raven believed in the Federation’s contract with Microsoft. RAVEN program Initially To organize under Activision Blizzard, but after Microsoft completed its acquisition of the studio in October 2023, negotiations with Tech Titan continued.

He plays Dunaya: It was extractedThe game that does not want Steam to see

after Dunaya: It was extracted It was removed and banned from Steam for reasons that do not actually apply to the game, developer Cara Cadaver and Pubsher Dreadxp launch their distribution form, and prices start from $ 0. You can Download and run the game Now for free, there is an option to throw some money from CARA. Part of the profits will benefit the Red Door Family Charitable Family in Toronto.

Additional reading

• Kris Holt’s Indie Roundup game

• Sam Radford’s review of the Legion.

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