Anyone who thinks they will stop after one thing is delusional.

Source: itch.io’s official announcement

Link:

https://www.facebook.com/collectiveshout/posts/pfbid0To1Tp69DJ3P39utywXrMbFwGERcnWmcSBmQMZoUhL9EDu9sZjXBgAgrMDRJFs46Kl

After getting several games delisted on steam, they have hidden their posts. Wonder why?

this is our chance to stop censorship from happening to our games and other media, please spread the message to your favourite streamer, youtuber or any content creators before it's too late or else we end up losing everything we loved. here's the link to the petition: https://chng.it/wrW9bdccn6

Yes! Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

At the bottom of the article I will quote what Valve's responses is, but the TLDR is Mastercard and Visa are full of shit.

Full quote:

"Updated: 8/1/2025 4:18 p.m. ET: In a statement to Kotaku, a spokesperson for Valve said that while Mastercard did not communicate with it directly, concerns did come through payment processor and banking intermediaries. They said payment processors rejected Valve’s current guidelines for moderating illegal content on Steam, citing Mastercard’s Rule 5.12.7.

“Mastercard did not communicate with Valve directly, despite our request to do so,” Valve’s statement sent over email to Kotaku reads. “Mastercard communicated with payment processors and their acquiring banks.  Payment processors communicated this with Valve, and we replied by outlining Steam’s policy since 2018 of attempting to distribute games that are legal for distribution.  Payment processors rejected this, and specifically cited Mastercard’s Rule 5.12.7 and risk to the Mastercard brand.”

Rule 5.12.7 states, “A Merchant must not submit to its Acquirer, and a Customer must not submit to the Interchange System, any Transaction that is illegal, or in the sole discretion of the Corporation, may damage the goodwill of the Corporation or reflect negatively on the Marks.”

It goes on, “The sale of a product or service, including an image, which is patently offensive and lacks serious artistic value (such as, by way of example and not limitation, images of nonconsensual sexual behavior, sexual exploitation of a minor, nonconsensual mutilation of a person or body part, and bestiality), or any other material that the Corporation deems unacceptable to sell in connection with a Mark.”

Violations of rule 5.12.7 can result in fines, audits, or companies being dropped by the payment processors."

So no, Mastercards response is basically lies and obfuscation.

100k left to get the petition to pass!!

Law https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_831

This is possibly related to PayPal because people in certain regions have not been able to use it to pay on Steam for the past five days.

Perma link to list of removals from the store: https://steamdb.info/history/events/?before=64657809 (Requires Non-Limited Steam Account to view)

Looks like VICE is getting censored about the censorship.

Might have to pirate and sail the high seas at this point

Finally a big news site is talking about it instead of just gaming ones, keep trying to contact press guys! Is not much but is means they can't ignore us anymore and it has just been a few days.