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UKIE Says Payment Processors Should “Have Confidence In Trusted Age Rating Systems” In Response To Adult Games Removed From Steam and Itch.io

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UKIE, the United Kingdom video game industry trade body, has put out a statement in response to adult games being removed on Steam and Itch.io. Payment processing partners have been pressuring Itch.io and Valve regarding the adult content available on both platforms. Itch.io “deindexed” all adult and NSFW content on its platform last week in response to pressure from payment processing partners and Collective Shout. Valve also pulled several adult games from its platform earlier this month. In a statement sent to GamesIndustry.Biz, UKIE is telling PayPal and other payment processing partners that it should place its confidence in age […]

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