Mastercard seemingly denied playing a role in a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, while Valve says ...

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

Mastercard looked to distance itself from game delistings that have drawn the ire of gamers by passing the buck to Valve, and ...

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

Collective Shout later confirmed that it had influenced actions taken by Valve and itch.io after writing an open letter to Visa and Mastercard, but that it did not necessarily ask itch.io to de-index ...

As Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their ...

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

Valve fires back after Mastercard claims not to have restricted Steam into removing controversial adult games from their ...

A recent controversy has erupted in the gaming world over the removal of adult-themed games from online marketplaces.

Steam and Itch.io are worried about trouble with their payment processors, and Mastercard is not a payment processor.

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 ...

Mastercard denies having asked Valve to delete numerous questionable porn games. The Steam operator counters in a statement of its own.