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Pushed by payment processors, game sites remove adult material

Pushed by payment processors, game sites remove adult material

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Jul 26, 2025
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Say goodbye to those classic CRL text adventures!

Game distribution platforms Steam and Itch.io recently removed adult-themed titles to comply with demands from payment processing companies. These financial institutions—Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Paypal, and others—are themselves under pressure from reactionary activists, especially one based in censorshi…

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