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

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

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 ...

Mastercard emphasized that it requires businesses using its payment services to prevent illegal purchases, including those ...

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

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

As multiple different parts of the art, entertainment, and gaming industries are being impacted by ongoing crackdowns from various payment processors, it appear ...

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 ...

Martinez called back two more times, assured in each case that his frustrations with Mastercard, whose payment system he uses ...

Valve didn't say which games, specifically, have been yoinked off Steam as a result of the credit card companies throwing their weight around, but I don't think it takes Poirot to put this one ...

In other words: keep Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal happy or sling your hook. How do you do that? Valve doesn't say, only noting that particular care should be taken with "certain kinds of adult only ...