Itch.io Is Restoring NSFW Games—as Long as They’re Free

Itch.io Is Restoring NSFW Games—as Long as They’re Free

Facing pressure from payment processors, the indie game platform delisted many adult titles this week. Itch.io began offering free NSFW content again on Thursday as it looks for new payment options.

Itch.io has begun restoring NSFW content, but only if it’s free

After payment processors forced Itch.io to remove all NSFW and adult content, the storefront has begun slowly restoring the removed works.

GOG Launches NSFW Game Giveaway "To Raise Awareness On Censorship In Gaming"

GOG launched a new website Friday where users can claim 13 games that have been delisted from other online sales portals for free. In a press release, GOG wrote that with the giveaway, it and the game publishers taking part are "taking a stand against the quiet erasure of creative works from digital shelves."GOG's giveaway--found at the URL FreedomToBuy.games, makes the games available for free to users for the next 48 hours. The titles are most…

itch.io to reindex free adult content as they search for new payment processors

The ongoing saga of payment processors pushing game stores continues, with itch.io now reindexing free adult content but some issues remain..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Itch.io Restores Free NSFW Content After Last Week's 'Deindex,' But Paid Content Is Still Hidden

The indie game marketplace Itch.io decided to shadowban NSFW (not safe for work) content last week to the chagrin of fans, and this week they’re restoring the free ones. Last week, the indie game marketplace Itch.io followed the Steam marketplace’s lead in shadowbanning NSFW content from the storefront. The marketplace claimed it was ‘deindexing’ the content, but what it meant was that content that fit the NSFW descriptor would not appear in res…

Itch.io "re-indexes" free adult NSFW content, paid content to be "slowly" reintroduced

Itch.io has begun "re-indexing" free adult content and plans to re-introduce paid content gradually to ensure it can "confidently support the widest range of creators in the long term."