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Alarmist Anti-Defamation League Report Prompts US Senator To Question Valve Corporation Over Extremist And Antisemitic User Content On Steam

December 20, 2022

A US senator has questioned Valve over extremist and antisemitic user content on Steam, after an alarmist report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Grady offers the player a thumbs up via Aperture...

Valve Corporation Backtracks On Decision To Cancel The Release Of ‘Chaos;Head NoAH’ On Steam After Re-Evaluating Their Own Review Process

Ryan Pearson

October 10, 2022

Censorship, Video Games

After re-examining Spike Chunfoft's Chaos;Head NoAH, Valve has come to the decision to release the game on Steam, in what could be described as a fairly surprising turn of events. Source: Chaos;Head NoAH (2...

Spike Chunsoft Cancels ‘Chaos;Head NoAH’ Steam Release, Believes The Platform’s Guidelines Would Not Allow The Game To Live Up To Its Standards

Ryan Pearson

October 3, 2022

Censorship, Video Games

Spike Chunsoft confirms Chaos;Head NoAH won't release on Steam claiming the platform's guidelines would compromise the game's "standards." Source: Chaos;Head Noah (2009), Spike Chunsoft RELATED: To ...

‘Chaos;Head Noah’ Steam Page Removed Before Launch, Fans Fear Ban Due To Violent And Sexual Content Themes Against Teens

Ryan Pearson

August 19, 2022

Video Games

Visual novel Chaos;Head Noah has been removed from Steam before launch, leaving fans to speculate it was due to content against teens. Source: Chaos;Head Noah (2009), Spike Chunsoft RELATED: Dark Visual ...

To Heart 2 Spin-Off Dungeon Travelers 2 Denied Release On Steam

Ryan Pearson

June 25, 2022

Video Games

Atlus' Dungeon Travelers 2 has allegedly been denied a platform on Steam, leaving the RPG as yet another addition to the list of almost 1600 games and DLC that have been banned from the service. Source: Dun...

Dark Visual Novel Classic Full Metal Daemon Muramasa Banned From Steam

Ryan Pearson

January 26, 2022

Anime, Video Games

JAST USA has announced that their English-language release of the classic dark fantasy visual novel Full Metal Daemon Muramasa has been banned from Steam. Writer's Note: The following article makes refe...

Developer Julian Glander Protests Valve and Steam’s Lack of Vocal Support for Black Lives Matter, Ignores Company Wide Initiatives Supporting Black Creators

Spencer Baculi

June 17, 2020

Video Games

Art Sqool and Lovely Weather We’re Having developer Julian Glander has requested that Valve remove his games from the Steam storefront, accusing them of choosing “not to address the Black Lives Matter movement,...

Report: Valve Stealth Launches Alpha Test Version of Censored Steam Client in China

Spencer Baculi

May 24, 2020

Video Games

Video game development and publishing giant Valve has allegedly launched the Alpha build of a thoroughly censored version their popular Steam client, developed exclusively for the Chinese market. First annou...

Anti-Defamation League Wants To Combat “Hate and Harassment” In Video Games, Specifically Targets Valve

John F. Trent

April 16, 2020

Video Games

The Anti-Defamation League's Center for Technology and Society assistant director Daniel Kelley indicated the organization is specifically gearing up to tackle "hate and harassment" in video games with a specif...

Valve Reportedly Delaying Steam Approval of Games Inspired by and Supportive of Hong Kong Protestors

Spencer Baculi

December 10, 2019

Censorship, Video Games

According to the respective developers of Liberate Hong Kong and Karma, two separate games inspired by the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, Valve has been artificially delaying the Steam approval process fo...

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