The world's largest game developer membership organization reacts to the recent wave of Steam censorship that prompted ...

A wave of anger is building across the gaming community after Valve’s quiet update to Steam’s content guidelines triggered a ...

Following Steam's removal of adult games and subsequent content policy updates, another major platform for indie developers ...

Steam recently purged hundreds of sex games featuring explicit content, including many with themes around sexual abuse, after ...

In the past, games have been pulled from Steam for sexual content, but rarely anything other than that. American popular values often place sex as more offensive than violence or hate speech.

Meanwhile, Domina's "Mostly Negative" recent reviews are full of references to the developer's views, the game's forums are a battleground, and Dolphin Barn's recent banning shows Steam's ...

Valve has quietly changed the way the Steam Workshop handles new content and updates to existing content. Maps, weapons and other user-created items will now need to go through moderation and get ...

Valve’s content moderators will soon start moderating game discussion board comments on its Steam publishing platform, instead of leaving the task up to developers. Under the new policy, which ...

Implications for Content Creators This new moderation requirement has significant implications for content creators who use the Steam Workshop to share their mods, skins, and other custom content.

Owen S. Good is a longtime veteran of video games writing, well known for his coverage of sports and racing games. Steam Workshop submissions now need a moderator’s approval before they can go live.