The adult game crackdown is "ridiculous for our art form", say Hellraiser devs, but they think they'll survive thanks to that Clive Barker association
Last year, Australian anti-porn group Collective Shout pressured payment processors , such as Mastercard, Paypal, Visa, and Paysafe Limited to withdraw their services from Steam and Itch.io if the stores didn't remove adult games from their shelves. The campaign was successful and many games were impacted . The campaign's had a chilling effect, leaving developers making games including any sexual…
Australian anti-porn group Collective Shout recently pressured payment processors to withdraw their services from Steam and Itch.io if the platforms didn't remove adult games from their shelves. This campaign resulted in many games being affected, leading to a chilling effect on developers creating games with any sexual content. The uncertainty surrounding digital storefronts hosting such work left developers in a state of limbo.
Recently, Valve blocked Molleindustria's Future? No Thanks! due to scenes of minor nudity, only to have it rescinded after public lobbying. This experience has sparked concerns among Hellraiser developers about a potential Steam ban and its impact on their game, which features male nudity, female nudity, and sexually explicit content.
Despite spending only a half hour playing the demo, one developer expressed that they were worried about a Steam ban and inquired if the content had led to any changes in the game. The developers of Hellraiser: Revival remain optimistic, attributing their survival to the association with Clive Barker, the creator of the Hellraiser franchise.
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