GOG launches NSFW Game Gift “To raise awareness of game censorship”

GOG launched a new website on Friday where users can request 13 games that stand out from other online sales portals for free. In a press release, Gog wrote that IT and Game Publishers participated in the giveaway, “opposing the quiet erasure of creative works on digital shelves.”

GOG's Giveaway – Discovered URL FreedomTobuy.gamesmaking the game available to users for free within the next 48 hours. These titles are mostly sexually explicit and have recently stood out from other digital buying sites. GOG's website also provides email links for developers or publishers interested in providing the game for free “as part of the protest.”

“As an archive platform dedicated to protecting the history of the game, we believe that if the game is legal and responsible, players should be able to enjoy it today and start for decades from now on,” GOG wrote in a press release.

It continues: “We launched FreedomTobuy.games to make a statement: When we stand out today due to discomfort, it becomes even more difficult to revive them tomorrow.”

Sexually clear games become the focus of controversy in July itch.io. These disassemblies are the result of storefront pressure from payment processors such as MasterCard and Visa to remove games with sexual content.

Payment processor reverses Communications to the payment processor on July 11. The group said it targeted the removal of games about “rape, incest and child sexual abuse and asked its members to Call and email to the payment processor. As Online ReportExperts call this strategy a “financial censorship system” that uses financial institutions to evade platform rules and risk the seller’s ability to do business fully. The results of the campaign, hundreds of games were removed from Steam, according to Gamefilemore than 20,000 games marked “unsafe work” were removed from the itching. (Itching release statement About the situation and has begun Re-listed some NSFW games If the developer chooses to offer them for free. )

Opposition to delusion begins immediately, as many developers and players see this situation as payment processors decide to adults that they are allowed to buy and play content. Many developers also say their games are trapped in scans of fear, not because they contain porn, but because they focus on LGBTQ elements and themes, or deal with difficult topics like sexual abuse.

Players and developers have brought social media to payment processors to drive what they think is censorship. The International Game Developers Association has released statement In this and similar circumstances, it requires “clear rules, impartial rights to warning and appeal” and directs the developer to contact Visa and Mastercard directly and request a petition American Civil Liberties Union and change.org Delay review from payment processors.

Both Mastercard and visa issued a statement Saying that these companies have not made ethical judgments about the goods sold by partners and all indicate potential illegitimate issues at the heart of the situation.

“Mastercard has not evaluated any game or restrictions on any activity on the game creator’s website and platform, contrary to media reports and allegations,” he said. The company said. “Our payment network follows the standards of the rule of law. In short, we allow all legal purchases on our network. At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure that Mastercard cards cannot be used for illegal purchases, including illegal adult content.”

Visa issued a similar statement with Polygon, saying it demanded “enhanced safeguards” that is, businessmen with “higher risk of illegal activities.”

“We do not make ethical judgments about legal purchases made by consumers,” the statement said. “Visa does not have a modest content sold by merchants, and we are not able to understand the specific goods or services sold when dealing with transactions. When legally operating merchants are at a higher risk of illegal activities, we need to provide enhanced safeguards for banks supporting these merchants.”

There are no requirements for potential violations of any games removed from the platform.

GOG's FreedomTobuy.games website comes with a statement, which can be regarded as a statement to resolve the legitimacy argument.

“Some games disappeared. Not because they violated the law, but because someone decided that they didn't exist,” the website read. “In 48 hours, these games are free because if the games are legal, you should be free to buy them.”