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Banned Steam game VILE: Exhumed is back as a free shareware title
Banned Steam game VILE: Exhumed is back as a free shareware title

After her game was banned from sale on Steam in a baffling decision with no appeal option, solo developer Cara Cadaver has made VILE: Exhumed available as shareware under a Creative Commons license. The project can be downloaded for free, but players can opt to donate in support of the solo developer&#39;s work. Both Cara and publisher DreadXP will pay forward those donations, with 50 percent of the game&#39;s profits being given to the Toronto-based charity Red Door Family Shelter. The group aids families, refugees and women who are escaping violence.
Both Steam and Itch.io have recently adopted sweeping and vague policies regarding their approach to projects with adult content due to pressure from payment processors. Itch.io has begun re-indexing some projects, but only free ones.
These changes have disproportionately impacted projects by underrepresented and queer creators, according to a statement from the International Game Developers Association that condemned the broad delisting of adult games. In her post announcing the new distribution plan for VILE: Exhumed, Cara summed up the situation pretty aptly: "What this actually results in is taking power and storytelling away from women, other marginalized artists, and ultimately, from everyone."This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/banned-steam-game-vile-exhumed-is-back-as-a-free-shareware-title-225220847.html?src=rss

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VILE: Exhumed is an unjust casualty in Steam's sweeping censorship campaign
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<p>Over the past few weeks, thousands of video games have been banned, removed and delisted from Steam and Itch.io. The justifications for doing so have been almost comically vague, and at least [...]

Match Score: 575.89

Video Games Weekly: Censorship and stolen puritanical valor
Video Games Weekly: Censorship and stolen puritanical valor

<p><em>Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game tr [...]

Match Score: 343.11

Video Games Weekly: Silksong and Gamescom
Video Games Weekly: Silksong and Gamescom

<p><em>Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday (or Wednesday, whatever), broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramb [...]

Match Score: 156.64

A terrific 2D Ninja Gaiden, housefly bucket lists and other new indie games worth checking out
A terrific 2D Ninja Gaiden, housefly bucket lists and other new indie games

<p>Welcome to our latest recap of what&#39;s going on in the indie game space. A bunch of new games dropped this week that are more than worthy of your attention, including a modern take on [...]

Match Score: 155.27

Early Access is the latest place where Steam is restricting games with mature themes
Early Access is the latest place where Steam is restricting games with matu

<p>Valve has apparently updated its Steam Early Access policy to no longer accept games with what the company deems to be &quot;mature themes.&quot; As first reported by <a data-i13n= [...]

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Itch.io starts reindexing free NSFW content
Itch.io starts reindexing free NSFW content

<p>Digital storefront Itch.io is reindexing its free adult games, and is talking to its partnered payment processors about plans to gradually reintroduce paid NSFW content. In a new <a data-i [...]

Match Score: 102.81

Everything new at Summer Game Fest 2025: Xbox handheld, Resident Evil Requiem and more
Everything new at Summer Game Fest 2025: Xbox handheld, Resident Evil Requi

<p>It&#39;s early June, which means it&#39;s time for a ton of <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/gaming/" data-autolinker-wiki-id="Video_game" data-original-link=&qu [...]

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GOG is giving away a selection of adult games to protest censorship
GOG is giving away a selection of adult games to protest censorship

<p>In partnership with developers, game marketplace GOG (Good Old Games) has <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" hre [...]

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Patapon's spiritual successor, co-op Lego and other new indie games worth checking out
Patapon's spiritual successor, co-op Lego and other new indie games worth c

<p>Some of the year’s biggest blockbuster games have just dropped or are coming very soon. But among the likes of<em> Borderlands 4, EA Sports FC 26 </em>and <em>Battlefield [...]

Match Score: 79.00