Steam’s credit card-only age check is a bad move for UK players. After all, not everyone has one.

PC gaming giant Valve has started to bow to the UK’s Online Safety Act by requiring Steam users to verify their age with a ...

Valve is taking a simple approach to the UK's Online Safety Act: You have a credit card, or you don't get in.

Valve has started to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act, by rolling out a requirement for all Brits to verify their age ...

Popular gaming platforms such as Steam and Itch.io are facing mounting pressure from payment processors and advocacy groups to restrict adult content. Developers say this pressure has already led to ...

"Ofcom’s guidance on the OSA states that one highly effective age assurance measure is credit card checks," Valve says. "This is because, in the UK, an individual must be at least 18 years of age to ...

PayPal is the latest payment system to stop processing Steam transactions in some countries due to alleged concerns about explicit games on Valve's storefront. In a new question added to its ...

Gaming payments evolve as players embrace prepaid cards, wallets, and crypto, blending traditional and blockchain-based ...

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On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in ...

Valve has announced a new process for validating the age of users and comply with the UK's controversial Online Safety Act. Thankfully, Valve's path to ...