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 credit card in order to access games with mature content. “In order to access ...

Steam is implementing a new age verification process, applied only to UK users as of now, as required by the UK Online Safety Act (OSA). Regulated by Ofcom, the UK Online Safety Act requires platforms ...

Steam is taking extra measures to keep underaged gamers from accessing mature games. On August 29th, Steam launched a new age verification method for UK players that will block sexual and violent ...

In a borderline dystopian move, Steam has announced that UK users will now need to link a credit card to their account to access mature-rated games and their associated community hubs, yep we are ...

The United Kingdom is rolling out rules that will require age verification on various online platforms that serve content not suitable for children, and Steam is putting the systems in place that ...