PC GamingEnglish · 7 days ago

Valve bows to Kremlin: LGBTQ+ solitaire game [Flick Solitaire] pulled from russian Steam [cited a 2006 federal law prohibiting the "promotion of non-traditional sexualities"]

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Valve bows to Kremlin: LGBTQ+ solitaire game [Flick Solitaire] pulled from russian Steam [cited a 2006 federal law prohibiting the "promotion of non-traditional sexualities"]

PC GamingEnglish · 7 days ago

Valve Bows to Kremlin: LGBTQ+ Solitaire Game Pulled from Russian Steam

Valve sparks outrage by removing the LGBTQ+ inclusive game Flick Solitaire from Steam in Russia, bowing to Kremlin censorship demands while Apple and Google refuse.

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Then yeah, I’m surprised valve is cooperating. I suppose they are planning for the future, should the sanctions end.

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