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Epic Games Store makes a fresh exception to Adults-Only ban for blockchain gamesGames rated at AO because of their use of the tech will circumvent restriction usually reserved for violent and sexual content
Games rated at AO because of their use of the tech will circumvent restriction usually reserved for violent and sexual content
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The Epic Games Store will allow blockchain games rated Adults-Only back on the PC marketplace after a new exception to its content policy.
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Epic’s updated Content Guidelines specify that the Adults-Only ban will only be circumvented for games that were given the AO rating due to their use of blockchain or NFT tech, meaning that games that still have other content rated as Adults-Only will not be listed. Other bans on games that contain real-life gambling (defined as allowing players to cash out for real money based on luck), pornography, illegal content and “hateful or abusive content” will remain in place for all games, too.
Epic have aseparate set of guidelinesfor games that include blockchain tech, cryptocurrency and/or NFTs, stopping games from being boosted with paid offers, linking directly to crypto marketplaces and needing to be explicitly flagged as using the tech.
📣 Heads up: Gods Unchained and Striker Manager 3 have returned to the Store after a change in our content policy regarding ratings for blockchain-based games. Learn more:https://t.co/RQGGzWGeG8— Epic Games Store (@EpicGames)December 19, 2023
📣 Heads up: Gods Unchained and Striker Manager 3 have returned to the Store after a change in our content policy regarding ratings for blockchain-based games. Learn more:https://t.co/RQGGzWGeG8
The first two games to return to the store following the policy change are Gods Unchained and Striker Manager 3, a blockchain-based digital trading card game and football manager game respectively.
