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Steam “frivolously” rejects promising retro FPS for adding a sexual assault content warning, its creators sayUpdate: Valve approve release after CW removed from Steam page
Update: Valve approve release after CW removed from Steam page
Image credit:Team Fortune
Image credit:Team Fortune
The game was due to launch into Steam early access tomorrow, 27th September, but unfortunately, there’s been a delay. Valve’s testers have denied Fortune’s Run approval to launch on the platform. Among the reasons,according to developer Team Fortune themselves, is that Valve don’t feel the game’s content warning for sexual assault is actually necessary.
Fortune’s Run Early Access AnnouncementWatch on YouTube
Fortune’s Run Early Access Announcement
But Valve have also now found fault with Team Fortune’s labelling of their game’s subject matter.Be warned that the following two paragraphs contain a brief description of sexual assault.
“Well, according to Valve, this is not sufficiently explicit to be a reference to sexual assault. So they rejected our build again.
“Currently we are removing the content warning, which we feel is very wrong. Unfortunately, even doing this, there’s a very good chance the build review will not pass before launch day.”
Team Fortune consists of just two people, so setbacks like these mean a lot of extra labour. “It’s been an absolutely wild amount of work to meet all the deadlines,” the post concludes. “We are deeply sorry to delay again. Hope you’ll still be with us once Valve decides we can finally be available on the store.”
I’ve emailed Valve to ask for their interpretation of events, and will update this piece when I hear more. Frankly, I find the situation bizarre, though it’s certainly in keeping withValve’s historically uneven policing of “adult” content on Steam. In the meantime, I encourage you to trythe Fortune’s Run demo, which will be taken offline when the early access build goes live.
Update 27th September 2023: Valve have yet to reply to our email inquiry, but they have now approved Fortune’s Run for release after Team Fortune removed the content warning above from the game’s Steam page. The warning is still shown within the game at start-up.
I’m working so I can’t answer everything so I’ll put the relevant info up here: all references to the SA content had to be removed from the Steam page. The warning still exists in-game on game launch. That doesn’t make me happy either but I guess that’s what we had to do.— ䷷ 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘙𝘶𝘯 (@FortunesRun)September 26, 2023
I’m working so I can’t answer everything so I’ll put the relevant info up here: all references to the SA content had to be removed from the Steam page. The warning still exists in-game on game launch. That doesn’t make me happy either but I guess that’s what we had to do.
