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Originally Posted by Ammi

…I don’t know anything about this site but according to this article, the game was only available for 24 hours and was removed from Steam…

https://thewhitehatter.ca/blog/when-...ersy-on-steam/

…but a presume that young people will have Steam accounts so they have to be accountable for why it was put out there in the first place to become available…

I don't know how reliable this site is, LBC were investigating this and brought it to the attention of Steam at the end of last week, Steam have not communicated but the game was taken down at 10.30 last night. It appears it was pulled by Australia and Canada after 24 hours so maybe that is what the link is referring to but is misleading as has been available in the UK for weeks and the link does not load for me at any rate


The computer game "No Mercy" centres around a male protagonist who is encouraged to "become every woman's worst nightmare", and "never take no for an answer."

The game launched on Steam last month and is described by its own developers as containing violence, incest, blackmail, and what they describe as "unavoidable non-consensual sex."

After LBC revealed it was still available on Steam in the UK, it emerged that Australian and Canadian officials had swiftly made it unavailable for download.

Earlier - the technology secretary Peter Kyle told LBC he was "deeply worried" about it and that Steam, which has millions of users, must take it down.

The aunt of Zara Aleena - who was murdered in east London in 2022 - said the "government must act" to remove the game.

Officials in Australia pulled it for being ‘unclassified’.

A spokesman for Australia’s department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts said: “The computer game, No Mercy, is unclassified and has now been removed from sale from the Steam platform in Australia.

”After a public backlash the game was also removed from Steam in Canada after less than 24 hours.

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Read more: Australia and Canada pull rape and incest game that tells players to be 'women's worst nightmare'

Pepe Di'Iasio, General Secretary of the Association of School of College Leaders told LBC: “Just copy Australia. Australia seems to have got a grip on this, they seem to have acted swiftly.

"They realise they have to protect young people who are at the heart of this… I think that we’ve got a game of tennis taking place between Ofcom and tech companies, what we’re seeing is people blaming one another.

"Let’s get the legislation doing what it should do and let’s make sure we can protect the young people who are most at threat from this right now.”

https://www.lbc.co.uk/tech/video-gam...n-uk-no-mercy/