Popular video game streaming service (and Amazon subsidiary) Twitch has updated its rules of conduct to prohibit the streaming of games rated AO (Adults Only) by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). "Simply put, AO games are not welcome on Twitch," the site said in an official blog post.
The update is a clarification of previous game-specific bans Twitch placed on streaming of titles that featured "overtly sexual content" or "gratuitous violence." That system was "unsustainable and unclear, generating only further confusion among Twitch broadcasters," the company said in its blog post last night. "We would like to make this policy as transparent as possible." Players breaking the ban will receive a temporary suspension.
Twitch's new policy comes ahead of the impending release of Hatred, a controversial shooter that received an AO rating back in January, according to developer Destructive Creations. In fact, Hatred is one of three AO-rated games specifically called out on Twitch's list of prohibited games, alongside Manhunt 2: Uncut and Farenheit: Indigo Prophecy - Director's Cut.
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