Ash is a Video Games Reporter with six years of journalism and writing experience. Before landing her first full-time job covering video games for Kotaku.com, she freelanced for several years specializing in esports coverage. In 2021, she joined The Verge where she primarily focuses on covering marginalized gamers, developers, and their games, the industry’s business and labor news, and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities.
Horses, the indie narrative horror game that’s been banned not only on Steam, but on Epic Game Store as well, is back for sale on Humble after a brief delisting. Here’s a quote from Santa Ragione explaining the situation courtesy of IGN:
“In short, their team saw the press coverage and temporarily delisted Horses to reevaluate it. After a full review they determined that while the content is heavy, nothing in the game warrants removal from their store.”
But first, you gotta ask ‘em. My colleague Andrew Webster and I will host a Metroid Prime 4 AMA at 1PM ET for Verge subscribers here. Get your questions in now but please, nothing spoilery. I don’t want Samus coming after me on her cool bike...or do I?
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