"Ofcom’s guidance on the OSA states that one highly effective age assurance measure is credit card checks," Valve says. "This is because, in the UK, an individual must be at least 18 years of age to ...

Valve has introduced Steam age verification for UK users, meaning you'll have to supply valid credit card details to access mature pages.

Users in the UK will have to register a credit card if they want to access certain games. In July the United Kingdom's Online Safety Act came into effect, requiring that any form of online services ...